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A replica of the Reliant Robin Space Shuttle used in Top Gear. On 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 K-reg Robin into a reusable Space Shuttle. The booster rockets separated cleanly, but the fuel tank did not detach, and the Robin ...
Hammond and May see if it is possible to convert a 1992 Reliant Robin into a Space Shuttle, with help from the British Amateur Rocket Society, but have 12 days to build it. [2] They soon face a tough ordeal, with complicated engineering, but are highly ambitious of success and the hope of proving Clarkson wrong that the idea is preposterous.
A replica of the Reliant Robin Space Shuttle. Hammond and May tried to convert a 1992 Reliant Robin into a Space Shuttle. They were given 12 days to build it [5] and help from the United Kingdom Rocketry Association. Eight tonnes of thrust was required to launch the Robin—the largest non-commercial rocket launch undertaken in Europe. The ...
Reliant Robin Space Shuttle challenge: Simon Pegg: 18 February 2007 () 7.51: 79: 5: Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 [broken anchor] Railway crossing hazard video • Tractor challenge (JCB Fastrac 8250 • Case STX Steiger 530 • Fendt 930 Vario): Home-made biofuel • Top Gear survey 2006 results: Kristin Scott Thomas: 25 February 2007 () 7.58
In the February 18, 2007, episode of Top Gear, a Reliant Robin was used by Richard Hammond and James May in an attempt to modify a normal K-reg Robin into a reusable Space Shuttle. Steve Holland, a professional radio-controlled aircraft pilot, helped Hammond to work out how to land a Robin
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For Series 9, Episode 4 of the BBC's Top Gear, a group of amateur rocketeers were given four and a half months to convert a Reliant Robin into a space shuttle with the assistance of an engineering firm. [11]
Top Gear is back and the presenters are trying to be sensible. Of course, that's not the case when Clarkson goes to the North to try to drive a Reliant Robin from Sheffield to Rotherham, and rolling it over in the process, while on the track he road-tests the heavy Bentley Continental Supersports.