You can just hear the laughter from Clarkson and Hammond from a thousand miles away.

@cryptidian3530

4 жыл бұрын

@Jeremy Brookes Africa Special. xD

@Funnygalsproductions

4 жыл бұрын

😂

I always like how they show people all sad and crying when something like this breaks or fails when you know probably 90% of the people that worked on it are cussing up a storm that'd make a sailor blush

@defaultuser00000

4 жыл бұрын

probably also why theres only bits and pieces of footage lol

@jamesharding3459

3 жыл бұрын

When something I worked on fails, I’ll keep my composure until I’m alone, and then let the profanities fly.

@schwig44

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesharding3459 I'm always an advocate for a heavy bag in the compressor room. Scrap a part, take it out on the bag, let the anger drain, then get to work on a new one.

Excellent camera work. It’s not easy to miss the only interesting part of the whole deal.

@redsquirrelftw

4 жыл бұрын

It's like filming the movie Titanic but never showing the sinking lol.

@eamesaerospace2805

3 жыл бұрын

@@redsquirrelftw or the boat

@Dobry69

3 жыл бұрын

lmfao, throwing some HEAT

2:11 - the guy on the left when james says 'massive'

@VascoCC95

4 жыл бұрын

thank you

@YoYo-xr3ew

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

I clicked because I saw James May looking focused.

@bored.in.california2111

5 жыл бұрын

Has he ever not looked focused?

@shaun8702

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing more entertaining than watching James May do something he is interested in

@411Adidas

4 жыл бұрын

Lol yesss!! 😂😂

The "climax" forklift gave me top gear flash backs

In the US we called them Erector sets. I remember the big red metal box and hours spent building everything from cranes to bridges. Definitely an icon of my childhood!

@Joe._.smith7

5 жыл бұрын

Ken Welch Erector

@LUNE.44

5 жыл бұрын

Joe Smith 😂😂

@ferrumignis

5 жыл бұрын

Mom, mom! Look at my erector!

@mgoose1359

5 жыл бұрын

Thats the name I was trying to remember. Used to build stuff all the time with Erectors

@ablemagawitch

4 жыл бұрын

@@TRACKSTARRR That was reserved for "Tinker Toys".... Those building sets let you build so many cool toys, and they were dirty for teaching you math and science.

Such a shame, all that hard work. But you guys are resilient, Just as is Mechano.

James May reminds me of my photography teacher's calm attitude and age, sense of humor, and the way he speaks. Best teacher i've had, EVER.

I'd have to say this is a perfect project for students to learn with. The journey from concept to drawings to build and completion is full of issues needing solving ect.

@EJP286CRSKW

Жыл бұрын

I disagree. They were given an existing design. All they had to do was assemble it, from prefab parts. They didn't even get to do the stress tests. They would have learned something about order of assembly, but not much else. Otherwise they would have had useful contributions to make when the lift failed, instead of bursting into tears. Really this wasn't much above kindergarten level, apart from the scale.

@dimitrijensk2845

10 ай бұрын

@@EJP286CRSKWbut they did stress test it. They say it.

@EJP286CRSKW

10 ай бұрын

@@dimitrijensk2845 So they didn't do them correctly, or adequately. It failed. So they didn't learn that, or anything else that I can see.

@dimitrijensk2845

10 ай бұрын

@@EJP286CRSKW if you think people cannot learn from failure, you are a moron.

Very true. Engineers should not say “hopefully”

@mfk12340

3 жыл бұрын

That's what every engineer says. Every one of my engineering professors and coworkers would always say hopefully up until project completion and it was tested. And it's especially difficult with abc construction. But I am so glad I don't do that line of work anymore

@theseshisneverover6472

3 жыл бұрын

@@mfk12340 I wouldn't want to be a foreman

Climax at 1:40.

@mikey380sx

4 жыл бұрын

TheTarrMan I came

I wonder why the video didn't show that it actually worked in the end ? Our Nephew was involved in the making of this bridge. It was a few years ago now.

@darioad9313

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@smoketinytom

2 жыл бұрын

They split it into parts to avoid licensing rules on KZread. But they do have the whole thing uploaded if you gave it a quick “Spark James May Toy Stories”

Imagine James May' had won the Darwin Award 2019, killed by Meccano, a Porsche and a lot of stupidity.

@Bzorlan

3 жыл бұрын

This was made in like 2008

When he stuck his head under it. I lost it

He is the one and only teacher every of his students will remember until the end of the days.

4:34. Never, never, never do that!

