I Built A Life-Size Remote-Controlled Corvette
A COMPUTER genius has managed to build a full size remote-controlled Corvette that wouldn’t look out of place in the latest Fast and Furious film. Bjorn Harms decided to pursue his childhood dream by creating a full-scale vehicle that can be manoeuvred with just a small remote. Bjorn grew up watching the Back To The Future movies and was mesmerised by Doc racing around the DeLorean without anyone sitting in the driver’s seat. Wanting to emulate this fascinating scene, Bjorn, a computer technician from Urmond, Netherlands, decided to apply his knowledge and expertise to a 2006 Corvette C6 – and he hasn’t looked back since. Bjorn has also built full-scale remote controlled Knight Rider and Back To The Future replicas.
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00:00I'm pretty proud of what I've done.
00:03I haven't seen anybody who's done exactly the same thing.
00:06This car is fully in your control.
00:30This is my 2006 Corvette C6 and it's a full-scale remote-controlled car and I like it a lot.
00:39This is 34-year-old computer technician Bjorn Harms.
00:43He's built a full-sized remote-controlled Corvette that wouldn't look out of place in the latest Bond film.
00:52My first idea of building a full-sized remote-controlled car was by watching Back to the Future when I was a little kid.
00:59And I always had this idea of, man, when I'm older and I get my first car, then I want to try to make my own full-scale remote-controlled car.
01:07And that's what I did.
01:11The Corvette is road-legal and even my daily driver.
01:16Two years ago I bought a Corvette C6 and I came up with this idea to make it full-scale remote-controlled.
01:24So I had to make a universal motor controller so I could control different types of motors that I've attached to the controls of the car.
01:32I control the car with my four-channel transmitter.
01:36It controls the braking, the gear changing, the throttle and the steering.
01:41Building the universal motor controller took me around one year.
01:45Then it took me around three months to make a prototype system.
01:49And it took me another three months to make a system that was also safe enough to use.
01:54I also made a fail-safe system, so that means if the car gets out of range of my transmitter,
02:24the brakes start braking automatically.
02:34The engine is a V8 6-liter. It has around 404 horsepower and the top speed is close to 300 kilometers an hour.
02:45Technically it could go that fast remotely, but highly unwisely.
02:54The first time I drove the car I felt pretty scary because I was a little bit nervous on would it actually work properly.
03:05But after testing it, it worked better than I thought.
03:11Most people are very excited and they actually love the project.
03:16But there are also a lot of people that think it's crazy and of course a little bit dangerous.
03:24The entire RC process costs around 3,500 euros.
03:30Give or take.
03:31All the Corvette values right now is around 30,000 euros.
03:36Even with the remote control system.
03:38I would consider selling it, but mainly so I can start another project again.
03:43I'm pretty sure there's no other Corvette in the world that controls like this one.
03:50I am very proud of what I have done.