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| Bmw Atlanta campus near Hurth reveals a dedicated and talented workforce whose job is to plan prepare and perform firstclass stunts. In this age of green screen technology (real actors on a digital set) visual effects departments and postproduction facilities its good to know that there are still people around who never say never even if it means catapulting cars high enough into the air to cross the flight path of a helicopter with the help of a liquidnitrogenfuelled rocket! |
| Bmw Oakland It was this can do attitude that helped realise and build the FTL (Film and Test Location) Europes largest film set for highspeed motorway scenes. Bmw Atlanta. Former stuntman and FTL Managing Director Volkmar Balenseifer was fed up renting highways in Dusseldorf Cologne and Belgium and decided to build an exact replica of a German Autobahn at a cost of 3 million. |
| Bmw Dallas Although its just a 30 minute drive from Cologne the best way to approach the FTL (or so Im told) is by helicopter and as we descend towards the fourlane motorway I can make out a couple of motorcycles a ramp and what looks like a BMW pickup! With two 1000metre lanes in each direction hard shoulders a concrete barrier and two turning loops at each end the track is an authentic Autobahn with access and exit ramps. Bmw Oakland. It can quickly be made to resemble a motorway typical of any country by equipping it with appropriate signage and road markings and of course any kind of background can be added in during postproduction by the visual effects department. |
| Bmw San Diego As soon as I am on terra firma a black 7 Series BMW pulls up. My eyes hadnt been deceiving me it has been converted at great expense into a pickup with special bars and rigs to fit and carry a multitude of cameras sound equipment and crew for filming highspeed action scenes. Bmw Dallas. Smooth automatic transmission and 12cylinder BMW power is just whats needed to keep ahead of and help capture the action. |
| Bmw San Jose California In the distance I can see a rider performing burnouts wheelies and stoppies on an HP2 Enduro. Bmw Atlanta. It turns out he is Toni Rossberger who has just broken the vertical high jump world record on a motorcycle. |
| Bmw San Francisco Hes warming up his tyres by powersliding the 105 hp boxer twin around the FTLs curves and is preparing for some practice jumps over the head of stunt coordinator Christopher Domanski. Christopher is a multitalented marshal arts expert and the proud recipient of a Taurus World Stunt Award for a chase that featured in The Clown movie. Bmw Atlanta. This film sold in more than 40 countries and the stunt involved a car jumping over a helicopter as well as a chase involving 24 police cars and a powerboat. |
| Bmw Philadelphia It beat opposition such as Jackie Chans Police Story 2 to win the award. Bmw Atlanta. Today Christopher is riding a 167 hp BMW K 1200 S but manages to keep both wheels on the tarmac unlike Toni. |
| Bmw Seattle I think I could ride before I could walk comments Toni who started riding a motorcycle at fouryearsold and by the age of eight was a promising motocross rider in the German youth championships. I gave it up after a while though because I preferred the jumping than the actual racing and the more difficult it was the better! Bmw Atlanta. True to his word Toni has since amassed several motorcycle world records including jumping 78 metres off a ski jump at GarmischPartenkirchen in Germany home to the BMW Motorrad Biker Meeting. |
| Bmw Newark Although Toni did this jump in summer he also returned in winter and set a record of 80 metres on snow! Although he had jumped even further in practice (92 metres) the world record attempt was made difficult by poor weather conditions. Adding to the pressure was the fact that more than 18 million people were watching it live on prime time television. Bmw Atlanta. I used motocross tyres with spikes and had to change the angle of the ski ramp explained Toni. |
| Bmw Bergen, Bmw Phoenix This is because ski jumpers take off from a fairly flat trajectory and although they are travelling at about 90 kmh they are never more than about four metres off the ground. Bmw Atlanta. Theirs is a mix between jumping and flying but a 175 kg motorcycle is more difficult to hold in the air so you have to keep it up with power. Bmw Dallas. My takeoff speed was 125 kmh and my landing speed actually increased to 145 kmh so I had to keep my concentration levels high as there wasnt much margin for error. Bmw San Diego. In addition to the many stunt shows that Toni performs for the general public his duties as the specialist motorcycle stunt rider for Action Concept are taken very seriously. Bmw Atlanta. I plan all stunts meticulously and work them out scientifically. |
