Pendine Sands Tomorrow....

[attym3]

Cambells grandson Don Wales(great name)Is trying to break the world speed record(electric) in Bluebird electric. Could be worth a hoon....

Mark

[attym3]

Here's a pic and link...

http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/9192978.Blu...

[poo at Paul's]

What's a Tesla top speed? 137 for the current record does not seem that quick? 2000 though I suppose.

[RichB]

Shame it's electric.

[car crazy]

He's trying for 150mph, which shows you how far electric cars have yet to go. theres a lot of petrol saloons limited to 155 these days.

[RichB]

car crazy said:

He's trying for 150mph, which shows you how far electric cars have yet to go..

Usually about 45-50 miles isn't it?

[car crazy]

RichB said:

car crazy said:

He's trying for 150mph, which shows you how far electric cars have yet to go..

Usually about 45-50 miles isn't it?

Only on duracell

[attym3]

They are hoping for 500mph by 2013, thats a LOT of speed to gain!?

Mark

[Sam_68]

attym3 said:

They are hoping for 500mph by 2013, thats a COMPLETELY unachievable fantasy!

EFA

[Conor D]

poo at Paul's said:

What's a Tesla top speed? 137 for the current record does not seem that quick? 2000 though I suppose.

125 I think for the Tesla Roadster.

[Scuffers]

Conor D said:

poo at Paul's said:

What's a Tesla top speed? 137 for the current record does not seem that quick? 2000 though I suppose.

125 I think for the Tesla Roadster.

that's more to do with lack of a gearbox...

[Shotgun Rider]

They failed in their attempt this weekend unfortunately. Looks like Joe Wales had a lucky escape as he hit a pothole at speed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wale...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14523958

Did anyone go today? I spent a few hours there yesterday and saw the car run once.

[davepoth]

Shotgun Rider said:

They failed in their attempt this weekend unfortunately. Looks like Joe Wales had a lucky escape as he hit a pothole at speed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wale...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14523958

Did anyone go today? I spent a few hours there yesterday and saw the car run once.

He also ended up sat in the sea in an electric car which must have been quite scary.

[_rubinho_]

Sam_68 said:

attym3 said:

They are hoping for 500mph by 2013, thats a COMPLETELY unachievable fantasy!

EFA

As a supporter of electric cars/drives it pains me to agree, but you're right. On fag-packet calculations it would require >5000kW to do 500mph. That's equivalent to 4+ motors from a TGV locomotive. These are quite large and require 25kV to run. To get that from the lead acid batteries they are using, they'd need 2000 in series which would make the whole vehicle weigh about as much as a loaded aircraft carrier (slight exaggeration ).

Is using a linear motor cheating do you think?