Cordless Drill Powered Bike Crash Into Mail Box

UMBC's ENME 304 of Spring 07 had its fair share of bruises. But this was the best crash caught on film.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• UMBC
• electric
• drill
• crash
• 304
• mailbox
• engineer
• engineering
• cordless
• bicycle

[champ2486]

For all those who don't know: The performance metric used was the lbs carried divided by the time they took. One group carried 700 lbs over 540 feet in the low 30s seconds. Thats 3x the performance you could ever accomplish. Overloaded: maybe, crappy: no, because building something powered by a drill thats 2x-3x better at performing than you will ever be is something that should be admired. But this vid is here because it was the most entertaining shot of the day.

[engineersmom]

haha, I love the last line.."Too much weight!!"

[Corestan]

Alright, I was there in person. That thing had I -think- about a four hundred and fifty pound payload on it. It was really... awesome and dangerous. A good mix.

[pubtor]

omg

[luc59457]

champ2486 it's not that strong. Look at my videos. I use a corded angle drill

[packagewarren]

i don't get it...he's riding at about what, 5 miles an hour and he hits into a crowd of people. what a fruit. take his license away. i don't want to be near him on the road. what a dip.

[eleanorroosevelt1]

Hey look, it's America's newest solution to global warming!!

[thepaashaas]

there are mainly 2 problems, the battery and overheating.

[JaJoNu]

funny shit

[onenutmak]

what did he build? a crapy overloaded electric bike. and dang its not on here because its cool, its on because he hit a big ass mail box.  to much weight hahahaha.... dorks.

[poorboychevelle]

190 pound rider, 35 pounds of vest/anklets 115-120 pounds in the backpack, 15 up top, 30-40 on the back pegs, and his chest is resting on a 25 pound plate.