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1800 Lbs: Beyond the Hon’derdome
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Team 1,800 Lbs brought back their amazing wheels as Beyond the Hon’derdome, depicting a post-apocalyptic Baltimore. They added custom hydraulic steering and a 2-speed transmission, but slipped chains and repaired several breakdowns en route. For creating awe in their fellow pilots (How on earth do you true 12-foot wheels?), they won Pilots’ Choice. |
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Team 1,800 Lbs has a history of amazing sculptures:
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With flotation at hub-level, the huge wheels create an especially graceful water entry and exit, and on open water only the top half of each wheel is visible, rotating like a steamship paddlewheel. |
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Wile E. Coyote (from their 2007 entry) helped pull Beyond the Hon’derdome through the mud. |
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