Granted, it's a 1/10 scale car, but this guy did 104mph actual (not scale) in 1.5 seconds in 132 ft. (1/10 scale 1/4 mile).
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OT: Electric Cars Revisited
Apr 02, 2007
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Joe wrote in news:Xns9905D4F265F4Bnospamforme@216.77.188.18:
Here's one you can actually sit in:
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I wonder what its power to weight ratio is?
It was weird listening to dead silence when that thing launched. It looked like it was being pulled down the track on a cable. It has six wheels and eight motors and it was spinning tires going across the finish line!
Michael Johnson wrote in news:AY2dnTSIu4EvrIzbnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
Gotta love the torque "curve" on electric motors. It's basically straight and flat - full torque all the time.
Not too far off the same curve provided by a twin screw blower. ;)
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