Jeremy Clarkson Tests His Jet Engine Powered Amphibious Car | The Grand Tour
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- On a quest to break the UK Speed Record for an amphibious vehicle, Project Leader Clarkson decides the trio need an engine from a Russian fighter jet. What could possibly go wrong?
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Who fancies a drive in this contraption?
Me
I do
Even tho I don’t like boats
i dunno
as long as its not hammond driving, i am all up for it!
I whould try as well
"Hammond is keeping up with us!"
Cut to Hammond causally walking along the shore. 😂
I love Jeremy's optimism, Hammond's pessimism and James' realism.
@aola wili 3 actually
Well said.
Great description!
That project was a missism
Well said, spot on.
Jeremy: "Let's say we reached 80...."
*does 3*
one of my fav gags on TG is when they're traveling at walking speed in a boat and May throws a rope in the water, counts the knots and then says "we're doing 113 knots so about 130 MPH."
This is the lads all over! Hilarious 😂😂🤣🤣
Well they did do 80… yards/hour
“Let’s be modest, and say we do 80…”🤣
Oh no anyway
"Neither of us were killed."
"...And that's an upside?" 😂
when is that not an upside?
@@berg5332 Really man?
You called?
the first parchute failed , welp let's try again
I think the engine was probably limited in thrust output by the intake being directly behind the cabin, restricting air flow.
I must admit that thought did cross my mind too.
And the drag coefficient from the water as well
@@samiel992 that wouldn't have an impact on the output of the engine though
That window killed their thrust. The idea is to create low pressure in front of the craft and high pressure behind. The craft attempts to stabilize eh pressure, by pulling the craft forward.
The intake has to be unobstructed, or to have a duct that brings the intake axis, in line with the direction you want to go.
They could have made a split duct with intakes on both sides of the cab. Something like this:
intake___
\ ____engine
intake___ /
@@exeterman2 would kill their speed
People fail to realize how incredibly streamlined airplanes actually are. They are not shaped like that for aesthetic reasons.
You can't expect a turbine engine to have any significant thrust when you place it 10cm away from a plexiglass board, almost completely restricting the airflow.. have the boat whatever shape you like..
But man are they aesthetic
I don't think the shape had anything to do with it. Aerodynamics at those speeds don't make much of a difference
@@HaydenLau. And how will you get to those speeds if your vehicle has so much drag?
@@fbi-sama9052
I think, no matter how aerodynamic that boat is, it still wouldn't go very fast.
"But seventy is a hundred"
I think I'm gonna use that from now on any time I'm buying something
As it turned out 70 was THREE :D
But mine goes to 11.
and as we all know he who is last shall be first
Thats the line you say to the cop while being pulled over for going to slow.
I get 3 4 100
Regardless of the lack of speed, im proud of you guys just because you never change
Would love to see these fossils racing their walkers and wheelchairs next time.
@@mayankexodus They've already raced their own mobility scooters so I'm pretty sure wheelchairs are a definitive possibility.
❤️❤️❤️ yeah I'll miss them when they're gone and nobody... NOBODY is as good as them
Never learn, either...
For once, Hammond is the smart one in this situation.
Clarkson: Big Fat Moron
Hammond: Short Thin Moron
May: Greatest Man to Ever Walk the Earth
Jet engine on a car… he probably got flashbacks to his terrible crash that put him in the coma.
probably because the last time he got into a jet powered car it went off track, flipped violently and left him in the hospital pretty f*cked up lol don't blame him
I'd rather be chicken and not be stupid.
@@Evoqc84 dude nearly died. His helmet saved him.
“I’m gonna sit this one out”
Means insurance could only cover two old guys.
No, it means he's playing it safe because he was left hospitalised for months with his life hanging by a thread after an accident in a jet powered car during the Top Gear years.
@@concretejungle7513 facts it's a reference to a previous accident he had
Ya, they couldn’t get insurance
@@andrewmitchell2313 If they wanted insurance they could definitely afford/get it (remember this is Amazon not the BBC).... he was 100% playing safe... Imagine having a crash at 300mph plus, having a brain injury enduring a hospital stay for several months and then going and doing it again... you would be considered a moron if you did... Would you yourself want to do that yourself?
