Did top gear really build and launch a reliant robin space shuttle. The boys called on the clever men who sent a mini down a ski jump rocket assisted for a top gear olympics stunt. The team turned a reliant robin british breadandbutter car with three wheels into a space shuttle. The reliant robin space shuttle top gear bbc america. These guys are unsurpassed and i am sooooooo glad that the show is back. Difficult to give a real figure, as there are so many peripheral costs involved wages, prefilming planning, purchases, time spent organising licences and facilities. Its a reliant robin, think about the past episodes.
As if the folks at top gear didnt already have the best job in the world, they recently went and completely outdid themselves, building their own space shuttle out of a reliant robin, roughly the. James attempts to conquer an active volcano in a hilux, jeremy risks his life driving in a reliant robin, and richard waves goodbye to the lacetti and welcome in the new reasonably priced car bentley continental supersports jeremy misc. This is a subreddit about the grand tour, amazons car show hosted by former bbc top gear presenters. Jeremy, richard and james drive the latest audi tt, alfa romeo. Top gear reliant robin space shuttle challenge tv episode 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Plus, the team tries to make a reliant robin boldly go where no. Challenge overview jeremy set off from a garage in sheffield and immediately rolled the robin 20 feet. James and richard try to turn a reliant robin into a space shuttle. Directed by brian klein, james bryce, phil churchward.
You control the trust of each of the two rocket propellers strapped to your robin. The misleading part, is probably, how quickly they claimed it was built a few weeks. This particular one isnt that reliant robin episode, although rest assured, that one is also a favorite. Top gear reliant robin space shuttle richard hammond and james may bbc 9 min 50 sec. Afterwards, jeremy gate crashes a news broadcast, gets stuck in a mechanics inspection pit and interrupts a cricket match before ending the episode by crashing the robin into a canal. As top gear hits motortrend on demand on august 30 more details at the bottom of this post, were naming some of the cantmiss episodes to check out first. Simpleplanes top gear reliant robin space shuttle update.
Reliant robin shuttle challenge season 9, episode 4. They approach the uk rocket association, owing to their previous success with the rocket mini, for their creation. Reliant robin space shuttle, season 9, episode 4 sometimes success isnt the best result. We choose to fly a car into space, not because it is easy, but to prove jeremy clarkson wrong. In this topgear game, you will launch your own modified robin car into space. Top game a top gear parody episode 1 reliant robin.
Richard hammond and james may opted to see if they could convert the failed reliant robin into the most complicated of all spacecraft, the space shuttle. Jeremy rolls literally into a reliant robin car club meeting to chat with some enthusiasts about how to drive a robin best, and why they were so popular. Reliant robin space shuttle top gear series 9 bbc video. The best, most hilarious top gear episodes ever aired digital. Getting it off the ground wont be a problem, but can. Til top gear built a legitimate space shuttle with a. Hammond and may discover if the robin reliant would make for a viable space shuttle. The ninth series of top gear aired during 2007 and consisted of six episodes, beginning on 28 january and concluding on 4 march. It is the weirdest looking car, but its been around for 30 years, so apparently its not as bad as it looks. Jeremy finds a touch of the night in the new porsche 911 turbo, the stig tears up the track in an insanelytuned mercedes sl, and richard and james make one small stumble for man as they attempt to build a working space shuttle out of a reliant robin. Top gear reliant robin space shuttle challenge tv episode 2007 on imdb. Top gear reliant robin space shuttle richard hammond. From the video, i count 6 of the ceseroni engines in just the external fuel tank part of the space robin.
There were also engines in the strapon boosters and in the car itself. Plus, the team tries to make a reliant robin boldly go where no threewheeler has gone before. It contains all you need for your space adventures. And it tapers to a point, hammond notes, by way of scientific logic for why the reliant robin would make a good space shuttle.
Hammond and may see if it is possible to convert a 1992 reliant robin into a space shuttle. This is being shown around ksc right now, after being seen here. Prior to the series beginning, the shows return was advertised with a trailer that borrowed the overexcited responses of the parents of a young boy who were watching the top gear team filming the motorhome. How to restore reliant regal enthusiasts restoration manual reliant regal. Plus, hot fuzz actor simon pegg is the star in a reasonably priced car. Not sure if some of the international slopers have ever seen this topgear clip of a remote control reliant robin space shuttle.
