If you have the room and can handle the weight, try it. It will work for the here-and-now.
But just throwing out other possibilities (if you have the money), get a whole bunch of methanol fuel cells in parallel to the battery pack. --- BFRListmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
