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Hello all.
Just spoke with Shawn Lawless of Orange Juice and
Monster Garage fame. He had a customer today asking about a hi po electric
dirt bike. The gas bike he's currently running is putting out 13HP
peak. Says a race is 30 minutes long. Shawn figured a Lithium pack
would be a possibility, but they they started throwing around the idea of a
hybrid.
You could take the current 13HP ICE power
plant, and run that unit at a constant 13HP. I think a parallel hybrid
would be more efficient, but a series hybrid would be the only way to run the
ICE at peak power all the time. With 13HP average on tap, you could run at
least a 26HP peak electric? Or is this way too much stuff to put on a dirt
bike. You'd need an alternator(motor) and batteries and controller and
motor.
Any other ideas? Sounds like this customer
has some pretty deep pockets, so lets throw some ideas out there.
Darin Gilbert
BadFishRacing
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