New World Record at Bandimere 7.890 second (also 174 MPH!)
The KillaCycle, ridden by Scotty Pollacheck, made drag racing history AGAIN at Bandimere Speedway October 23rd, 2008. 7.89 seconds @ 168 MPH is a new official NEDRA record and makes KillaCycle the world’s quickest electric vehicle of any kind in the quarter mile! This was the very last run down the strip for this season at Bandimere. What a great way to finish the year.
Lightning struck twice on the mountain as we set the new mark for top speed in an earlier run that afternoon, 7.955 seconds@ 174.05 MPH. The M&H Racemaster tire really gripped the awesome track prep provided by Larry Crispe and the crew at Bandimere Speedway. We turned up the launch current to 1850 amps per motor, well beyond what we ever had before, and still did not slip the tire! (The all new temperature-controlled track surface provided the very best possible traction.)
Jim Husted at Hi-Torque Electric did his magic to the motors and they were able to withstand more RPM, current, and voltage from the battery pack than we thought was even possible. This is what delivered the “back half” performance that made the new top speed record possible.
The A123 Systems NanoPosphate batteries are changing the entire landscape for electric vehicles, and battery-powered devices in general.
The History Channel recorded it all that day. The footage will air early in 2009, perhaps February or March.
If you don’t want to wait that long for the professional footage, here is a video clip (digital camera) of the run
elektromotoren (ook in auto’s) gaan het helemaal maken, let maar op.
Bizar vet ding
Wat zou de kg/kW-verhouding zijn van dit ding?
Of misschien belangrijker, kg/Nm?
Damn wat trekt die snel op! Kan je nagaan 1 seconde! Dat is 2.5 x sneller dan een bugatti.
sja kan die dan een keer, niet zo boeiend
Tof apparaat
Hoeveel G trekt dat ding tijdens het accelereren?
@JohNL
gemiddelde acceleratie = 280 * (1000/(60*60)) / 7.89 = 9.86 m/s^2
dat is dus 9.86/9.81=1.01G.
Niet slecht, gaat dus net zo hard als dingen die je uit het raam laat vallen.
Waar is de sound….saai maar snel.
@super, voelt vast een stuk spectaculairder dan jij het laat klinken
jezus, is die vent echt dood (lijkt me wel) het staat in de titel maar weet je hoe fokking hard dat is als je even een showoff op tv gaat geven en je daarna dood bent