Yea but Evel jumped when he knew he wasnt going to make it.

This guy thought he was going to which = no where near badass as Knievel. 

I'm old enough to remember Evil Knevil's Snake River Canyon failure but I don't remember this stunt. 

I'm gonna try it now! Except not in a boat like he did 

I had to pause it and giggle uncontrollably when it was revealed that the guy's car was a fucking LINCOLN CONTINENTAL!!
Okay, back to watch the rest.

/wipes tears of laughter from eye. 

You'd have to be fucking crazy to attempt that.

That said, I'd probably do it. 

I think possibly even the most rudimentary understanding of physics would have helped this stone cold fool. 

Look out!! Snakes in the M*therF*cking Lake!!! 

"Did I make it?"
you got about 30ft away.
"I was 30ft from the island?"
no, no. 30ft from the ramp. 

Couldn't have made the car a little more aerodynamic?
30 Gs? Jeez!
And who the hell put that fence at the end of the ramp?! 

280 m.p.h......................no way. 

Couldn't have made the car a little more aerodynamic?

what, like the little fins on the side didn't help? 

what, like the little fins on the side didn't help?

No, they didn't. There obviously needed to be tailfins. Like the Batmobile. 

anybody else just skip forward through the video, and go straight to the jump? anybody? just me? ok. 

anybody else just skip forward through the video, and go straight to the jump? anybody? just me? ok.

I did too. 

Will 280mph allow you to clear a river in your rocket-powered car?

1st reaction HELL YES!

2nd Watched video

3rd ............what a dumbass 

Watching the jump from ~2:54 is pretty amazing, the dude really fucking sails. Still a completely stupid idea though, but awesome to watch. 

... he had suffered the injury seven times before ...

lol... good show, though it would have been cooler if the whole thing hadn't gotten fucked up. 

I am not usually very callous when it comes to someone possibly dying or being hurt badly but I started laughing out loud as soon before he even hit the water. I wanted to feel bad since I didn't even know if they guy got hurt or killed but it was just too comical. He was lucky to clear the shoreline.

Thank you submitter.

Thank you crazy, physics-challenged-70's-stuntman-with-a-fairly-attractive-wife guy. You made my day. 

Looks like he woulda made it at least halfway if the 'chute hadn't gone off prematuraly. 

1.) 280 mph? not even close.

2.) He thought he was going to fly a *MILE* in the air? ROFL.

3.) He used a ... Lincoln Continental.. ? WTF

so many things pointed to disasterous failure before he even started up the engine. 

So did the 'chute go off early or was it because the angle of the rockets (or whatever) were completely fucked up causing it to flip? 

ohhh gravity, you are a cruel one. 

Apparently this trick was conceived of before physics was invented. 

Pappy said "Son, you're going to drive me to drinkin' if you don't stop trying to jump that jet-powered Lincoln over the St. Lawrence river." 

No one could've sprung for a Vette' for this guy?
At least an old Hemi or something? Say this was in the early 70's, what cars would have been a better choice? Anything but the Continental. 

Its impressive that he even made it to the ramp... 

GonnaSin said:

No one could've sprung for a Vette' for this guy?
At least an old Hemi or something? Say this was in the early 70's, what cars would have been a better choice? Anything but the Continental.

Especcially if there was a one million dollar budget. Perhaps the car choice was a mere afterthought. 

serves him right for buying domestic. 

The end was the best. They just toss him on their shoulders, broken back and all. The 70's were like a whole different world than the 00's. 

Wow. I can't believe that Lincoln floats! 

"Powers was lucky, he broke his back" 

He was lucky to only break his back. What a dick. 

what a complete and utter asshole.
1 Mil $ for a budget and he chooses a friggin vehicle as areodynamic as a fucking brick.

No one had the time to say "Hey CLETUS, you might could pick a better car" 

Wile E Coyote called...he wants his rocket car back. 

LOL. 30Gs = obliteration 

"Did I make it? Is everyone pleased?"

No... and Yes!

I'd say back to the drawing board but it doesn't look like there was any drawing on any sort of board before this stunt was attempted. 

kickuassa said:

Yea but Evel jumped when he knew he wasnt going to make it.

This guy thought he was going to which = no where near badass as Knievel.

He didn't *know* he wasn't going to make it.

The bike only had two test runs and yes it failed to clear both runs, but he decided to not do any more tests. So you never know if later tweaks to the bike would have let him clear it, since the chute deployed early, guess we'll never know. 

Ok, I haven't taken Physics since my freshmen year four years ago. But with my calcuations, it would take 22.16 seconds to go one mile at an estimated launch angle of 45 degrees. But even leaving the ramp 85 feet above the ground the car would crash in 7.719 seconds. Making it a total of 1839.05 feet making it 34.8% across the river. And that is not accounting for air resistance.

/yeah, I know that I am a nerd 

So.....who DIDN'T see this coming. If your response to this question was "I didn't," then please go and shoot yourself. The human race doesn't need anymore morons. 

paused

um one mile jump?

How much money to do this?????? 

When they said a mile, I just started laughing. 

I was soo hoping this was a gag.
The guy would just miss the landing, car hits the edge of the rocks.
Guy goes flying through the windshield.
Gets up and exclaim " I made it!" 

This is an example of a man with no friends. A friend, even an asshole, would probably tell you this is not going to work. 

lol, awesome. who knew a freakin 1970s Lincoln was a bad pick for flying through the air?

"dude. it has [i]wings..."

i'll bet it was a fun ride tho, right up to the part were he got all bashed to shit. 

Choguy03 said:

Ok, I haven't taken Physics since my freshmen year four years ago. But with my calcuations, it would take 22.16 seconds to go one mile at an estimated launch angle of 45 degrees. But even leaving the ramp 85 feet above the ground the car would crash in 7.719 seconds. Making it a total of 1839.05 feet making it 34.8% across the river. And that is not accounting for air resistance.

/yeah, I know that I am a nerd

*punch*

*takes lunch money* 

Oh b stabby... do you and your hilarious antics ever quit? 

My car is faster. 

I like how the car flipped immediately.

It's like watching someone brag about how rich they're going to get after they invest a lot of money then getting a phone call twenty minutes later asking if they can crash at your place... 

What fool gave him a departure vector greater than 45 degrees? He didn't even give himself a chance with the ramp angled up so far that the first thing the car did was yaw back under the weight of the air in front of the grill.

Fighter jets don't even take off at an angle over like 30 degrees or so. 

b stabby said:

*punch*

*takes lunch money*

Ok that was just funny damn it all!