ELECTRATHON 2010, The final preparations have started

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Re: ELECTRATHON 2010, The final preparations have started

Postby booboo » Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:47 pm

A shortmovie clip of the c-5000 in action at the electrathon;
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Re: ELECTRATHON 2010, The final preparations have started

Postby ChrisB » Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:59 pm

Love the C5000, looks great, cant seem to watch the video for some reason but that might be a work related thing??

Sounds like you had a great time 8)

Hopefully someone will put some pics up from our lot soon.

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Re: ELECTRATHON 2010, The final preparations have started

Postby ex925 » Tue Sep 28, 2010 1:16 pm

Great movie clips, just watched all three
Hope Sir Clive gets to know of your achievement
What a machine!
Thank you for the inspiration
Wish I had been there
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Re: ELECTRATHON 2010, The final preparations have started

Postby timpootle » Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:15 pm

Brian Hampton asks:
"Any idea of the twisty circuit length so I can calculate speed?"

I replied saying "we weren't going very fast!", but did anyone present record the track length accurately?
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Re: ELECTRATHON 2010, The final preparations have started

Postby retepsnikrep » Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:23 pm

On the drag strip video he C5 seems to change gear after about 5 seconds? what's happening there?

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Re: ELECTRATHON 2010, The final preparations have started

Postby booboo » Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:26 pm

retepsnikrep wrote:On the drag strip video he C5 seems to change gear after about 5 seconds? what's happening there?

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The c-5000 has a throttle type assembly that lets you select three different voltages. On Saturday I think it was set up for 6/12/24 volts, then on Sunday 12/24/48volts (I'm happy to be corrected)....the "gear change" is where he is switching over to 48v :shock:

Seriously good fun :mrgreen:
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