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Video: McLaren fans inspire remote-control F1 car

 
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The coolest RC car in the world is controlled by a Blackberry Storm

The coolest RC car in the world is controlled by a Blackberry Storm

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In a viral video Cinderella story that could only happen on the Internet, two McLaren Formula 1 fans have helped to inspire one of the most incredible remote control cars ever: a full-scale, fully functional remote control F1 car. And it's piloted - remotely - by Lewis Hamilton.

Two bored office mates set about having some fun on a weekend work bender by constructing a huge 'Office GP' race track for a tiny remote control scale model. But that wasn't enough - to make it really interesting, they modded the RC car with a Bluetooth unit so they could control it via a Blackberry Storm.

It's almost too much to believe, but the video evidence is convincing. After seeing the video on YouTube, McLaren engineers were so impressed, they flew the pair out to show them what they'd whipped up: a life-size version of the two men's office hobby car, and then they let it loose on a test track in Portugal.

Watch, and be amazed.
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Mercedes-McLaren Remote Control Formula 1 car


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  1. ma_saabfan avatar saabfan Posted: 3/10/2009 11:55am PDT

    That expression on his face....priceless.
     
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  2. ma_phil12321 avatar phil12321 Posted: 3/10/2009 3:19pm PDT

    Its so fantastic to see how Lewis hamiltons hands are ever so quick on the R/C controls just as they are behind the wheel...
     
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  3. By  micro sd 16gb Posted: 1/12/2010 11:44pm PST

    the f1 can have bluetooth the range of 100 metres class 1. the storm has bluetooth range over 30 feet so it could possibly be real if just if the range of the f1 had bluetooth range of 100 metres class 1.
     
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