@6:04 "Hopefully" comment and the 'Fair enough.' reply gave me a laugh! great video all!

@raptorjesus3894

5 жыл бұрын

He should have said "I'll start saying theoretically instead".

@wooferhound7571

4 жыл бұрын

It's not a proper engineering term

They need to make more of these.

great to see they got it on camera,

Sometimes we learn more from our failures than our successes

@HollywoodF1

5 жыл бұрын

This was a contractor screw up, not the engineering students.

Thats a great experience! These students for sure will be excellent future engineers after they experience their first massive failare! :) Well done!! And keep up the good work!

It's the lifters and crane ppl that ruined it. That's what you call the unknown factor. Thinking on assembly and movement, and that crane operators boss who said yea just lift it.

This was the best to watch when i was a kid i loved it i even brought meccano airfix hornby it was awesome

Lovely in tension, you wait until it gets compression loads !!

What a perfect life lesson this is. And nobody was killed.

Oh man I forgot about Meccano. Didn't have a lot as a kid but do recall having a kit to play with. They were not cheap. I was mostly into K'nex since I had more of those to play with.

When you don't have a plan you're planning to fail.

James goes under the car, local HES inspector arrives.

Who thought it was a good idea to build this thing in a room 5 stories up???

@kyj565

3 жыл бұрын

The people with a crane.

@lordgarion514

3 жыл бұрын

Probably people who have a room 5 stories up where it's possible to actually get that thing out of the building?

All them cameras and no one caught it falling over? I call shenanigans.

I legitimately was more worried about the 911 than James. What's wrong with me?

@Garf2O

5 жыл бұрын

Cause if something happens to the 911 then something happens to james as a chain reaction, plus james has a chance to get out of the way while the 911 is just gonna drop

@over9k874

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing, thats what you should be worried about more than about James

@cornmaized

3 жыл бұрын

A lot

I don't know. When you need a forklift and a crane to shift your Meccano set, then maybe it's time to move to bigger things :) Oh, wait, it was bigger. Couldn't even dream of having that much as a kid.

How is James the only one not to get an injury?

James may you are a wise man 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

Should have had a couple of riggers on site.

I have fallen in The Leeds Liverpool Canal in 2019 !

Considering james may put his head under the car, the mechano was probably even stronger than suggested because of the factor of safety that would have to have been planned in this sort of stunt to be safe.

5:00 I need a rugby kit like that

They should really call this part one and have part 2 where really works

hes been doing some weird shit after Queen

2:11 The guy on the lefts reaction He knows what’s going on

Why did they try to move it while the water weight was attached? That's what broke it, the weight started tilting and pulled the rest of the bridge with it. The thing is, that weight isn't even supposed to be held by the bridge because it's just made to rest as a counterweight, meaning it was't the engineering of the bridge that doomed it, it was the crane crew.

That (lifting the car and standing under it) was maybe the dumbest thing I've seen anyone do in a long time.

@watcherofwatchers

4 жыл бұрын

Then you need to get out more.

That broke my heart.

I actually cried man... They worked very hard on a big project WITH the stuff that probably inspired them to become engineers. 😭

What happened to all the Meccano after the bridge was taken apart?

@Spacekriek

5 жыл бұрын

I believe it is now on permanent display at a university in Liverpool.

@popuptoaster

5 жыл бұрын

far as i remember a lot of it was only on loan from Meccano so it should have gone back.

@geyotepilkington2892

5 жыл бұрын

It was donated to starving kids in Zimbabwe

@sciencemaniacs9993

5 жыл бұрын

@@geyotepilkington2892 African kids could have eaten all that Meccano.

@SlavicUnionGaming

4 жыл бұрын

science maniacs man this joke never gets old!!

Awesome

Persistence.

Good that they caught the most important moment... oh wait.

Like the video very much.

ah. new video to fall asleep to

7:55 You're Welcome!

1:48 Meccano-ception :o

James is...is that really you so Clarkson did not kill you and the grand tour is going to have a season 4?!?!wow you held up better that I was expecting keep the spirit up we need to see you mock Hammond more. 😅👏👏👏👍

Was that Lucy Brown in 6:58?

Oh hi there *James*👋

Remember when he did that meccano motorcycle?

Was that forklift a "Climax"?

I bet SUTCH is the same family as Lord Sutch from the 60s who used to make records with people like Jimmy Page

@kasperkjrsgaard1447

3 жыл бұрын

And Ritchie Blackmore

"im pretty devastated and it was puuuuuuufect" if it was perfect it wouldn't of failed and collapsed.. also glad to see a real engineer at the end.. also if you don't know "the sooner we get it down the better" you are probably in the wrong school.

