UFO Stunt Revealed

The making of the UFO stunt which launched the new Vauxhall Insignia in London today.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• vauxhall
• insignia
• launch
• opel
• drops
• flies
• tower
• bridge
• potters
• field
• ufo

[ninabramblett445]

Seriously nuts and interesting things at ufosecretXnet (replace X with . ) . Go go take a look at it. They have got brand new files introduced jan of 2010.

[Thingamajigs]

Christ cars are so fucking overrated.

[garfieldUSA]

I LOVE MY NEW SUBARU FORESTER....JAPANESE CARS ARE BETTER THAN AMERICAN...BUT I LIKE AMERICAN MEN , and i don't like japanese men, ahahahhahahah!! btw im asian.

[Mytoaster4000]

This is a prime example of why the US government should NOT bail out GM ..That space capsule alone cost over 1 million bucks. So how much did this whole show cost GM? I estimate round 4 to 5 million..What a waste of money

[gshapland]

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[iaintgonletup]

that is super stupid

[PatrikMacGoohan]

Thanks for that interesting, in-depth answer. It'll probably take a lot more space, but maybe next time they want to launch a new car model they can recreate the Mars rover landing. Put the car on a parachute, steer it to the site, release, inflate the air bag cushions and let the car go bouncing through the streets of London bashing over pedestrians and ricocheting off buildings! Finally it stops, the bags deflate and out rolls... whatever! Total cost $114 million, 32 dead. MAGNIFIQUE!!!

[strudders81]

Oh yeah, you mentioned the brakes. During the descent they heated up to a little over 300 degrees. There wasnt any cooling system and it took an hour and a half between tests for them to sool. If they struck 350 degrees they would have failed and the car would have bit it. Some serious wire and brake drum kit was involved to keep things steady. I dont know if the specifics of the spec will ever be released. You'll have to look up the Yank firm for that. I think they're PRG Scenic Technologies.

[strudders81]

probably would ave been an impressive sight. Mmmm, the show prototype GM released to us being returned without any glass, suspension or life left in it.

It took us 4 full overnights to construct it again in London with huge teams of people involved in the build up. Big credit has to go to the Yanks who built it, the Brits involved in assembling and sorting it when it was here and the overall project managers. For more info on those guys look up Sail Producions and Special Project Solutions.

[strudders81]

tested it for three days in Hickstead, down the M23 towards Brighton. All of this was hidden inside the spaceship. Needless to say there were fears surrounding all the potential problems, not least the cable paying out correctly as you mentioned. As I mentioned the simplicity of the design actually kept the majority of issues at bay and the critical calculation was how hard to apply the brakes and when to ensure we didnt come up short (unimpressive) or smash that baby into the ground, which