Why real cars aren't made out of Lego
Video: Ever wonder What would happen if you crashed a Lego Porsche at almost 30mph? Wonder no more...
I'm a big fan of building Lego cars and in the past I have wondered what it would be like to drive a 1/1 scale Lego car in the real world. This video no longer makes me want to drive a Lego car in the real world.
At the state-of-the-art ADAC Crashtest facility in Landsberg, experts put the 911 GT3 RS Lego Technic kit through a crash simulation test. The complex kit comes with 2700 pieces, takes 856 steps to build and has a functional steering, a dual clutch gearbox, and a motor with moving pistons and gear shifter.
Johannes Heilmaier, head of the crash system at the ADAC said "We developed a crash set-up like for any other car - just in mini format."
The Lego Porsche raced at 28mph (46 km/h) against an extra-developed Minicrashblog.
Heilmaier said: "The result was impressive and different than expected. The chassis of the car had no problems with the high speed, and there was very few damaged parts on impact. It was almost exclusively the click connections between the components."
If only every day at work was this fun!
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Comments (39)
Is this the only reason they aren't made of lego? I assume we don't drive Lego cars because no one could afford them
....and the best is they can send it to James for reassemble...
Was any Lego harmed in the making of this video?
Lord Business and some Kragle would keep that Porsche together.
why not. if that happens you just find the manual and build it again
True! But only if you have survived the crash! lol