The price of insurance goes up with your age. The most cost effective way to do this insurance wise is just have hamster go at it alone.
Jet engines: Big, scary, noisy, dangerous, probably only useful on airplanes. I like how all three know it's probably not going to work but all wonder "but what if it does work?"
I think that's one of the great things about it. If it works, it'll be brilliant and we'll be happy, if it doesn't, they'll have a laugh and we'll still be happy. It's a win-win.
In Clarkson's voice
It's stupid, loud, dangerous, and it probably won't work
But what if it does?
Turbine engines exist that are small, not as loud, are not dangerous. Scary is subjective. The OH-6 I flew 51 years ago had a 250SHP turbine you could pick up and carry. The scary part came from the low level flying and the odd bullet or RPG. Years before that Chrysler built a series of turbine powered cars and firetrucks. I saw the firetruck in action and it seemed to be about as loud as a diesel powered truck. I never had the chance to see the turbine powered railroad engines. But I would guess that hey were big and noisy. Oh and yeah turbines really aren't the best choice for a car. : )
@@fred1barb The only time turbines become a choice for a car is as an electric range extender and in a small form factor. They run at their peak efficiency all the time and turn a generator that keeps charging the battery as you drive, so that combined with regenerative braking you'll never have to pull in to a charger. They weigh around 90 kilograms with a 10k hour maintenance interval (this is the Hybrid Kinetic H600 turbine) and output around 60kW of power at 40% thermal efficiency, a number subject to rise as we learn how to optimize the design for maximal peak efficiency instead of weight or power output.
I read everything you said in a normal voice in my head, but then with out thinking about it read "But what if it does work" in Jeremy's voice, and pictured him turning towards the camera as he said it.
Some say that up to this day James May is still going on with the list about why it didn't work
And that Hammond and Clarkson, had already left. All we know is...
HES CALLED THE STIG-
*audience cheerings starts*
😂😂😂😂
🤣
Well, on the positive side of things, it floated successfully for a little while. That is an achievement itself from Clarkson.
I just LOVE the shot of the jet engine maxed out and the wait for frame of camera. Then it slowly comes into frame lol
I could have worded that better lol👍🐄🐮
On today's episode
Clarkson learns the basics of drag, viscosity and density.
... and thrust vectors.
No he learnt nothing. Just heard the words that went into one ear and straight out the other.
0:12
James kept it together like a champ and Clarkson's gasp is just fantastic.
“Neither of us are killed”
Hammond: “and that’s an upside?” 😂
Its Hammonduidiot!
You know how all jet engines have a piece of plexiglass 2 feet in front of the intake? No? Exactly.
*Just when we think Jeremy couldn't impress us more, he goes and does something like this.....and totally does it again!*
Yeah, and we missed him as the host of the UK version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
Very FAST FAST in water.... 😂🤣
Fast fast
RH: "jet engine aren't my thing"
Let alone a jet engine by Jeremy 💀
By the SOVIETS actually.
@@OffGridInvestor not building the jet engine, building the car boat thingy 💀😂
In the same way denim manufacturers offered Clarkson money to not use their products, likewise the aerospace industry...
I like how they built up the intensity & editing for just 2mph xD
Just 2mph! They made it to the breakneck speed of 3mph!
I seriously wanna what's the bg music they used
James May for the win with his explanation of the drag coefficient.
Hammond arrived at the goal before the jet powered vehicle. What a man!
You dont need logic when you have friends.... Dom Jeremy Clarkson
Anything for family - Dom Jeremy clarkson
Logic?! Clarkson has frightening genius!
That thing can only go 3 mph on the surface of a lake you call that an amphibious car 😂 it works though of all their faliures this thing actually works
It's still an amphibious car.
@@subieasunayuuki No. It's a amfibious car
It was sinking, so it really doesn't work.
@@remyllebeau77 yes
@@remyllebeau77 well it worked at least for a couple of idiots (no offense)
"sometimes my genius is... It's almost frightening."
1:52 I thought the license plate was a vfx for a moment
When I'm flying a turbo prop I love taking off parallel runways with jets. Jets accelerate so slowly since the jet engine is chocking below about 200 mph.
