BJORN HARMS: I’m pretty proud of what I have done. I haven’t seen anybody who done exactly the same thing.
This car is fully remote control.
BJORN HARMS: This is my 2006 Corvette C6 and it’s a full-scale remote control car and I like it a lot.
COMM: This is 34-year-old computer technician Bjorn Harms. He’s built a full-sized remote-control Corvette
that wouldn’t look out of place in the latest Bond film.
BJORN HARMS: My first idea of building a full-sized remote-control car was by watching back to the future
when I was a little kid and I always had this idea of when I am older and I get my first car then I want to try to make
my own full-scale remote-control car and that’s what I did.
BJORN HARMS: The Corvette is road legal and even my daily driver.
BJORN HARMS: Two years ago I bought a Corvette C6 and I came up with this idea to make it full-scale remote
control so I had to make a universal motor controller so I could control different type of motors that I’ve attached
to the controls of the car. I control the car with my 4-channel transmitter. It controls the breaking, the gear
changing, the throttle and the steering. Building the universal motor controller took me around one year,
then it took me around three months to make a prototype system and it took me another three months to
make a system that was also safe enough to use.
BJORN HARMS: I also made a fail-safe system so that means if the car gets out of range of my transmitter,
the brakes start braking automatically.
BJORN HARMS: The engine is a V8 six litre. It has around 404 horsepower and the top speed is close to
300km an hour.
BJORN HARMS: Technically it could go that fast remotely, but highly unwisely.
BJORN HARMS: The first time I drove the car, it felt pretty scary because I was a little bit nervous on
would it actually work properly. So, but after testing it, it worked better than I thought.
BJORN HARMS: Most people are very excited and they actually love the project but there are also a lot of people
that think it’s crazy and of course a little bit dangerous.
BJORN HARMS: The entire RC process cost around 3500 euros - give or take.
All the Corvette values right now is around 30,000 euros, even with the remote control system.
BJORN HARMS: I would consider selling it but mainly so I can start another project again.
BJORN HARMS: I am pretty sure there is no other Corvette in the world that controls like this one.
BJORN HARMS: I am very proud of what I have done.