VW Touareg Towing a 747 Jumbo Jet - Fifth Gear
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- In this classic clip from Fifth Gear, Tom Ford wants to do the ultimate test for the VW Touareg. To tow a 155 tonne 747 Jumbo Jet.
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I think a lot of people are missing the point.. This is a 2004 Touareg, this thing was an absolute beast. Essentially it was a 150K SUV that VW sold for 70K. It's suspension was and still is unmatched by any other SUV, it was simply so ahead of it's time that the average person neglected to see what it really was. VW used to make amazing cars, like the Phaeton, but the US market just wouldn't accept them as what they were, Now they have plants in Mexico and Tennessee, and they make them just the way Americans want them, cheap.
I planning to buy a 2006 Touareg or a Phaeton V10 of course I know there is phaeton V12 but that's not in my price range what's your advice?
Both cars are amazing. They are both big cars with big engines, so in reality the only thing you should look at when deciding between the two is what you plan on doing with the car. If you get a lot of snow or ever plan on taking the car off road then I'd go with the Touareg, it is available with AWD so it can take you anywhere without you having to worry about the weather or terrain. The Phaeton is great and could still handle snow, but not as well. The Phaeton is basically a Bentley with a different badge, it is far more luxurious than the Touareg.. Another thing to look at would be replacement parts should you ever need them. Parts for the Phaeton would be hard to come by and therefore more expensive. I'd go with the Touareg simply because of those two reasons. But if you like the more luxurious features that the Phaeton offers then go with that. You can't go wrong either way, both cars are amazing.
They are great cars. But you better have really deep pockets if you want to keep them running.
In 2003 while spending some time in Germany we ended up with a new rental Toureg diesel V10. I thought it was a just normal big SUV so I let my wife drive it on the autobahn. I was napping, but when my wife said it was faster than the Mercedes we rented some weeks before, I woke up. I saw that she was going over 200 kmh. So I told her to pull over, so I could drive it. It had a factory stick and I think it was the fastest R50 model. Boy, that was one fast and comfy SUV.
Fast forward to 2016 and we're back in the US and we needed to find a good RV tow vehicle for long trips. So the wife says why not get a used Toureg V10 diesel? I could find just a few for sale in the US. I almost bought one, but after asking around, I heard that at around 100K miles, you might need to replace the turbos and/or other parts. But in a Toureg V10, it turns out that the cost of the part is a small fraction of the real cost: Since that V10 is such a huge hunk of aluminum, in order to swap in the new parts, you need to drop the whole engine, transmission, and the front axle. And you need a special hydraulic table to do this work. US VW dealers can't or don't want to do this. The Toureg V10 also has all kinds of other complications, like two independent 12 volt batteries and other Veyron design experiments. So maintaining a V10 Toureg is either incredibly expensive or just not possible, unless you are related to what's left of VW management.
The US market doesn’t accept them because why would you pay over 50 grand for a VW when you could get an Audi or Porsche instead? No one needs the torque of these large engine diesels in America. American roads are appropriate for cars with power not torque
This is not 2004 touareg . Its 2006 or 07
I'm not impressed until I see the 747 on full thrust pulling the other way.
Hehehhehe
Reverse throttle or pushback on a 747 is not very fast
cavan miller It's not about speed but about torque...
Thom Valk Glad GE and Rolls Royce know speed is important! :)
Thom Valk , How much torque do you think a boeing 747 has? Alot more then a Touareg I presume
Im honestly more impressed by the 4.3 tons ballast
thats
kind of insane
like, thats one relatively big car per suspension-corner
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Mom can we have “James May”?
We already have “James May” at home
“James May” at home...
Fucking legend
@@zweideutigkeit8534 no my friend. YOU are the legend for replying to me after a whole year passed since i uploaded that comment lmao
@@zweideutigkeit8534 Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!
James Can
@@Angry.General1461don’t push it.
For sale :: low mileage tourag runs ok, new transmission, engine needs tlc.
Chad Singleton for sale low milage only one plane pull done so far
@CBR Fireblade sigorta şirketinin abartisindan dolayı 100k hasar kayıtlıdır
@@bruce-df9nu for sale low flight hours 747-200 one pull done,engines never got fire in them, everything oem
You're a joke
@@bruce-df9nu Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!
would have been nice to see the transmission temp throughout that test
That's German Power 😏
Power breaks down too much....😂
Der Deutsche Machine
And when you need pull out touareg from snow you cant... you need a good grid and fake plane on wheel
😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏
@austinrover2005 then why nobody else did it?...
i wanna see a 747 towing a touareg
Claudiu Ioncea impossible
Claudiu Ioncea the plane is fake
Just look at the engines , a 747 doesnt have engines put together when on a real 747 the engines are separate on the wing and if you compare more you will see more evidence that the plane is fake
The plane was real and worked for British Airways, and in the film "007-Casino Royale" it played the experimental plane. That's why the engines look so weird.
