Mojet T40 R/C jet car

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July 29th, 2009 10

The folks at Hobby Media sent us this item:

V8 Supercar driver Rick Kelly is a R/C model cars fan and he recently built the Red Bull Mojet T40, a 1:10 scale replica of the Thrust SSC machine that set the World Land Speed Record on 15 October 1997.

This R/C car is powered by two jet engines, and in May, Rick tried, without success, to break the world land speed record for a remote control car currently held by Nic Case.

Red Bull Xbox 360 Mojet T40