Ford Raptor versus Parachutist | Top Gear USA

hey low or high altitude low opening is a military freefall technique first tested by the US Air Force in 1960 to help pilots ejecting at altitudes up to 35,000 feet it was then adopted by Special Forces during Vietnam who were able to fly at high altitude out of missile range and then drop into enemy territory undetected by radar this hail of specialists identity is classified and since he trains Navy SEALs how to leap from the heavens and kill people undetected if I even see him he may have to kill me he kinda reminds me of Darth Vader the race would be exactly five miles from start to finish the Raptor will face a combination of asphalt rough trail and open desert the course is set on land designated for cattle grazing so by law they have the right away if I mess with the cows the rancher has the legal right to shoot me the halo jumper will start 25,000 feet up giving him exactly five miles of falling he will freefall it speeds up to 120 miles an hour until he hits 2,000 feet then you must open a chute I will be taking him home in a bucket to beat the halo jumper to the finish line I've got to get there in just over four minutes which means averaging 71 miles an hour that's unbelievably fast considering their sand traps jumps and cows between me and the finish line and he's just bawling he's been breathing pure oxygen for the last 45 minutes to rid his bloodstream of nitrogen if he doesn't as he climbs the nitrogen will expand in his blood vessels and he'll get the bends the same way to divert camp at this altitude he's also at risk of oxygen deprivation have no doubt this is very dangerous I was 60 seconds from the most insane race of my life 25,000 feet above me was my opponent a halo jumper both of us were about to hurtle 5 miles to the finish line it was time to prepare the Raptor push the traction control hold it for five seconds and it flashes alerting you of the potential danger then push the off-road mode off-road mode enabled then pull this little knob to lock the differential shifting is in progress and it's done five for 3 3 2 2 1/1 think I got a bad start there all right hammer down now as halo man hurtled earthwards he shaped his body to create the least resistance to the rushing air around him I had my foot to the floor and all 475 horses were galloping hard I was hitting 80 miles an hour the Raptors giant shocks just soaked it up Darth had reached terminal velocity 120 miles an hour then use the Force to go even faster we offer technics when you go over the bumps is actually the lift off the pedals because you can hit the gas over the phone it takes away the travel you bottomed out and start keying out the limit I think the Arizona desert was witnessing to unstoppable missiles heading for each other at 120 miles an hour Velociraptor and Darth Vader it was like Star Wars 7 the Jurassic Menace two minutes down and I had to be behind but ahead was a mile and a half of pavement time to Florida last fall to make up a little time here I think the top speeds about 120 miles 115 he's falling like a bat out I'm doing 120 miles an hour up ahead was my turn into the open desert the asphalt blast had me back in the game but no one told the cows oh oh that's a heavy beast I had two miles of track and open desert to the finish line every twist and turn I tried to get a glimpse of the tiny black dot above me I don't see it yet but how could I he was using gravity as his jet pack he was ahead but now the advantage was mine the halo jumper had to pull his chute or become Darth pancake as the canopy opened he decelerated violently 260 miles an hour this was my chance no more twisting and turning the Raptor and I were headed to the finish line as the crow flies whatever lay ahead this is what makes this truck badass hallo guy was just a thousand feet above the finish line and I could see the flags ahead we were neck-and-neck I could see him circling above there was no way he could float down in time the race was the Raptors suddenly he threw his parachute into a dive spiraling towards the ground at 90 miles an hour I thought I had it for sure Oh

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Id: I5F6JzE-5rU

Length: 8min 1sec (481 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 28 2012

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