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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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
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.
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 safely.
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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]