Jeremy: Why doesn't it work?
James: Well its mainly to do with...
(Some say James went on pontificating all through the cold night. Others say he's still there.)
"Why it's not working?"
"Because of basic physics."
and you dont have tons of air thrusting into the engine so you wont get enough as it is
Mainly because water is over 800 times denser than air
Because there is a car in front of the air intake.
I do miss these kinda challenges.
They forgot to use the after burner. That would have got them to 5mph
makeing a bike fly/glide ?
The Hovervan comes to mind
@@cleverusername9369 Geoff
This is an instant classic.
Awww the vibes I get.. makes my heart smile
I suspect that the reason for the slow speed is that the jet engine is pushing thrust downwards, which pivots the nose of the boat downwards.
So the nose of the boat is being pressed into the water, creating lots of drag.
Aim the jet engine upwards a bit, and that will lift the nose of the boat, and will probably result in good speed.
Cheers!
And on top of that you might need more air flowing in at the front, but they put it right behind the window lol
That's true but the front surface of the car is always going to be subject from lots of resistance by the water, ideally trying to pivot the vehicle to some small degree. Of course what you say would certainly improve the outcome, but this situation is hard to remove entirely. Having a longer vehicle would also help, too, as well as mounting the engine as low as possible to lower both the center of gravity and the moment of the force
and the a things James just said in the end
That thing can do 0-60 in 0.85 seconds?? XD
Imagine if that turbine had clear air in front of it.
exactly what I was thinking
Yup, seemed so frickin obvious. 😣
Imagine if air had air pressure. Oh wait...
For some reason this is some Deja Vu of their Ford Transit Amphibious challenge from some show name "Gear"
There is only so much you can do with a car. Top Gear with these 3 was already mostly remakes from earlier episodes of Top Gear too.
A jet engine may look powerful, but its ability to consume fuel is greater!
A jet engine and some perspex.
What could possibly go wrong?
That's an interesting perspextive OK I'll go
@@tomr6955 that got me, ya twat :p
They should have also taken it to the runway and see how fast it would go on Tarmac with the Jet engine.
The background music is from Deadly Avenger - Warrior's Journey.
Highly appreciated!
Where were you all those months ago when it took me 2 solid days to find this song. You are a hero to future generations.😂
@@a.dmccormack9097 Only 2 days? Man, Only Time by Enya took me 10+ years.
Thanks For Letting Us Know All The Best To You 110%.
Capt. Steven, the son of a rabbit, has materialised on board a Skye Boat singing; "Noe the wiser, why am I in the brig?"
Hammond: "how much did it go?"
Clarkeson: "3"
Hammond: "that's your top speed? 3. You could row at 3mph"
Clarkson: 😐😐
Me: "my grandma walks faster than that" 😂😂😂😂😂
just to have teh money to screw around building shit like this. never mind that it works or not. sheer bliss and endless hours of fun.
Maybe it does, it’s scripted anyway, and hell a lot of laughs….. hahahah
“Last of the Summer Wine” with vehicles. Someone must have noticed this. Not a criticism- Great show.
Made me laugh honestly. I love this trio
„Start decelerating when you pass that mid-point…“
Well,…
…let‘s say it‘s not necessary.
Ever since the days of Top Gear I've marvelled at all the amazing adaptions & stunts they've created over the years, driving sportscars through Romania, the Toyboater and caravan pisstakes being some of the favourites, the scariest was probably the homophobic reaction in the US southern town to Richard's 'Man Love' car.
This water car film has to be up there with the rest, the hilarious speedometer and Jeremy's '70 is a 100' dial and the 3mph speed achieved. Yet none of that matters because what's important are the ludicrous and imaginary stunts and doing them plus the hilarious commentary from all 3 and the fade out of Captain Slow reeling off the reasons for this particularly epic failure.
Since last December I've become a part time carer, looking after my newly widowed 85 year old mum who has colonic cancer (Europe's most common cancer) and has lost interest in doing anything and doesn't want to wake up in the morning. Last week she got her 3 offspring to sign the DNR form. She's given up and just wants to be with our Dad.
