00:00 I'm pretty proud of what I've done.
00:03 I haven't seen anybody who's done exactly the same thing.
00:06 This car is fully in your control.
00:08 [Music]
00:30 This is my 2006 Corvette C6.
00:33 And it's a full-scale remote-controlled car and I like it a lot.
00:38 This is 34-year-old computer technician Bjorn Harms.
00:42 He's built a full-sized remote-controlled Corvette
00:46 that wouldn't look out of place in the latest Bond film.
00:49 My first idea of building a full-sized remote-controlled car
00:56 was by watching Back to the Future when I was a little kid.
00:59 And I always had this idea of, man, when I'm older and I get my first car,
01:04 then I want to try to make my own full-scale remote-controlled car.
01:08 And that's what I did.
01:10 The Corvette is road legal and even my daily driver.
01:15 Two years ago I bought a Corvette C6
01:20 and I came up with this idea to make it full-scale remote-controlled.
01:24 So I had to make a universal motor controller
01:27 so I could control different types of motors
01:30 that I've attached to the controls of the car.
01:33 I control the car with my four-channel transmitter.
01:36 It controls the braking, the gear changing, the throttle and the steering.
01:41 Building the universal motor controller took me around one year.
01:45 Then it took me around three months to make a prototype system.
01:49 And it took me another three months to make a system that was also safe enough to use.
01:54 [Music]
02:18 I also made a fail-safe system.
02:20 So that means if the car gets out of range of my transmitter,
02:24 the brakes start braking automatically.
02:27 [Music]
02:34 The engine is a V8 6-litre.
02:37 It has around 404 horsepower and the top speed is close to 300 kilometers an hour.
02:43 [Engine revving]
02:45 Technically it could go that fast remotely, but highly unwisely.
02:50 [Engine revving]
02:56 The first time I drove the car I felt pretty scary
02:59 because I was a little bit nervous on would it actually work properly.
03:06 But after testing it, it worked better than I thought.
03:09 [Music]
03:12 Most people are very excited and they actually love the project.
03:16 But there are also a lot of people that think it's crazy and of course a little bit dangerous.
03:21 [Engine revving]
03:24 The entire RC process costs around 3,500 euros.
03:29 [Cash register sound]
03:30 Give or take.
03:31 Well, the Corvette values right now is around 30,000 euros.
03:35 [Cash register sound]
03:36 Even with the remote control system.
03:38 I would consider selling it, but mainly so I can start another project again.
03:43 [Cash register sound]
03:47 I'm pretty sure there's no other Corvette in the world that controls like this one.
03:54 I am very proud of what I have done.
03:57 [Music]
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