Tether Cars (Speedmodellautos) - European Championship 2004

European Championship in Tether Cars. I found this video on an old hard drive.
It is one of my first video's ever...
This Car's have a speed of over 340 km/h
In this Video only 260km/h
Have fun ...
www.google.ch/maps/place/4108...

[@Games_to_be_played]

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[@haljohnson6947]

the last lap of the race should involve a cutting of the wire and a ramp that points towards the sky

[@larrytemen4789]

I don’t think launching a toy car through an alien planet like a scud missile in another galaxy would be a very good idea 😂

[@colemanbinyon7063]

I would watch that

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Lol

[@trainliker100]

Gravity would still win. That stuff is everywhere.

[@clinthymes5982]

And now I have to look up tether car crashes

[@joshboyfuture9698]

Thank you

[@turbogav8674]

One of those simple ideas that makes you think, why didn't I think of that.

[@MarkLada]

I wonder how many people have gotten their legs cut off by the cable?

[@ShainAndrews]

I didn't even know this was a thing. An impressive thing at that. Humans... we're an odd bunch.

[@undercoverdivers]

Swiss.............

[@ICGedye]

Iva whoppa coz we can ;)

[@sadkingbilly]

Look up “dynamic soaring speed record” for some serious speed... Without motor.

[@ereder1476]

just make the middle thing spin faster and it will go faster

[@sadkingbilly]

Ereder no it won’t. You can’t force a drive system (either electric or gas) over the maximum RPM by forcing it to move faster. All you will do is destroy it eventually. And it still won’t move faster.

[@ADRIAAN1007]

The car sounds so sad when it slows down

[@egte5]

It's the weekend in audio form. Friday last 5 minutes of work is the beginning and Sunday night into all Monday is the part where it starts to slow.

[@weaponisedpotato7352]

Imagine living within earshot of that. You'd want to top yourself

[@Wolfdings]

That's what I thought first! Poor neighbours...

[@overlycreative1]

In the 50s my dad had a few cars, one got loose and beelineed right at an unfortunate stray dog. The wire arm cleanly sliced off one of its paws, My dad folded up quickly and took the dog to a Vet. We adopted him and he lived about another ten years. His name was lucky as, on two counts, 1. Lucky he didn't get killed and 2. Lucky he had a family now with 4 boys who loved the heck out of him. He still ran faster than any of us. The fence is a good idea

[@winningsmile4504]

nice

[@broadcastyoselffool]

Wasn't lucky that your dad cut his paw off

[@duellingscarguevara]

Crow said “fark”

[@Grimmsha72]

Sounds like a battle between little miniature air raid sirens on crack. Cool little buggers.

[@jtcorey7681]

Finally something I have never heard of or seen before. Thank you KZbin algorithm.

[@Diversensato]

*algorithm

[@jtcorey7681]

@@Diversensato thanks for that. :)

[@thomaskruse8298]

Ich hab gar nicht gewusst das es dieses Hobby immer noch gibt.Das letzte mal hab ich das vor ca.30 Jahren auf der Intermodellbau in Dortmund gesehen.Und wer es nicht glaubt wie Laut die Teile sind,der sollte sich das Video mal mit Kopfhörer und voller Lautstärke anschauen.Da bekommt er einen ersten Eindruck von.

[@alexchubbymclynn6060]

I don't understand this type of hobby but the machines are so neatly tailored that it brings me to a strong desire to express my deepest respect to all the modellers in that very field of hobby! It is so damn impressive and interesting!))) This cars are a brilliant piece of machinery, a real hand made wonder! Thanks for sharing! Good luck in such amazing hobby!

[@pyroboobysmith359]

Would love to see a camera mounted to the front of one of these cars, pointed rearward.

[@nemo227]

It's got to be on youtube SOMEWHERE. If not today, check back tomorrow. Yeah, here's an older posting: Tethered Car "Girl Power" - On board footage at Great Carlton Raceway - May 2012 I'll bet there are more.

[@jeffbeck6501]

great idea

[@jeffbeck6501]

one camera pointed in front, one behind, one at the audience pointed outward, and one pointed toward the centerpole.

[@garym1718]

if a camera was pointed rearward, it would film itself coming at itself. 😂

[@feellucky271]

You'd be messing with the time/space continuum and likely rip a hole in the universe. Sounds good to me.....

