Remote Control Car SUCCESS!!

[DanL]

Originally Posted by tkwetzel

I do have to say that I did forget about the new 612 Scaglietti. But I do know that at least the Boxster has a numeral designation, and I would believe that teh Cayenne has one too. They are just used internally by the company. I work with a mechanic who used to work at a Porsche dealership, and I have picked up some interesting knowledge about them from him. I do not however know the designation number for the boxster offhand.

Not really on the topic of this thread, but I was at a Porsche autocross event a few weeks ago and for kicks, this guy took his Cayenne out onto the course. He was getting 10, 15 seconds longer than all the other Porsches, but it was pretty funny to watch an SUV try and do the same course that all the boxters, 911's, GT's, etc. were doing. I didn't get a picture of him on the course, but here's a picture of him at the queue line:


To give you guys an idea of what he was trying to do:

Notice all those skid marks.

And finally, to give you guys an idea of who he was up against when he was trying to do what he was trying to do:


I mean, granted, the Cayenne is a Porsche, but made in Germany or not, there are certain things that SUVs just can't do. Regardless, seeing that thing on the course made my day.



Anyways, on to the topic of this thread... thats a pretty crazy senior project. They did the same thing on Junkyard Wars once, only the winner of the two teams was decided after they put the two cars up against each other in a ring. Man - there's nothing quite like seeing two beat up cars beat themselves up even further by remote control. Props to you guys - this is an awesome thing to do!