At the days end we sit and watch her TV and one evening, on a hunch, I put on the 1st episode of Clarkson's Farm which she loved and was keen to watch more, even mastering the TV remote (something she had no previous interest in doing) and is looking forward to season 2.
I'd like to thank the Producers, editors, the Trio and camera crews for all the memories and moments they've created to make us all laugh. Because laughter is the best ever medicine and it's free.
The 3 of them should get an OBE or an MBE for what they've done, Captain Slow for cookery, the hamster for engineering and Jeremy for helping people to understand farming and farmers and for the 'receiving one in the nads from a sheep' clip shown in the Clarkson's Farm titles.
This trio is just phenomenal 💥💥💥
“Jet engines just aren’t my thing”
*TOP GEAR PTSD INTENSIFIES*
To be honest I'm surprised they didn't just sink at the start. I was expecting that so Richard Hammond made a good choice staying out.
Dude the music that plays when they show the lake is "Trouble Brewing" by Daniel Pemberton and its from Prehistoric Park I love it oml
For everyone wondering why the car didn't move that fast: it's a jet engine that requires a lot air to flow through it (sucks in air from the front, and blasts it out from the back). The placement behind the glass was not a good idea as everything in front of it would be sucked in it, including James and Jeremy. They didn't operate it anywhere near full power, it consumes over 300 gallons a minute at full power and would suck everything in it.
just ONE of the problems :D
That and they hydrodynamics were shite with those pontoons and using air to push against air to propel through a substance that's 80 times as dense as air just doesn't work.
@@archlorddestin not with that much drag. Dump the pontoons and direct that exhaust underwater. Then you got something.
A real Jet Skis😊
Jeremy's "Holy shit" really sounds genuine
While you’re listing all the problems James, don’t forget to point out the nozzle is pointed down forcing the nose of the car into the water, thus creating more drag. Change the nozzle position, or make it adjustable.
The intake also not aerodynamically friendly.
@@jackbinmat7088 what do you mean. The engine requires about 2200 lbs of air per second at full throttle. Wouldn’t putting a flat piece of lexan in front of it about 2 feet away help air flow???🤔
that rear lexan windscreen right in front of the is jet
Nether the slightly restricted intake nor the angle of thrust make any difference to the end performance of the vehicle in this example. Learn things before talking about shit you don't know.
that engine is used to getting air rammed in at speed, it's unable to get enough air at 3 mph...
That's Jetny! Formerly known as Jimny!
"Speed?"
"3"
"Mach 3?"
"No, 3"
"300 mph?"
"No, just 3."
but how fast can it go on a track?
That job should goto Hammond! 🤔
I’m pretty sure the producers directed the engine thrust downwards so the nose of the car buried itself in the water to prevent CASUALTIES
I blame the spare tyre on the rear, should have removed it.
Not to mention the cupholders and glove box, and it could probably also have benefited from a reduction in paint, it wore very heavy colors.
"Hammond is keeping up with us." Pans over he is just walking along the shore lmao
3 isn't the top speed, it's the speed at which sinking initiates.
I don't think it was getting higher than 3 anyway
“And immediately Hammond…chickened out” 🤣🤣
This would have gone 300mph and crashed 2 miles away if just Hammond was driving on his own
Brake testing part was funny 😂
putting a fighter-turbine in carboat-dinghy... expensive
when you must accept a goldfish is faster... priceless
Underrated comment
I genuinely don’t remember this? I may need to go back and rewatch the full series
Can anyone tell us the episode please? Would love to watch the full thing.
That's always a good idea, but if you're looking for this moment in particular, check out Season 2 Episode 9
@@thegrandtour I went through the synopsis of every episode on Amazon, and watched this last night!!
thats a total fail :D my homemade mini electric boat with one motor goes way faster than this and is way quieter. None the less I came to watch my 3 favorite top gear hosts :D
What is the name of the music at 2:00?
*Sometimes my genius is… it’s almost frightening.*
Like a 1.2 fiesta with tuned pipe .
displacing air to try and displace through water. which is 80 times more dense hahah
Edit: I've been corrected on an error. It's 800!