@@Valaki415
Boeing 747 G-BDXJ, "City of Birmingham," is absolutely a real 747.
It flew for British Airways for 22 years before selling it to
European Aviation Air Charter for holiday and ad-hoc flights. They used it for a year and then sold it to
Air Atlanta Europe, who used it for a year of charter flights. Air Atlanta Europe then ceased 747 operations and retired it.
Last flight: 25 may 2005, from London Gatwick to Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey, England.
Aces High Limited bought it for use as a film prop.
The "engines," and "drop tanks," seen on the wings are hollow plywood mock-ups put in place for the james bond movie, Casino Royale. The removal of the engines and other components brought the weight down significantly, but it is still, in fact, a used and abused 747-200.
It has also been featured in the background of Top Gear, and in the forefront when being pulled By a JCB tractor by James May.
Like he said it's not so much about engine power. When I worked for Delta our tugs at work would move fully loaded CRJ 900's and MD88's with ford 300 inline six engines. It's all about grip and the transmissions were geared for max torque.
so since it has a handbrake.. can you do some mad skids with it?
+Amadeus Eisenberg yeah lets try
That would be epic
+Amadeus Eisenberg t`hgfhrs
ZombieSlayer103 Tokyo drifting
Yes even with a plane behind it you can do Tokyo drift
Gotta love the Touareg.. childhood car for me
Fun fact; this is the plane from Casino Royale, and this experiment is done at Top Gear's test track. Plane was modified beyond ever flying again, so it won't leave the TG-track.
Fifth Gears, on a Top Gear test track... ahh the irony..
Blue Skies Flyer indeed, remember tractor challenge episode 😁
Topgear went to where Fifth Gear was filmed for a bit. When they did the lorry episode & part of the British Leyland episode
Fifth Gear is the original Top Gear reborn.
(Not Clarkson Hammond May Top Gear, before that.)
@@shadowhaziq4326 Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!
Remember that the tractive force to move a load is 10% of the total mass.
Still the stunt says a lot about the Touareg.
Still 15.5 tons, pretty good
What is this 15tons on wheel? Strongman can pull plane its more than 300kg pull
@@StopTeoriomSpiskowym Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!
@@Angry.General1461 bruh dont be that guy. Some people cannot be pleased.
@@Ali-ol7pk Hey child! Don't tell me what to do! If you don't like what's being said on here watch something less adult related like cartoons!
This is not about overcoming 150 tons, it’s about overcoming the amount of friction the wheels on the 747 have.
VW Touareg Towing a 747 Jumbo Jet flying the other way
Amazing comment.
If it pulls? And succed? Everyone AND I MEAN EVERY ONE WOULD BUY IT AND FUCK ME VW WILL NEED ANOTHER PRODUCTION RUN BY 100 YEARS IF THEY UPGRADE IT
So the Touareg pulled this with 700 foot pounds of torque? By that logic, a Bugatti Veyron, with 1,100 foot pounds of torque, should be able to pull Jupiter out of orbit . . .
Considering the most powerful production truck has 2618 foot pounds of torque, by your logic it should be able to speed up the sun's rotation.
+Arrrbol (YCS) lol
@@Arrrbol hahahahaha👏
XDDD
Bugatti veyron is diesel? ....
That's the 747 used in Casino Royale, made obvious by the fact that the engines are together on this model and on other models, they are seperated. Also, this was filmed at the Top Gear test track as that is where the plane is now.
I had a VW Touareg V10 and it was an absolute monster now I have the new Touareg and that's just the same goes like an absolute Bat Out of Hell
If the pilot pulls the handbrake in midair
Midair gymkhana?
D O R I F T O
It Drifts
And Stall
2020 someone?
Yup; Watching after Qantas retired their last 747.
Yes
Aye
yeah why not
2021 🥸
V10 Diesel. WOW All SUV's should come in diesel!
Too costly sadly 😕
@@h214suiiii too costly where?
A nowadays V8 diesel is enough to beat this old V10. Take a look at V8 Duramax diesel 6.6L it has 1220Nm vs the V10 5.0l has only 750nm.
