Striker's life » cafe electric http://foreboding.net [F o r e b o d i n g] - Beyond the calm Wed, 02 May 2012 01:04:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Electric car dragracing http://foreboding.net/2010/02/electric-car-dragracing/ http://foreboding.net/2010/02/electric-car-dragracing/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:24:43 +0000 Striker http://foreboding.net/?p=147 Last night a bunch of us from the Australian Electric Vehicle Association went to Sydney Dragway with Mark and his electric Clubman to play on the track.

The previous best was a 16.8, but this time we were going to play with the Zilla (controller).

Unfortunately, we found out that the higher the amps were set, the lower the battery pack voltage was towards the end of the track. While it was nice for the take-off, the continued drain on the pack reduced the top-end, and Mark crossed the line at 17.157 @69.94mph.

Lots of talk was had afterwards about new batteries. Who knows where this fun little car will go.

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