3:20 fiat panda????!!!!

« Ha ! Ha ! ». **Nelson Muntz**

Wow that 911 part was absolutely nerve racking

Stepping under the car? Reckless!! Where was safety ?

@vaughnsigal4560

5 жыл бұрын

is James dead?

@larryscott3982

5 жыл бұрын

Vaughn Sigal No and car is fine. Evel Knievel didn’t die in his crashes either. He’s always commenting on things he can’t do because of HSE, insurance, and liability. Lifting the car 1-2 feet would’ve been just as impressive.

@EJP286CRSKW

Жыл бұрын

Half an inch was sufficent to prove the point, without risking the car or the idiot who went under the load.

It was going so well... Not the response I expect from an engineer.

Next, make a LEGO one

So, we never see what happened, not get a clear description, nor see how it turned out in the end. GREAT

If Clarkson had been in charge of the winching of the Porsche I know it would have fell and crushed into 13 million pieces

Meanwhile, in universe-25491: Newspaper headline reads "British Automotive Journalist dies in freak meccano accident"

I know shits gone down when James pulls back his hair in fustration

Investigating the route of the failure of this structure during erection should be a good learning exercise. Ironically, it may have more value than its construction.

Is this young James?

Damn. This is already close to a decade old. Don't you have any recent material?

@beemail6983

5 жыл бұрын

It costs money to license TV rights, hence why everything spark shows is old, even a decade old

A good crane driver should have seen it coming

@AlMcpherson79

4 жыл бұрын

I Remember watching this and thinking "why din't the sutchies lads say something about properly slinging it ?"

When is this from?

@kutter_ttl6786

3 жыл бұрын

It's from a show called 'James May's Toy Stories.' This was the 3rd episode and first aired on 10 Nov 2009. It's not the full episode.

Somehow there should be a joke about a Meccano being much like an Erector...

why is a clip of something from almost a decade ago being portrayed as new?

@Markle2k

4 жыл бұрын

Where do you see this portrayed as new?

Walking under suspended loads is so stupid!

Too many cooks, not enough engineers to lift a bridge. It's in the detail.

Peauerfect

Am a university engineering student. None of us are optimistic.

@hectic9082

5 жыл бұрын

So you're German?

Well at least it wan't quite as catastrophic as the Florida Bimbo Bridge at Florida International University!!!

HURRY UP SHOW THE EPISODE ITS FIXED!

This project for young engineers is kind of preparation for real life. Something like having hamster just to prepare you to meed death. It will come sooner or later, here's small example of loosing something you cared for.

May seems like a very reasonable person. Standing under that car is not.

@EJP286CRSKW

Жыл бұрын

It was certifiable idiocy that somebody should have prevented, unless there are static stands we can't see, which I suspect was the case. Otherwise there was no necessity to raise the car more than half an inch off the ground.

3:35 i wouldnt have said "John". I wouldve said "if it holds, you buy me one" And to anser the question: they shoukdve asked Hammond with his Engineering Connections to make the bridge! (First time a joke feels a bit like blasphemy since May is one of the best Brits to be alive, right up there with Fry)

Is that a Porsche 911 turbo?

James May That is all

I was worried about the bridge, then realized that their is nothing real about reality television. Where was the UK version of OSHA? Why was the construction site not shutdown immediately? Where are the endless “lessons learned” and “near miss” reports? Then I took comfort as I started suspending my disbelief. Gotta love make believe television.

@notafuckinpplperson8233

5 жыл бұрын

smirkingdevil you need to get a life dude

Where is the ending?

Welcome to the world of engineers...

I would be more worried about the cheap nuts and bolts that come with those shearing than the bars snapping. Hope they swapped them all out for grade 3 or higher.

@Alf763

4 жыл бұрын

TheTarrMan that would defeat the point

i feel bad for this chick 2:24 lmfaoo

I'd have used some locktite myself....

They aren't just risking the car with that test...where they're standing is the perfect location for some final destination style swinging death car action...Good editing, but you're straining my ability to suspend my disbelief.

how hard can it be....

James May making a mechanical error? Never heard of it.

My thumbs and fingers are getting PTSD from my childhood just watching this. 80k pieces. Think I'd rather walk on lego bricks...

Hasn't he already walked across it?

@Toby704

5 жыл бұрын

This was before that, same program