Not 80, 800
@@diomepa2100 yes that hahaha thanks!
When jeremy said holy shit I died of laughter lmfaoooo
Should have asked Colin Furze for help!
If you changed the barrels from being quarter way submerged to floating on top of a pad like what they do with water planes, then you would remove the issue. However, you would also be more likely to go airborne at 40mph and with no steering column or weight ratio balanced. You wouldn’t be able to control the vehicle even 1-2 feet airborne.
You know, I knew this wouldn't be super fast but considering how much power that engine has, I was expecting a bit more than that.
I really think that the jet sucking against the back window was the big killer.
When the shot of the car slowly coming into shot appeared at full speed i just piss myself . That was funny
Hahahahaha Hammond slowly walking alongside the bank easily keeping up with them is gold.
That's a Vitara like mine! Just black... and amphibious!
May these men live a thousand years.
I can only imagine the festering humour that would rise from the trio.
“CMOOOOONNNN” 4:07
Brilliant 😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏🏴
Nice flag
I'm sceptical but this looks significantly better than the last two specials
What episode was this from? Or is it a future/unused bit?
Season 2, Episode 9 "Breaking, Badly"
22JUL2021 - I don't care how fast (slow) they were going, my heart was throbbing. And still is.
Something's wrong with their jet engine. That thing should have been able to give a few tons of thrust which would literally fly their boat. It provides a vertical accent to a plane that is heavier than that boat. Hammond was right they could even row with that speed. Surely that engine should give more power than two elderly people, lol.
it has a plate of plastic or glass blocking any air entering
Well yeah they didn't use an afterburner, that's what makes all the thrust, all they did was turn on the fan.
@@TheFPSPower it was all for show anyway just bullshit pretending.....no one would actually be that stupid to think it would have worked ..the car and pontoons would had so much drag in the water even a slow speed would have torn it apart
@@skezburah I'm wondering if they tow it with a rope? Or push it? You'll notice they edit/cut off quite often just before the front/rear is shown in some shots.
@@TechyBen yeh wouldn't surprise me ..its all just for a show and entertainment...those 2 dudes would have never have put themselves in a position where the helmet and neckbraces are necessary....but yeh its a tv show and its got a lot worse since then as in this show was nothing compared to the reality poison garbage we have now ...but yeh u can tell they brand whore hard and say certain makes are good for $$$.....
"Why can't we do something this good"?~ The current TG staff
@@jtlampsu2 Agreed.!!
What episode of Grand Tour is this? Does anyone know?
Its season 2 Episode 9 Breaking,Badly
@@ashwinkumar3626 thank you very much! :oD
0:20 Isn't that the soundtrack from Prehistoric Park?
The end of the jet engine was pointing down instead of being horizontal
Wouldn’t have made much difference. Water resistance is a lot stronger than air resistance obviously and if it was due to angle the back end would’ve lifted up
not to mention they put a pane in front of the intake
@@nice_sprite5285 it was pretty close to the engine but I’ve seen things like that stuck in front of the engine and it still works. Not the best thing for it but works.
1:02 Jeremy looks like he auditioning for Shakespeare
The fact that water is denser than air and force required to overcome friction is a lot more 😎James 👍
Speeeeed and Power 🤣
Suggestion:
Dump the pontoons, remove the perspex to give the engine a clear inflow for the air and run it on dry land.
Alternative suggestions:
Park it at Diddly Squat farm and use it for toasting marshmallows.
As above but used as a bird scarer, for clearing snow, stubble burning...
I could be wrong, but I dont think that type of engine would work on water unless the output was below water, You don't see ships with huge engines shooting out the back into the air, its output is under water because it has to be transferred that way for maximum speed.
Fit it to the Lamborghini tractor
@@yeahyeah4433 suggestion: Stick it in a hot air balloon
🤣🤣🤣🤣 i love these guys so much
The trio went from Top Gear to Slow Gear.
@@Heidi_Bradshaw for relaxation, yes.
Fast n Furious indeed 😁
First time ever being so early I’m so happy, haven’t been able to see a new episode for awhile
They ave not properly aligned the thrust vector of the engine. As installed, it is pushing the front of the boat down into the water!!!