Inside the Giant Mech Suit Made for Racing

Seeker vis msn ^ | 3/21/2021 | Seeker vis msn

[RomanSoldier19]

This real-life human-driven mech suit can lift a car and climb over boulders, but it wasn’t built for combat — it was built to race

[Vendome]

I totally want...

[Flick Lives]

The power loaders from the “Aliens” movie have arrived.

[Flick Lives]

“Get away from her, you bitch!”

[Eddie01]

I had a Giant Mech Suit once.

[BradyLS]

Someone will find a way to get hurt in one, I betcha.

[Spktyr]

Many of the foremost fighter aircraft of WW2 have their genesis in the Schneider Trophy racing aircraft of the interwar years. This may end up being the same thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Trophy

[PTBAA]

Racing what, snails?

I grandma using a walker could kick its ass.

[ZOOKER]

...grandma using a walker could kick its ass.

Where do I enter that race?
What are the rules?
I'll win every time if they allow dirt bikes.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I hope the author wasn’t paid by the word. “This real-life human-driven mech suit can lift a car and climb over boulders, but it wasn’t built for combat — it was built to race” is only 24 words. I can’t find any more words at the site, either.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

We are ALMOST there. Where's my flying car?

[Yardstick]

Interesting that the winning plane in 1913, the first year of the race, was a monoplane. Then it was biplanes for the next ten years, then monoplanes after that. Also shows that the Italians had a knack for making not not just beautiful cars but also beautiful planes.

[shotgun]

Mech Warrier!

[reviled downesdad]

Avatar mech might a closer match.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My daughter and I saw this at the very last “MAKE” show in San Mateo, California about two years ago. It was parked and we didn’t stick around for the demonstration. I would have loved to seen it in motion!

The developer sounds like a great guy in the video. It’s interesting that the defense market only gets a passing mention regarding a couple of sci-fi movies. I would think that the defense market would be huge and profitable.

[GOPJ]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Schneider_Trophy_side1_Science_Museum_London.jpg/330px-Schneider_Trophy_side1_Science_Museum_London.jpg

[RBStealth]

Robocop 4

[BenLurkin]

GM killed RFK!

[PapaBear3625]

Here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6cbCoEM52s

[HartleyMBaldwin]

I remember that issue! Coincidentally, it was just about the same time when I first read Starship Troopers. I was 10, and really, really wanted a mech suit of some sort.