Besides Audi made that time their Q7 with 6.0L V12 TDI 500hp and 1000nm
@@toyotacorolla4268 the less cylinders more torque. A v8 will automatically have more torque than a v10
@OverGrownApe_001 a v8 will pull harder than a v10, its just how it is
But what about the Audi Q7 V12 TDI? Is has 1000 nm of torque.
wasn't about when this video was filmed years ago
CaFilms yeah this is of 2006 i guess
and beside VW is the parent company meaning they own AUDI so what ever AUDI has VW has its the same chassis the same engines just a badges.
Yes,but Audi q7 has not low range which is the most important thing in this test
@@motorrecon200 Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!
It will be a new world record if you pulled the antove 225
gfd
+bell teh yes.....
LOYal keyboardcoolkid-co-leader that is true
You mean Antonov AN225, not antove.
I know this comment is a year old, but I got this video in my recommended and need to explain this:
This 747 was not a standard one, it was modified heavily to remove about about 35 metric tons. Since there is so many 747’s in the air (with some being retired today), a 747 can be easily ordered and modified for movies and such. The Antonov AN225 is a plane that requires an insane amount of force, greater than the one that the AN225 is making to pull it. Even then, there is only 1 AN225 in the air today, with another being half-built, than scrapped. Also, the Antonov weighs much more than a Boeing 747, due to sextuple engines, multiple landing gear wheels, a large fuselage, etc,.
TL:DR
It would be really hard and pretty insane to do, with many factors. Maybe in the future.
8 years old, still very cool.
for anyone who is wondering this is why the engines are mounted in pods on this particular 747 model.
"After retirement, it was modified to be used as a prop in the James Bond movie Casino Royale[2] and was painted with a fictional Hollywood registration, N88892, used also on a Boeing 727 in the movie Hero.[3] In the movie, it appears as the "Skyfleet S570" a fictional prototype aeroplane which terrorists attempt to destroy. Among the modifications were the fitting of twin mock-up "B-52 style" engines on each of the inner engine pylons, with the outer ones instead holding mock-up external fuel tanks.
After Casino Royale, G-BDXJ appeared in aVolkswagen commercial that shows it being towed by a Volkswagen Touareg.[4] This stunt was also featured on the television programme Fifth Gear with presenter Tom Ford driving the Touareg."
-wikipedia
2:32 that's what i was kind of wondering though the fact that a 3500 lb car pulling something that weighs 155 tons would have to have be heavier, after all airport tugs weighs about 50-55 tons and produces 200 hp with massive amounts of torque
Anyone had this pop as a recommendation after 5 years?
I can do it with my bicycle.
Sergei Russakov sure you can fat ass
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Sergei Russakov PizzDaBall
Chuck Noris did it with his Finger
Its hoe the russians do it
I have a 2006 4.2 V8. A total complete beast
but, could you tow a 747 with a nissan leaf?
+jingxuezhou Until the battery runs out...
+Amadeus Eisenberg yeah honestly what do Prius owners do when it's a flash flood?... Its like driving a laptop everywhere...
+Amadeus Eisenberg.
you can wait for lighting to strike your car to charge it
hahahahahahaha you got hacked son electric motor infinite yorque so yeah
The engines don't look right...
From wikipedia:
After retirement, it was modified to be used as a prop in the James Bond movie Casino Royale[2] and changed registration to N88892 (a fictional Hollywood registration, used also on a Boeing 727 in the movie Hero).[3] In the movie, it appears as the "Skyfleet S570" a fictional prototype airplane which terrorists attempt to destroy. Among the modifications were the fitting of twin mock-up "B-52 style" engines on each of the inner engine pylons, with the outer ones instead holding mock-up external fuel tanks.
ObsidianFire99 I got a cent of knowledge today thanks. Always thought it was some test plane on the Top Gear tracks.
It is fake 747 a model
Stop Teoriom Spiskowym real retired 747, just modified for James Bond
747 phisics left the chat
He's like an alternate universe James May.
I’m watching a car pulling a *747* and the actual time now is *07:47* 😂😂💪
That Boeing 747 is a special because it has the two engines on either side next to each outher. For say the Boeing 747-400 the later series has Engine no 1 on the outside of the wing but this one has them together so this version is much lighter
I was wondering about this. This is the only time I've seen this engine configuration on a 747. 155 tons is nothing to scoff at, but considering the size of the aircraft, it's amazing. Question, though - why would this version be much lighter? Same number of engines, seems like the only difference would be the extra pylons for the nacelle placement. Shouldn't be much heavier, right? Weight distribution might be different, but I wouldn't imagine that much else would change?