Robin reliant space shuttle challenge top gear bbc. James goes to volkswagens test track to drive the bugatti veyron at 253 mph 406 kmh, faster than any formula one car. This is the reliant robin converted in space shuttle for the series 9 of bbc top gear tv show. These were the men whod helped to send a mini down the skee jump for the top gear winter olympics. First run episodes are broadcast in the united kingdom on bbc two, and since series. Production of the series was delayed due to hammonds accident in september 2006, and. Request topgear reliant robin space shuttle orbiter. Yesterday there was an exceptionally hilarious episode of top gear on bbc.
The booster rockets separated cleanly, but the fuel tank did not detach, and the robin crashed into the ground. Reliant robin converted in shuttle orbiter 165 pieces external tank 189 pieces two boosters for launch 27 pieces each launch platform 119 pieces top gear space technology centre. Did top gear really build and launch a reliant robin space. Surely you know this one richard and james try to launch a reliant robin into orbit. Top game a top gear parody episode 1 reliant robin space shuttle. The one with the reliant robin space shuttle series 9, episode 4 2007 surely you know this one richard and james try to launch a reliant robin into orbit. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Series 15, episode 1 2010 jeremy tips over a reliant robin in deepest yorkshire, james drives tgs volcanoproof car up that volcano in iceland, and. Robin reliant space shuttle challenge top gear bbc hammond and may discover if the robin reliant would make for a viable space shuttle. Ive never heard of it, but apparently bbc makes a mythbusteresque show called top gear.
One of the funniest segments in top gear history is clarksons test of the reliant robin or rather. The rocket experts they used, are some of the top guys in the country. I suspect the construction was closer to a year if not more an. The reliant robin challenge was a challenge set to jeremy clarkson that was featured in the 15th series of top gear. Top gear reliant robin space shuttle update 7,597 aluo 3. Jeremy tries out a porsche 911 turbo, and richard and james try to build a space shuttle out of a reliant robin. Featuring a space shuttle built from a reliant robin and some hightech tractor tests. During the journey jeremy rolled the robin 7 times. In 18 february 2007 episode of top gear series 9, episode 4, a reliant robin was used by richard hammond and james may in an attempt to modify a normal kreg robin into a reusable space shuttle. This is the one thats even better, though, because instead of repeatedlyand hilariouslyrolling the little three. Richard hammond tries to add a motorbike to the cool wall and suffers the consequences. How much money did top gear spend trying to send a reliant.
Trouble at the top the robin rides again trouble at the top programme about johnathan heynes ideas to bring back reliant in 1996. Top gear builds, launches space shuttle car engadget. The misleading part, is probably, how quickly they claimed it was. Oh my gosh, that was the best, most hilarious top gear episode see that thing explode into the ground and into a billion pieces was priceless, especially after all the intensity of the launch and the earnestness of those rocket guys who really, really. From new cars to how theyre fueled, this show has it all. The series featured two specials that were broadcast after the series had ended, top gear of the pops on 16 march and the top gear. Robin reliant space shuttle challenge top gear bbc by top gear. Brabus s biturbo roadster porsche 911 turbo reliant robin simon pegg space shuttle. Jeremy, richard and james drive the latest audi tt, alfa romeo brera and mazda rx8 coupes to scotland. Top gear reliant robin space shuttle challenge tv episode. Owing to the fact, that it probably wouldnt work, the reliant shuttle was unmanned and attached to the. Anyways someone sent me a video of them turning a reliant robin that funky 3 wheeled car into a working space shuttle. Jeremy takes the extreme sport of reliant robin rolling to the streets of barnsley, aided by a string of celebrities who just happen to be on hand to help keep the fabled threewheeler upright. The fifteenth series of top gear was aired during 2010 on bbc two and bbc hd and consisted of 6 episodes, beginning on 27 june and concluding on 1 august.
Using the rocketshaped, three wheel reliant robin as the reusable shuttle. As a direct replacement for the orbiter a reliant robin was utilised. Reliant robin space shuttle, england, uk this is the actua flickr. Top gear and the robin reliant space transport system. Jeremy clarkson, richard press j to jump to the feed. The latest version of porsches 911 is put to the test.