Lego Porsche Crashtest in Slow-Motion (2017) [video]

Post by jonsen » Sat, Jan 05, 2019, 1:21 PM UTC

Negitivefrags wrote: post #6

CaliforniaKarl wrote: post #4

I was surprised to see that the rear portion of the car wasn't as heavily damaged, but when they picked it up, I noticed the floor appeared to be one large piece. My guess is, that was able to absorb enough of the crash energy, to bring the vehicle to a stop.

I have made one of these and it is not one piece. The floor is just very sturdy because it has a lot of long flat bars and is very will connected with a lot of fixings. The “skin” of the car on the other hand is very flimsy because they had to use a lot of tricks to get all the panels to have the correct angles with only standard LEGO parts. Many of them will flex when you touch them because they only have 2 attachme…

Post by almcd » Sat, Jan 05, 2019, 2:06 PM UTC

theneck wrote: post #12

Anybody know the music piece they play during the slow motion footage?

Post by scrumper » Sat, Jan 05, 2019, 2:40 PM UTC

Negitivefrags wrote: post #6

CaliforniaKarl wrote: post #4

I was surprised to see that the rear portion of the car wasn't as heavily damaged, but when they picked it up, I noticed the floor appeared to be one large piece. My guess is, that was able to absorb enough of the crash energy, to bring the vehicle to a stop.

I have made one of these and it is not one piece. The floor is just very sturdy because it has a lot of long flat bars and is very will connected with a lot of fixings. The “skin” of the car on the other hand is very flimsy because they had to use a lot of tricks to get all the panels to have the correct angles with only standard LEGO parts. Many of them will flex when you touch them because they only have 2 attachme…

Post by village-idiot » Sat, Jan 05, 2019, 3:22 PM UTC

scrumper wrote: post #15

Negitivefrags wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have made one of these and it is not one piece. The floor is just very sturdy because it has a lot of long flat bars and is very will connected with a lot of fixings. The “skin” of the car on the other hand is very flimsy because they had to use a lot of tricks to get all the panels to have the correct angles with only standard LEGO parts. Many of them will flex when you touch them because they only have 2 attachme…

Later in the video there’s a brief glimpse of the crash at real-time camera speed. The car is moving very fast. Whatever the speed, this doesn’t look survivable, for either occupants or frankly any imaginary plastic people in the range of all that wickedly sharp LEGO shrapnel and flying wheels. I think a real 911 would do substantially better in a crash test; this is more like the result of those supercar crashes you…