THE VIDEO SHELF · engine rpm music
Renault F1 engine playing God Save the Queen
A short clip of a Renault F1 engine playing God Save the Queen by precisely controlling its RPM, recorded at Goodwood. It demonstrates how finely the drivetrain can be controlled.
Why HN readers recommended it
Treated as a favorite hack and a go-to example in threads about machines playing music.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Chris Billett
- Topic
- engine rpm music
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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My favorite version of this hack is Renault changing the RPM of their F1 engine to play God Save The Queen: [VIDEO]
tdicola on Hacker News · 2015-03
In Dot matrix printer playing “Eye of the Tiger” [video]I once walked the footbridge over the hillclimb at Goodwood during the Festival of Speed as a V10 F1 car went underneath. Was something else entirely. Seeing the musical demos the Renault team used to do was always interesting too - if you haven't heard …
wastedhours on Hacker News · 2020-10
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