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7 second electric vehicle. It's a bike. (Original Post)
lumberjack_jeff
May 2012
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Nice, I see it's a series wound brush motor, much like an auto starter motor but bigger..
Fumesucker
May 2012
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Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)1. Nice, I see it's a series wound brush motor, much like an auto starter motor but bigger..
You might enjoy this, shows what can be done on a low budget with sufficient shade tree engineering..
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)2. That is well beyond awesome.
That had to be really scary on bicycle tires.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)3. Luke is very smart and very crazy..
A former Microsoft engineer that left to develop EVs..
You'll like this one too..
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)4. You're right. I do like that. I. Want. One.
But I guess because I grew up riding in the mud all the time, those other riders looked extremely inept.
Smilo
(1,950 posts)6. Bloody Brilliant!!
I was only going to watch for a minute and watched it all - absolutely fantastic.
Unca Jim
(567 posts)5. Series wound is great for drag racing I bet...
I use a Series wound motor in my VW Bug. Great torque, never use lower than second gear.
mysuzuki2
(3,543 posts)7. I wonder what kind of range it has?
OverBurn
(1,089 posts)8. Amazingly fast.
I have a mid 8 second car, so I have a understanding how fast that really is. 6.90's incredible.