Greg Ansel
EF1
I just want to know where they will be chasing/intercepting so I can go find another storm without 5-ton unmanned missiles.
What's the worst that could happen?
- Thread starter Will Campbell
- Start date
ScottCurry
EF3
Looks like they provide "Storm Damage Services". I guess that means they provide storm damage (by using a tornado to fling a 5 ton vehicle into the air).
I say as small is that thing is with as much horsepower as it has just shed some weight and see what it would do in a quarter mile but I don't really know a track that would allow that
Sent from my XT1635-01 using Stormtrack mobile app
Sent from my XT1635-01 using Stormtrack mobile app
ELY M.
EF1
I seen this vehicle before somewhere. I forgot where. but It was remote controlled. I would use a RC vehicle to get in the tornadoes.
Rick Schmidt
EF3
I would file this under either a late April Fools joke, or a classic Fake News item. Otherwise, how or why could anyone think this...this..thing could work without causing extreme danger to the public, as noted in above posts.
Shane Adams
This is as exciting and fresh as someone announcing "I've decided to start chasing storms."
I like my crazy a little more original.
I like my crazy a little more original.
Will Campbell
EF2
This thread is so good I literally cannot tell where the sarcasm ends and anything serious begins!
Will Campbell
EF2
Everything here is super 100% serious life saving, researching and discovering goodness Jeff, fear not!
Jamie G Cox
EF0
Lol. Looks like some kids designed it for their 7th grade go kart derby.
Greg Flint
EF1
Haha - I think I had a pinewood derby car when I was a Cub Scout that looked exactly like the Tornado Puncher now that you mention it.
Matt Hunt
EF3
They make hail maps for roofers.
Warren Faidley
Supporter
I just don't understand why project VORTEX wasted so much money when you can just use a remote controlled tank to gather life saving research.
The biggest problem is that someone overlooked the legality of a using a remote controlled tank on the highway. These stunts always crack me up but given the current brain dead state of the media, I'm sure we will see TWC and CNN breaking in for live coverage. We saw how TWC took the bait for the last tornado tank project. Here we go again.
The biggest problem is that someone overlooked the legality of a using a remote controlled tank on the highway. These stunts always crack me up but given the current brain dead state of the media, I'm sure we will see TWC and CNN breaking in for live coverage. We saw how TWC took the bait for the last tornado tank project. Here we go again.
Marc R. O'Leary
EF5
Really? So they're the origin of the hoards of scumbags that come knocking on my door 15 minutes after it hails. Screw these guys.
Bill Giles
EF0
I'm glad my three year plan to build my intercept blimp - the Dirigible Over Helicity (or DOH) project has not yet been upstaged.