Roger - Great photos of Woodburn, any more somewhere? Rush www.TucsonEV.com
> -----Original Message----- > From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Roger Stockton via EV > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 8:33 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] article: World's first 1 megawatt all-electric race car to compete > at Pikes Peak > > Ben Goren wrote: > > > Sorry -- I was referring to them seem to really be building a real > > race car, not attempting to verify their claims to bragging rights. > > The megawatt bit, honestly, didn't even register.... > > > > b& > > > > On Apr 2, 2015, at 6:15 PM, Ben Apollonio via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Really? I was pretty sure the title of "first megawatt all-electric > > race car" went to the Maniac Mazda over a decade ago... > > > > > > -Ben > > I'm not sure if Maniac Mazda satisfied the 'megawatt' bit, however, Bob Boyd's > 'Megawatt Monster' dragster should have satisfied both the 'megawatt' and 'all- > electric race car' bits, and this (as well as Maniac Mazda) were well over a decade > ago. > > I didn't find specs on the Megawatt monster in a quick search (the car's tranny failed > at what I believe to be its first real outing, and Bob's health failed shortly afterward > such that the car's drivetrain was parted out; the Silver Bullet (IIRC) ended up with > one of its two triplets of motors). > > It seems these pictures I took at the Woodburn drags in '99 are still online though. > You can clearly see the 6 motors, 3 1200-amp DC controllers, and part of the pack of > Johnson Controls Inspira AGMs: > > <http://www.veva.bc.ca/woodburn/1999/8415020a.htm> > > <http://www.veva.bc.ca/woodburn/1999/8415021a.htm> > > <http://www.veva.bc.ca/woodburn/1999/8415023a.htm> > > It appears that the present incarnation of Maniac Mazda at the same time sported 4 > 1200-amp DCP controllers, so perhaps it was indeed capable of 'megawatt' level > operation: > > <http://www.veva.bc.ca/woodburn/1999/7080033.htm> > > <http://www.veva.bc.ca/woodburn/1999/783000e.htm> > > Cheers, > > Roger. > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
