Pikes Peak race car Ep11 : We take it to a drag strip
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มิ.ย. 2024
- It's time to see if our Tesla powered race car, BugZappa, can cope with full throttle and speeds above 30mph. This is the first time we've driven it with any gusto so fingers crossed it all stays in one piece. Don't forget that all the runs in this episode are at 65% power so the times are not indicative of where it'll be once we're happy to release the full power mode and see what it can REALLY do.
Before we take it to a full on track day we may well come back to Santa Pod for some full power, full throttle tests. Then once we're happy everything can cope with the power, we'll take it to a proper race track and start testing and tuning the real race car stuff, like suspension and brakes.
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Wow. That third takeoff was amazing. That poor car was left behind you sputtering all the way down on his own. Nice work 😅😂
Eh…Would be better if you raced other cars
“Add lightness”. A principle I have implemented on my 84 Moto Guzzi rebuild. Eliminating the traditional loom in favour of a MotoGadget m.unit has eliminated about 4kgs of wiring weight. Ultimately I could even go to a smaller alternator now that I’ve implemented LED indicators, head and tail lights etc as I’ve dropped about over 100 volts from the running demand on the charging circuit. Loving your development of this car.
Rapid, it's only the first draft. Fine work if you ask me.
The car with a smile. Great. Just goes to show what can be done if developed to save the planet. Small light weight car like a mini moke.
what if you had separate traction control betwen front and rear ? traction control on rear to avoid zigzags and full power on front to grab the road …
need the right tires for drag racing really will knock a lot off the 60ft but wont do roundy roundy circuit stuff lol , you should enter some bracket racing it would do well .
The guy looks like Rumpelstiltskin from Shrek.
Nice to see Mouser as an sponsor. Sad that the AD products shown, there are no usable data sheets, only a brief. For the ADRF8800 they did not even mention the CPU architecture :(
Nice car 😉
The replica 'Two Lane Blacktop' primer '55 caught my eye, serious cash involved in that one.
11 seconds while taking it easy and careful, then cold tires. Absolutely super!
There is TOO MUCH AWESOME in your car! I'd swear it even played the old ""THX Deep Note" movie sound intro as it accelerated! My hair stood on end! Thanks for keeping it at the slow end of 11s. Otherwise, I couldn't even follow it with my eyes.😆🤣
Well if you did want to drag race the car, you have one hell of a bracket car. Very nice build, good luck with it.
Great video Richard. Wireless battery management definitely the way to go. Thanks for the simplistic way you explain all the settings. Who doesn't love a bit of engineering. Looking forward to seeing the wrap when that video drops.
Really good footage. Thank you both for your efforts and sharing with us. I'm sure some of the petrol boys were a bit surprised by that bloody bug. 🤣🤣🤣 Jim Bell (Australia)
Love the sound - like an old air raid siren winding up! 😎
Man what a beast!! It looked like a spaceship and sounded like one too. So flat, so stable. Bravo!! What an amazing build :D
Next logical step: Put Wings on it, watch it fly! This is ECC R&D at work! Greetings from Sydney.
Modern EVs are VERY consistent for drag racing. Particularly for bracket drag racing, where each car chooses a dial-in time before the race. The winner is the driver who gets closest to his dial-in time without breaking out (going quicker than the dial-in time). But there are many skill variables, as well as varying conditions (like temperature and track prep). There are special drag racing sessions called Test and Tune, for drivers to get their car properly tuned and set up to get the quickest times. This looks like it was a total success (given the conditions) where your EV race car was very consistent, quick, and importantly nothing broke. Kudos!