Episodes

10 episodes in this season

Super Airship

60 min

Mega Truck

60 min

Supership

60 min

Bullet Train

60 min

800 Ton Digger

60 min

Heavyweight Helicopter

60 min

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Ultimate Dragster

60 min

Aircraft Carrier

60 min

Jumbo Jet

60 min

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Ice Crawler

60 min

Rise of the Machines

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Ultimate Dragster

Season 1 · Episode 7 · Apr 15, 2014

Stunning CGI animation to explodes open the fastest accelerating vehicle on the planet–the Top Fuel Dragster–to reveal the extraordinary technology it uses to propel it to speeds over 500km/hr. In Pomona, California, the world's fastest dragsters are battling it out in the final of the NHRA World Championships. Leading them all is the astonishing Al-Anabi Top Fuel dragster. But can its driver, Shawn Langdon, hold onto his advantage and win the championship? At critical moments, spectacular we will uncover the engineering breakthroughs and reveal the extraordinary lessons from history and nature that helped this lightning-fast vehicle evolve: What connects an ancient Chinese war machine with the dragster's extraordinary acceleration? How did a 20 million year-old flying squirrel inspire a high performance brake? And how does the structure of bamboo keep Shawn safe in a crash?

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Rise of the Machines

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Ultimate Dragster

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