To be fair (albeit very late here & you probably know by know), this was the 747-200 modified for Casino Royale. Very weird plame IMO
"To buy one you'll have to spend $230 million and THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE LEATHER SEATS"
I laughed harder than i should have..
+Sahil Kashyap $1200 more for that package. Just for the cockpit. Not available for passengers. You don't want the expense of cleaning sweat, body odor, food or other soils from "that" much leather.
VW be like, no we're not cheating! This car only uses 15l/100km, i promise!
“Mom can we have a Boeing 747?”
“No we have a Boeing 747 at home”
747 at home:
the actual mass you're towing is not an issue, as long as the friction between the mass and the ground is low enough. it is the friction that the torque of the engine is working against. if there was zero friction, you'd be able to pull the plane with one arm.
for example, a tugboat can pull or push a container ship weighing 100,000 tons.
also there are dozens of airplane tugs at any large airport, there's nothing special about it.
guguigugu that is completely inaccurate. The torque is not fighting the friction alone. It is also having to contend with inertia. Friction adds to the problem and reducing the coefficient of friction to zero would help quite a bit but you are still having to get 155 tonnes to start moving. Anyone that could start a 747 moving with one arm would have superhuman strength, friction or no friction.
Without friction you'd just need enough time. Then you could pull it with a single hair
@@NatalieZorah Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!
These VW suv are something else. I think I’m buying one
If I see that on a highway at the speed limit, then I will be impressed.
Did anyone notice that 747 is same engine as TOP GEAR TRACTOR CHALLENGE episode, when Jeremy pull that with a tractor drag race
Maybe Fifth Gear visit Top Gear test track at Dunsfold Aerodrome 😏
Fun fact: that same B747 (registered G-BDXJ) was featured in the bong movie Casino Royale as the Skyfleet S570. Originally the incoming airbus a380 was supposed to be used, but they resorted to this modified B747-200 due to production delays.
@Daniel Large oh shit i made a typo it was meant to be bond lmao
@Daniel Large Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!
In a record-breaking achievement, a standard Porsche Cayenne has successfully towed a 285-tonne Air France Airbus A380 42-metres, setting a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDSTM title for ‘Heaviest aircraft pulled by a production car’.
lebt für immer maybe in future we can see Antonov An 225 being pulled too, its was bigger than Airbus A380 😁
@@shadowhaziq4326not any more sadly
This may seem amazing until you find out what the engines are in the airport tugs that move these aircraft at airports. The ones made by Douglas had the Ford 1.8 Mondeo Turbo Diesel engine. It's all about the gearing.
To be fair though, most of those tugs actually have 2 engines and yea, they have massive torque because they sacrifice high speed. They probably have a top speed of 40-50 km/h or something.
@@manu144x The ones I saw in production only had a single engine and no they don't do 40-50km/h more like 20km/h. Except for the special one they built for a James Bond film, but then that one would not pull a 747
Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear used a JCB Fasttrack Tractor to pull their own Jet
Is it use me or does that look like the 747 from the Top Gear test track, as well as the background.
Who would have thought this old car has more power than a Tesla car
those who are curious about the 747 engines google search "G-BDXJ 747"
I LOVE FIFTH GEAR!!!! You can hit maximum speed in most 5 speed cars!
a man pulled a jumbo jet using a rope youtube it
I saw that
rekt toureg
lol its a common event at strongman competitions
Fake
i saw that but that plane only had 48 tons
i wanna know why the 747 has the engines right next to each other…
Give it to Stig and he will set a new lap record while pulling 747
Pretty bad ass, until you see him go 2mph wearing his seat belt 😂
Try it again with the plane pulling the other way
*boeing 747
@@zEternus oh you may call me retarded but i think the boeing is a plane too!
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Jeremy's tractor seemed to fight harder.
LCdrDerrick Jeremy doesn’t know how to drive a tractor either. I’d like to give it a go in my own tractor
Because he put it in low range.
Fun fact: This 747 is the plane shown in James Bond "Casino Royal"
the engines are stupid, it looks like a B-52 engine pod on each side of the wing, and missiles on the edge
I can see why i would give a shit... Oh yeah missiles!
It was originally a 747-200 but it was then modified for the James Bond casino royale movie. Look up G-BDXJ
+Blake Wilson Is she airworthy with these engine pods?
+Michael Flatman Wikipedia says the engines and fuel tanks (missiles) are mock-ups. No reason it couldn't work that way. 747s are often used to test new jet engines because they fly very well on 3 engines and the new engine can replace one of the 2 inner normal engines.
