[Land-speed] HP/DRAG/Traction...

Bryan Savage b.a.savage at wildblue.net
Tue Sep 4 09:01:58 MDT 2007


Anything under 10% made me happy. We were at 6% at WOS once.
Our normal was 8-10%

Bryan



Rick Byrnes wrote:
> The electric Fusion had more than 6% tire spin when it went 186 in the 
> quarter.  Somewhere around 8% went 176 in the quarter, but 204 in the 5th 
> with 207 exit.  This thing had lots of power.  The fuel cell stack made more 
> power after being humidified after each pass.  (the 186 run was a turn out 
> after the quarter because the computer system shut it down because of 
> Overpower.  It made more power than they expected.
>
> The car hooked a little in the 3 but basically spun the tires thru most of 
> the 5 miles.  I see some things from the photos that show me some chassis 
> changes that might help plant the rear tires.  I would love to come back 
> with this car.  Some minor refinements and revisions.....who knows....


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