Incredible moment YouTubers drop a CAR 150ft onto the ‘world’s strongest’ trampoline made of steel, Kevlar and 144 garage door springs
- Former NASA engineer Mark Rober teamed up with YouTuber’s How Ridiculous
- They spent six months planning how to best drop the car from 150ft in Australia
- Video shows the white vehicle bouncing on a Kevlar trampoline and flipping off
A former NASA engineer and two YouTubers have teamed up to drop a car 150ft onto ‘the world’s strongest’ trampoline.
Scientist Mark Rober spent six months planning the stunt which ended up involving a two-tonne steel trampoline with a mat made of Kevlar and 144 garage door springs.
In a video of the drop the white vehicle is seen quickly falling and hitting the super-sized creation with a loud thud – but it remarkably stays intact.
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Former NASA engineer Mark Rober and the two Australian YouTubers behind channel How Ridiculous drop a car from 150ft onto a two-tonne steel trampoline in a new stunt
The car bounces off the Kevlar mat (pictured) and crashes into some of the 144 garage door springs during the impressive drop
When the car is dropped from 150ft (44m) it hits the mat slightly off centre and bounces once.
As it comes down the second time the car spins and knocks into the side of the super-sized trampoline, causing the vehicle to spin and fall off the side.
Despite the intense test of the vehicle’s durability it manages to land wheels down and doesn’t appear to be too beaten up on the outside.
The YouTuber’s then inspect the trampoline to see if there was any damage done by their incredible stunt.
The YouTubers (pictured How Ridiculous) cannot stop smiling as they watch the stunt go well
Mr Rober (pictured) worked on the Curiosity Rover while an engineer at NASA and now runs his own YouTube channel
The car flips over its nose (pictured) and manages to land on its wheels after hitting the ground
They find that one of the garage door clips has bent but overall their creation has survived for the next challenge – a boat.
Mr Rober, who worked on the Curiosity Rover while at NASA and now runs his own YouTube channel, became involved in the project after How Ridiculous issued a challenge in one of their videos.
Back in September 2019 the two Australian YouTubers filmed themselves dropping a 90kg atlas stone from a height, but this destroyed the trampoline.
For the newest video the men decided to record 10 drops from items including a bowling ball, watermelon, the car and a boat.
The car spins before landing wheels down after the drop which took six months to plan
Scientist Mark designed the super-sized strong trampoline and it was built in Australia (pictured during construction)