It is a concept airplane and used to be a 200 series but now the are using it to test out new engines btw the supposed "engines" had no engine inside it was just the shell and also the plane was completely empty it was just the shell. A normal 747 is 180 tonnes not 155 all of this information is coming from a 747 pilots son and I was informed of this information by my father
Thank you!
Now i bought Touareg and i can pick up my little brother now.
this video actualy costed more than the vw toareg itself :-))))))
Wot
That's the best VW ever!
Could have loved to hear the rumbling of the cars engine during the tow
I can't beat this as I've only ever towed a 70 ton crane with a manual V8 Land Rover!
r.i.p clutch
any truck could do this even a F150
Tipical american
Boris Racer Typical, not "tipical". Typical American pickup truck can do this.
No an F-150 can't.
The thing that Germans do when they make a diesel, they add loads of torque. The High torque count is what is pulling the plan.
innFahr Two I facepalmed. It's not "The Germans" who add "loads of torrque", it's the principle of Diesel engines, to have amazing torque. You can check any diesel engine, no matter if German, American, Japanese, French or even Chinese, they will have a good torque figure by default. You're the typical "German engineering is best" guy who doesn't actually know much about cars. This hasn't got to do with torque as much as it has to do with appropriate gearing.
Armin K
Should I face palm as well? No I can never do something so childish as that.
Armin sir, you have jumped the gun.
Yes, the principle of diesel is that it does have more torque than a petrol engine. However if you were to closely examine the foot pound ratings, you will see that comparatively, the Germans tend to have higher ratings, not only in diesel engines put in petrol engines as well.
Moreover Mr. Armin K, I am not even German.
This is where porsche said hold my beer............ lmaooo
PLOT TWIST: 747 WAS PUSHING THE TOUAREG
and this looks like the top gear test track you trying to burn the studio down again naughty naughty
2:45 look at the back tire it's gonna blow
True avgeeks can identify the difference in the 747.
It has been used in casino royale also
U know,I think this is nothing special for one good reason : airplanes has been tow all around airfeilds that all around the world EVERY SINGLE DAY by tugs.
Well those things weigh up to 54 TONS and the Touareg much less so there is that
What’s wrong with the engines and why are they together?
With the wheels there is very little friction. So if you apply a force, it will accelerate the plane. What you need is a very low gear box so it all acts gently.
On the extreme, you can try in a port. If there is no wind or cross-current, and you push with your own weight a boat, even a very large one, it will move in the end.
So here, it's fun, but it doesn't show much.
yesterday I unstuck a 18 tons truck with a 3rd generation L200 (100cv, 240Nm diesel engine) and I felt very proud.
I'm AMERICAN and I've seen the power of this car. Ignore the hardheaded truck fanboys claiming their durumax can do this. Go watch a video showing that a stock vw toureag v10 beat a fully loaded and modified diesel truck in a bumper pull. VW 1 GM 0
What does nationality have to do with trucks and a V10 touareg? Nothing.
I guess you haven't seen the vid of Kevin Fast pulling a heavier plane with his body.
I can tell you Wich will last longer vw 0 gm 1
Yess, Big American trucks are super overrated. Thank u, next
Any modern diesel truck could absolutely pull this if it had traction.
These guys are like "oh this car can almost pull anything, oh ive got an idea! How about we pull a ship towards the shore with this car?"
The Touareg Engine is quite low in torque compared to the Audi Q7 V12 Diesel
if you got tailgated in the motorway, you got nothing on me. Makes me even more powerful with the V10
wait, I've got to ask, and you'd probably might not know this, but....
for all the 747s I've seen, they had 4 separate engine pods, but this one had dual-engine pods, and the only other aircraft I've seen with dual-engine pods is the B-52 Stratofortress, so...
What exactly is this 747 Variant?
it's a movie prop.
Dude I’m glad I’m not the only person that asked that question!
@@alexross4062 Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!
The heck is that 747 look at these engines !?
It's a normal 747, the engines were just removed and replaced with these fake prop engines for the filming of Casino Royale where it doubled as the Skyfleet prototype in the film
Whith the right transmission you can do this whith a Fiat Panda
migfsx braa the fiat panda would not move
migfsx with panda you can pull bicycle
You would have to use panda 4x4 for grip and the biggest engine (95bhp diesel I think)
TechGuy322 just put some fat guys in the back.
Just my Touareg causally taking a 747 for a Walk
My car barely reaches 100 mph.
