olympic rc mini's

[JCJC]

Just sitting with laptop and watching the athletics, can see what looks like rc cars in the infield, on to google and http://www.motorward.com/2012/08/min...olympic-fleet/

yea, I know.............

[sosidge]

Saw those too!

[brookie]

More details here:

http://www.rcracer.com/on-road-artic...t-the-olympics

and as part of my job I've driven the full size versions which have the equivalent of 204bhp which is 'interesting in a front wheel drive car with SO much weight over the rear axle!

Don't know what chassis the RC version is based on but it looks to be 1/4 or 1/5 scale.

[metalmickey0]

Thought someone might of posted a vid as i`ve not seen them yet on tv

[spud31]

both mcd and fg make a 1/5th scale new mini

[metalmickey0]

Originally Posted by metalmickey0

Thought someone might of posted a vid as i`ve not seen them yet on tv

Seen them now. All THREE of them. Saw one pootling across the field as it wasnt going very fast s had a Javelin sticking out of it. Bigger than i`d expected to 5th scale i`d say.

[AfroP]

they use them to fetch the javelins and shamelessly plug mini's

[adam_u]

1/5 scale BMW mini - does that make them about the same size as the original mini?

[Moozo]

Originally Posted by adam_u

1/5 scale BMW mini - does that make them about the same size as the original mini?

Bet the wheels are bigger and go quicker

[The Marcos Graveyard]

BMW MINI - a true British Classic

[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by metalmickey0

Thought someone might of posted a vid as i`ve not seen them yet on tv

I posted some videos here
http://www.oople.com/forums/showpost...77&postcount=3

[chris68nufc]

There's a bit of controversy about these at the games, apparently the olympics are supposed to be advert free however the mini Is so well recognised that there are a few people not happy about it, probably as this Is the version made by BMW and not the iconic early mini!
I just think that it's a great idea to use them! Wonder if there's any well known drivers driving them??!

[cutting42]

Hi All

I was at the stadium yesterday and took these pics, so cool, loved seeing them there!

[metalmickey0]

Cool, bet you wanted to get down there and show em how its done and they not using 2.4gig, whats wrong with them? Keep up with the times

[pro4nut]

They are being driven by school boys from 2 London public schools.

There was a feature on it on the London BBC news at 6:45 for anyone that's interested.