[@bfarm44]

We just had cars that had different cam gears that would drive them around in patterns and tether planes, lots of fun

[@Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

I have an antique tether car that my great uncle built just after WWII and raced in a park in Oak Cliff (Dallas). The car originally had a spark ignition engine and a shutoff switch actuated by a wire extended from the top of the car. If the run was not up to snuff, the owner could hold a rag above the track and trip the switch to shut down the car. It was later converted to glow plug ignition, which meant that there was no shutting it off until the fuel ran out. I was a preschooler at the time, but I remember watching the races and savoring the smell of burning castor oil. The race club disbanded after somebody who was probably unhappy with the noise broke up the expensive concrete track.

[@jasonvoorhees895]

I remember my dad having an airplane on a tether with a gas powered motor when I was a little kid in the 70's, probably before R/C was mass marketed. But I had no idea that tether cars even existed. Looks pretty fun

[@jasonborne5359]

is anyone else curious what would happen if that dude fell off that pole in the middle? I feel like that would be real bad

[@Jatmundar]

+Jason Borne It wouldn't be fun without some element of danger :)

[@jasonborne5359]

Jatmundar true... I just can't help but think, with as many years as this has been going on that someone hasn't fallen and some serious shit went down lol

[@Jatmundar]

+Jason Borne I see what you are saying, haha! Murphy's Law is a real thing and people are always finding different and interesting ways of injuring or killing themselves. Maybe there is a story about someone getting injured while doing this in an old paper somewhere?

[@jasonborne5359]

Jatmundar there has to be lol

[@brettcheeseman1154]

he would look like sliced bread.

[@frontcentermusician]

So you have to pet it to get it to start?

[@Kermitted1]

RichB nice

[@ryobi-onekenobi1788]

@RichB Thanks for the tip! And you have a lovely home.

[@claystone7729]

1st time I have ever seen such a thing.....Interesting and another good reason to bring family and friends together. Looks like a fun time.

[@Games_to_be_played]

There will be free practice on October 2nd, 2020. I'll go and take some new impressions. Meanwhile I also have better cameras :-)

[@sharkmusic9636]

Nice, watching this in 2020 :)

[@ginoboss657]

This is a random youtube recommendation i can appreciate.

[@alerey4363]

we cant see anything because of the speed, can u take some slow motion footage at least when the car is doing 100km/h or so?

[@FernandoMorales-ee1uk]

Ultra speed cameras please

[@bf6159]

What distance do they travel before reaching maximum speed?

[@panther105]

Holy crap! I'm a model plane guy.I had no idea they still did this. Thanks for uploading..!!!

[@davelowets]

Model planes do it too... 🤷🏻

[@panther105]

@@davelowets I was more into c/l combat and team racing. C/L speed was a whole other crazy area..

[@copee2960]

Grandfather used to have friend who built boats that were raced on a wire..Thanks for the upload love from the UK.

[@silentseawolf]

its like land speed records for R/C.... amazing. oh yeah, don't trip or your gonna be tied up in like 6 seconds... then impaled.

[@MrAgyhasadt]

I saw at 1986 in Hungary this type of race. Tax for uploading.

[@kriswelsh3844]

Don’t know why this is on my feed, had no idea that this was a thing, but wish it was a thing when I was growing up. Class!

[@carlmitchell9958]

Great to see this, all sorts of interests for creative men. Enjoy yourselves .

[@Rocketman88002]

That's crazy fast!!! I remember the model airplanes we flew before R.C. days. Nice leisurely flying planes in many scale sizes. Then came radio control. That's when things got interesting. Planes out of range and some in range skidding the rooftops of nearby residents. The flyers occasionally lost a plane to an irate home owner.

[@patrickvanrinsvelt4466]

PT-19 with an .049 engine? That was my first plane and I was hooked.

[@lmw289]

The second car did about 167 mph around the track! Holy crap!!! 😁

[@gibbyrock6648]

I never knew they had this kind of racing amazing fast cars

[@jackfrost2146]

It was happening in Australia 60 years ago, and also done with boats. This is the first I've seen since then!

[@remkojerphanion4686]

I've never seen this in my life, crazy fast!

[@mylesjarvis7571]

Wow! I used to have a Testors VW big tether car......it was nothing like this lol. Very cool!

[@8bitbonsai]

this is a strange hobby, you cant drive the car, you cant see the car, you only can hear it and watch the needle how fast it goes.

[@Slash1066]

Crazy and quite bizarre, imagine the g forces there

[@charlesshreeve319]

Exactly what I'm wondering; how many g's are these things experiencing, is there much (any?) tension on that tether cord? Those wheels and axles must be pretty stout! (Let's see, 20mm or so radius wheel spinning along the ground at 270 kph.....) (Must be unobtainium!) Also, pretty damn fine precision job of getting that track perfectly smooth and circular! I can (kind of) imagine what the SLIGHTEST ripple would do to one of those test runs (don't think the chain link fence would stop the shrapnel!)

