A new TV program will involve teams building R/C combat vehicles out
of old cars and trucks at 1:1 scale. Various forms of mayhem &
destruction will be involved. I can imagine a lot of R/C car/truck
hobbyists wanting to imitate this at their smaller scales, 1:8, 1:10.
1:X etc.
Here is the press release:
From the producers that brought you MYTHBUSTERS comes an explosive
new series, WEAPONIZERS (3 x 60 min) premiering on Discovery Channel
US, May 11, 2009 at 9pm.
This new program combines creativity, military-like strategy and
engineering as two teams of master builders — dubbed “Weaponizers” —
turn ordinary vehicles into remote-controlled machines of destruction.
With the pace and intensity of a video game, the vehicles are
completed with live-ammunition machine guns and other seemingly
ordinary objects that are transformed into powerful weapons. Building
on the teams’ expertise — hot rod restoration, pyrotechnics, special
effects, crash engineering and military weaponry — the opponents
harness their ingenuity in a competition face off where the goal is to
achieve victory by creating an indestructible vehicle.
In each episode, the teams convert regular rides such as a shuttle
bus, an ice cream van and muscle cars into vicious vehicles. Using
science, special effects, engineering, metal fabrication and a bit of
fantasy, they construct and test their vehicles to ensure that they
pack the biggest punch and are fully remote-controlled. Once all
testing is complete, each team descends into respective underground
control bunkers to command their vehicles for the two-round
competition.
In round one, the teams undertake a challenge-based phase where
the vehicles race to destroy or defend exploding targets such as
medieval castles or Mad Max style fuel depots. Then in round two, the
“Weaponizers” are thrown into a Carmageddon Round — the rules are…
there are no rules. It’s a gloves off test of what expertise these
teams can draw on to achieve victory, which in WEAPONIZERS’ terms
means there is only one vehicle left standing!
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