I don't have a car.
That 747 belongs to top gear!! 😂
Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!
what sort of 747 was that ?
I dont know wtf
Im from the future, its the 747-200
It's great, at least they tried and succeed and I can not recall that they say only a VW can do that, it was a test for the VW, sure any similar 4x4 will do this. A good test will be to keep on towing until the clutch start slip or something break and see which 4x4 last the longest
towing you mean pulling
Absolutely love this car! :D
I was waiting for him to floor it completely.
You don’t need too much power to tow. You need weight and a shorter gearbox. Except when you need to go fast. If you tow fast the power required increases but it depends on the rolling resistance of the towed vehicle.
747 say is loaded and is 400t (in the test it was empty 155t)
Rolling resistance is like 0.005*400=2tons.
For the 155t the Rolling resistance is 780kg only.
The touareg weights 2.5 so it is close to the limit (tire coef. 0.6-0.8) for the maximum weight of the 787. But I see there is more weight on the rear axle of the touareg so it probably has enough grip for more than 2 tons of pulling force (kgForce or tForce can be used instead of Newtons)
At 60mph power required is 520kW
40mph needs 340kW
20mph needs 180kW
10mph needs 88kW
So for a 10mph towing speed a 150Hp engine should be able to do it
5kph is pathetic any car can do that, but it needs a very short gearbox
This Touareg is powerful no doubt but it doesn’t demonstrate anything here honestly
arent they more than 155 ton? that doesnt seem like very much for the size of it
+A Cat the plane you see is just a shell and has no inside and the engine pods have no engine inside just the pod p.s. Love the name LoL
+TheHitchslap That's the 747 in the background at the Top Gear test track. It was an old 74 that was then stripped and used for a prop in a james bond movie.
That thing is modded and only a shell. She hasn't been airworthy in 20 years
oops, sorry. That's what I get for mobile :P
thats the old top gear place. thats at dunsford aerodrome. in the background there is a aircraft hanger next to a small building which is were the main studio is or was.
No it is not a world record the nissan patrol tow a antonov
The video is from about half a decade ago, it was a world record back then.
Brandon Shane nissan patrol has a 4.2 diesel v6 tho made bye nissan
Brandon Shane plus landrovers can tow 108 tonnes
Brandon Shane actually the porsche cayenne turbo s got a new record for the a380
That planes movement energy is almost 1,93MJ even if it's going 5km/h that's amazing.
I mean almost 1,94MJ
+xmorfey3f I'll check 1/2*m(v^2)
1/2*155000*(5/3.6)^2 = 149.5kJ
You forgot to change from km/h to m/s. At 5m/s the plane's energy is indeed 1938kJ
+Tim Lewis Oh yeah, you're right. I calculated this very quickly and forgot. thanks !
@@xmorfey3f Did they seriously have to choose the ugliest 747 with its engines arranged in a weird way? They should have at least picked out the newer 747-8 or the 400!
@@Angry.General1461 stop with the spamming bruh
Yeah but Toyota Tundra can pull the Endeavor space shuttle with no ballast.
888TopGear888 Endeavor with the trailer it was on was 292000 lbs, which is 146 tons. The Tundra is also a gasoline V8 and not a diesel V10. And nobody said it died after doing it.
jalopnik.com/5951454/how-a-5600-pound-toyota-towed-a-292000-pound-space-shuttle
Brian Nguyen Horan There is also some difference in metric ton, short ton and long ton as well. The empty weight of the 747-400 is 393,200 lbs, quite a bit more than the Endeavor at 292000 Ibs.
888TopGear888 No need to be a 'dick' about it ;)
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But Toyotas are so boring cars, that no one even try to do this.
introducing the next generation of aircraft tugs
Sponsored by VW with a "wrong" 747
Fabianwrc proof ?
What would be the smallest car that is possible to pull a Boeing 747? An old Fiat 500, Mini, Hillman Imp, Morris Minor, Renault 4, Reliant Robin, Citroen 2CV?
DAS AUTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Das Junk
@@Nikola_W211 Lmao grow up and educate yourself about cars
@@Nikola_W211 Says someone who doesn't know anything about me except my statement about VW, which is an overpriced and unreliable car... You are probably 14 years old... So when you grow up and step into adult world, you are not going to buy German junk because you will appreciate your hard earned money. I'm also a professional mechanic, guess which cars break down most of the time? German ones... Son, you've got a lot of growing up to do.
@@Nikola_W211 Lot of growing up you have to do, little man...
Proud owner of a VW