We completed some initial performance testing yesterday on Speedster Part Duh. We had rather carefully spec’s a very different transaxle for this version in an attempt to get all four gears in the game in an attempt to duplicate the driving characteristics of the original Speedster, and perhaps of course improve upon them where able. […]
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I’ve cobbled together some “pictorial diagrams” showing the wiring of the Speedster. These are a bit awkward. Rather than drawing schematics, I’ve kind of put together a bit of a wiring diagram using little pictures that might be more understandable to those unaccustomed to schematic diagrams, and probably annoying to those who are. I’ve split
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We took two DC-3s with 26 people to a gathering of some 25 DC-3’s from around the country in Rock Falls, Illinois. It was a cooling break from the weather here and a good time was had by all. We flew in formation from Rock Falls to the opening day at Oshkosh Wisconsin for the
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Eric Kriss of Krissmotors has been following our progress for some time. He has successfully built an excellent Cobra kit car in the past and has some experience with the Saab Sonnet fiberglass sports car. He is working on a Speedster Part Duh and has been following the shows and offering some suggestions with peculiarly
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I was able to post this week’s video ON Friday. We shot a good bit of it last week. So this week we do a 4C load test of four CALB 100AH cells. The test actually consists of 40 pulses of 400AMPS lasting 2.5AH or about 30 seconds. The CALB cells list 4C for 30
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In our first initial drives with the Mini, we were getting apparent ranges that matched my calculations for range initially without regen. We had assumed we would get some extension in range from having our first car with regenerative braking. After just a few drives, it became apparent to me that with 100AH pack, and
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Rather interesting week. It started with a longish drive in the new Speedster design. We reached about 107 miles when it seemed politic to bring it into the barn and check some batteries. One notable thing about this was that 107 miles was the max drive we ever actually did with the original Speedster. Over
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Went on quite a drive today. Everyone is concerned about the range of electric cars and fear it will be insufficient. At least when test driving, it is MORE than sufficient. It was again unseasonably warm, and two hours in the seat was a bit more than I had sought to enjoy. I drove the
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This week is a fairly short show. We mostly feature Duane Ball’s Electric Beck Spyder 550 build. Built by Scott Smith in New York state, this car features many of the components in our own Speedster Part Duh prototype. It is an excellent example of craftmanship in an EV build. [jwplayer file=”news061810-1280 – iPhone.mov” hd.file=”news061810-1280.mov”
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Kind of a late blog entry. Busy week with Rickard Electric Speedster design. The May 28th show rounded up a lot of little parts such as the accelerator – with a little valet function box I refer to as “daughter mode.” [jwplayer file=”news052810-1280 – iPhone.mov” hd.file=”news052810-1280.mov” image=”http://media.ev-tv.me/news052810.jpg” streamer=”rtmp://s3jgrp4mv5fnqx.cloudfront.net/cfx/st” provider=”rtmp” html5_file=”http://media.ev-tv.me/news052810 – iPhone.mov” download_file=”http://media.ev-tv.me/news052810-1280.mov”] The basic
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