Mark JW
04-20-2001, 01:40 PM
check out this from an atricle about an electric drag racer in the Chicago Tribune
"You’re staring at 56 Hawker Genesis 12-volt batteries linked in sequence to deliver 1,800 amps of instantaneous mayhem when Klein buries the accelerator pedal for the quarter-mile.
“We carry one megawatt onboard this rail,” Zak said, “enough power to light a small town, if you agree that 50,000 or so 60-watt light bulbs are enough to illuminate Wasco.”
West suburban Wasco indeed.
Take another snoop around this evil contraption.
Battery juice flows through a beefed-up controller unit into a pair of NetGain Warp-11 electric motors (modified forklift units) that produce the equivalent of 320 horsepower each.
“The motors are hooked together with an in-line coupler,” said Zak. “When Karl jumps on it, he has 1,600 pounds of torque hitting the pavement at near zero r.p.m."
For the complete article go to Chicagotribune.com and enter "electric Dragster" in the search engine.
:cool:
[ 04-20-2001: Message edited by: Mark JW ]
"You’re staring at 56 Hawker Genesis 12-volt batteries linked in sequence to deliver 1,800 amps of instantaneous mayhem when Klein buries the accelerator pedal for the quarter-mile.
“We carry one megawatt onboard this rail,” Zak said, “enough power to light a small town, if you agree that 50,000 or so 60-watt light bulbs are enough to illuminate Wasco.”
West suburban Wasco indeed.
Take another snoop around this evil contraption.
Battery juice flows through a beefed-up controller unit into a pair of NetGain Warp-11 electric motors (modified forklift units) that produce the equivalent of 320 horsepower each.
“The motors are hooked together with an in-line coupler,” said Zak. “When Karl jumps on it, he has 1,600 pounds of torque hitting the pavement at near zero r.p.m."
For the complete article go to Chicagotribune.com and enter "electric Dragster" in the search engine.
:cool:
[ 04-20-2001: Message edited by: Mark JW ]