[@wjld]

@@charlesshreeve319 . Well, formula 1 drivers when turning at 300 kph+ experience up to 5 g. I can't really do the math for this specific case, though.

[@velvetrosang4684]

From what I've heard, the Gs can go up to 8 with these things. The pressure on the tether can go up to 530 pounds when they do 250kph+

[@CarLoverPhotography]

At first i was like why is there a fence for a tiny car thats dumb but then i saw how fast

[@charlesshreeve319]

Yeah but how much of the shrapnel is that chain link fence going to stop if one of those babies disintegrates?

[@CarLoverPhotography]

True

[@cluelessbeekeeping1322]

I didn't even know 'this' existed. Those suckers sure are fast!

[@wingnutzster]

I was introduced to this sport as a kid, we never had any formal racing or circuits in South Africa but strangely there were cars on the second hand markets and I got my hands on a gorgeous bluebird that we set up to run on a concrete slab near a mall, was less organized and successful than this but still a bunch of fun.

[@marceldewit8159]

Looks like a really fun hobby

[@dragonmeddler2152]

Also, track construction must be done perfectly I would think. Couldn't have any surface variations at that speed.

[@dragonmeddler2152]

This is a beautiful and insane sport! Have to find out what goes into building one of these cars.

[@andreluizsantosbernardinod4060]

😱Wow! So fast, i just can't see!

[@herbienbrian2]

Wow the speed is incredible.

[@MrKarmapolice97]

I never knew this existed it’s so neat

[@jamest.5001]

I never sewn these before. after the first one got going it sounded like an alarm sounding. these are amazing . I want one to ride in!!!! crazy, what's next.

[@arealassassin]

just found my new ringtone!!

[@gfr1980]

Great video, but one question: How do the vehicles accelerate? Will a carburetor slider (possibly be used automatically) be operated or revving without throttle suction? Thanks in advance :)

[@AndBeefOre]

Theres no gearbox in it, these cars start at max gear, the guy in the middle helps it to get to semi optimal speed after which fine tuning of everything involved does the trick

[@southfloridaarcheryguy114]

Man, I wish I lived next door to this place!!

[@tomshiba51]

I didn't notice the "stop it" broom until he began to lower it. They've thought of everything.

[@SirFloofy001]

What is the slider under the speedometer for?

[@theofficialdiamondlou2418]

I had an original Cox die cast that I sold a few years ago. To a collector. Still had original black paint.

[@hamzterix]

I noticed the fuselage are designed for a straight line speed. At 270 MPH every shape matter. I think it should be curved accordingly.

[@TheExcellentVideoChannel]

Had no idea this had been going on for so long and reached so far. Here's a video from the UK 1967, they called it cable racing kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJzNn6Odgs-Il8U

[@KevinMcIntyreinSPACE]

That is just waiting to be turned into a scifi sound effect or remixed into the next techno chart topper.

[@mungomidge1090]

I love the idea of a 200mph cheese wire!

[@guerrillaradio9953]

My dad had one from the 1950’s when I was a boy and we would run it in a parking lot. His wasn’t as fast as these, but it was still a lot of fun!

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

GuerrillaRadio what was it tethered to?

[@guerrillaradio9953]

@@Make-Asylums-Great-Again A 45lb barbell with a piece of iron pipe in it.

[@yourfullofsheite]

Man falls from podium wrapped up like spiderman villain hit between eyes by pointy car going 200.

[@haljohnson6947]

hahahahahahaha

[@sbc388550]

What fuel (nitro) do they use? Estimated R.P.M. ? Piston, rod, crank material?

[@normdoty]

no nitro, gasoline fuel piston/rod aluminum crank steel. 30-40 thou.

[@robertholts2014]

Holy crap I new about them just not how fast they are .nice

[@Chance-ry1hq]

Awesome camera skills.👍🏼

[@Games_to_be_played]

Yes you said it, they are Oscar worthy :-)

[@FlyerTuck]

When do they get to the fun part?

[@pma8806]

What kind of RPM are these engines running at ? And what about the fuel consumption. I would like to know please.

[@Games_to_be_played]

The models are equipped with two-stroke engines in displacement sizes of 1.5 cm³, 2.5 cm³, 3.5 cm³, 5 cm³ and 10 cm³. The engines are operated with a mixture of 80% methanol and 20% castor oil and are capable of producing engine speeds up to 45,000 revolutions per minute.

[@feellucky271]

How fast does it go? YES

[@KevinMillard68]

cool

[@vatanenj]

Lots of stupid comments down below... My record: 10cc 324 km/h, 5cc 285km/h

[@feellucky271]

As compared to the 5 and 10 cc world records? I race nitro boats and own a former world champion from '86.So what? Lots of people ask questions but I'd never insult them by calling them stupid as it does nothing to improve the sport or their interest. Your records mean something only to you as you were to stupid to add other record info. Bravo for your ego.

[@ronniewall1481]

Are there rules

[@clayz1]

gator 8 . I agree with Raddaddy. There are a lot of stupid comments below.

[@TheBlister69]

They're just comments, man. Relax. Not everyone is a pro tether boy. Like you. 🤣

[@mrfingers4737]

Most people are stupid.

[@iamrocketray]

I love the sound of a speed engine coming on song, it seems to affect my Adrenalin flow. Although i admit i prefer speed racing C/L model planes

[@christopherpoucher483]

damn thing so fast time sounds like a burglar alarm

[@wildweedle6012]

I would love to get into this hobby, but the nearest track is 5 hours away on Long Island.

[@hazenbrown8943]

wow.....😲

[@azmike1956]

I had a pair of 1/24 scale Corvettes with Cox engines that would run on a center post. Sometimes they come loose!!

[@farginicehole513]

Now most Cox drive Audis and BMWs.

[@drumminsonlive9199]

That is a lot better than the big atom smasher...

[@azzazz4549]

Imagine if the guy fell from that stand. Final destination time

[@fully_retractable]

Don't worry, tha crash barrier, and chain link fence will protect you little buddy.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

What does the guy at the center do?

[@davidjessee7701]

Krazy

[@nigelcarren]

This would be the most dangerous way of making Coleslaw! (If only someone had the courage to lean over with a carrot!)🏆

[@jaxxbrat2634]

Secret design we cant look?.. Dang quick..

[@GrandMerc89]

For the really insane motorsports Europe is the place. Tractor pullers powered by tugboat engines, hill climbers in Iceland that drive across water, rally driving on ice, and this.

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

Tether cars are worldwide been around for decades

[@eaglei28]

has the dude in the middle ever fell off while the wire is going round !?

[@ItsJimdevera]

nice siren

[@marcostet]

hahahahahaha it sounds like some one is sneezing alot during this video XD some serieus speed though

[@markgiles8527]

New Flash! If that small car brakes free from it's tether, that fence isn't stopping anything. LOL But sit behind it if it makes you feel safe.

[@3000gtwelder]

And I thought Nascar was boring haha!

[@marineboy6033]

I read about this model sport about 45 years ago and thought this is really old tech.....

[@xavierolle]

Man the sound is fucking insane!

[@1Trupurpose]

I'm curious what RPM the engine spins at and how many cylinders?

[@goldenretriever6440]

1Trupurpose Probably a billion

[@chabka34]

1Trupurpose it looked like one

[@porousorificePilot]

single cyl. 2 stroke running around 40,000 rpm.

[@1Trupurpose]

Wow! They must use super extra slippery brand oil for those rpm's.

[@Flaaaaanders]

A real spectator sport

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Is that scale or actual?

[@carlosposada4248]

What do you do for a living? Me- I race...

[@aldifarri]

Ngweo ngweo ngweo ngweo ngweo

[@leonydasdice]

Best comment ever ever ever ever ever ever ever

[@HDDynalowrider]

What skill

[@louiscypher7090]

Those motors are working double time.

[@Emiliocab47]

I think the entertainment value would be even greater if the guy at the center would be required to hold the tether line, sort of like someone flying a control line aircraft

[@welshpete12]

I make it about 164.7 mph . Wonder how many G 's it taking ?

[@MegaTube1313]

Nice fence

[@bobbybrummett7384]

Call me morbid but I'd like to see what would happen if you had more than one car on the track at the same time

[@sumedalpaca]

Where we buy em

[@devonchappell3358]

How does this work?

[@almiradelshin6415]

Remember from my schoolboy days hobby, if that car maded right and adjusted well, after 200 km speed, that increases speed only by right made muffler as a rocket engine, not by wheels

[@exotictorquerc8797]

No worries about cutting the grass

[@johnshanks8390]

Some needs to make a supersonic car.

[@cesarango01]

So, what is the fun? The wheels on the bus go round and round?

[@falz]

schade das es keinerlei veranstaltungen mehr in der zukunft gibt ausser arbeiten. aber vieleicht haben wir ja glück und die regierung überlegt für uns was, vlt so wie es in china ist. aber ich denke dann gibt es nur noch fussball und das auch nur via glotze :-(