Electric Hairdryer RC8

[R6_kid:Me]

Lords and wenches, I present to thee, "THE TTXO2"

Interesting name. The RC8 body work seems to work well with the idea of having an oversized powerdrill motor driving your rear wheel.

81hp, 125mph (200kmh) top speed, 40-160km range depending on throttle usage. Approximately equivalent to an F3 race bike.

Maybe mainstream electric bikes are much closer than most of us thought!

http://www.mavizen.com/

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/bi...-2010-current/

[Wiki Drifter]

Just saw this video from the first electric superbike race. I wonder how long before an electric racing class will appear in NZ...

[Gremlin]

30k in pounds? Only NZ$64k, perhaps it won't catch on that quick? Tiny range too

[nudemetalz]

ha ha ...he sprays the champagne after winning the race,..gets it on the racebike and shorts it out....

[blackdog]

30k in pounds? Only NZ$64k, perhaps it won't catch on that quick? Tiny range too

watch the prices fall as the technology becomes more refined and accepted

[blackdog]

60p ($1.20) for 80 miles. the bandit costs about 15 times that in petrol.

how long to pay for itself?

and did i mention 100% torque from zero revs?

[bogan]

Just saw this video from the first electric superbike race. I wonder how long before an electric racing class will appear in NZ...

good find with that vid, been looking for some this morn, apparently theres a big video with race commentary/behind the scenes etc coming in in a few days, will be well worth a watch. Interesting to note the differences between bike performance, escpecially noticeable after just watching the moto2's

edit, I enquired bout racing electrics in bucket racing, sounds like you can do it as long as you don't win too much

[R6_kid:Me]

30k in pounds? Only NZ$64k, perhaps it won't catch on that quick? Tiny range too

Not sure what the price is, might be US. but you are shortsighted my friend ... see below.

watch the prices fall as the technology becomes more refined and accepted

Too bad it doesn't follow the IT model of halving in price every 18mths! My guess is that it should become 'affordable' in the next 5 years tops. You still have to pay for the chassis etc, but once batteries are more powerful and come down in price then these bikes will start to become very attractive.

60p ($1.20) for 80 miles. the bandit costs about 15 times that in petrol.

how long to pay for itself?

and did i mention 100% torque from zero revs?

Exactly my point. In terms of 'fuel' economy it's crazy cheap. As is, this setup would already make an awesome commuter - perhaps put the same powerplant into a GS500 frame?

I like the fact that you can put this same power plant into your favourite chassis and then just replace/upgrade the batteries/controllers/motors/OS as they improve and increase in performance. It's kind of like upgrading your computer as better componentry becomes available!

[bogan]

I like the fact that you can put this same power plant into your favourite chassis and then just replace/upgrade the batteries/controllers/motors/OS as they improve and increase in performance. It's kind of like upgrading your computer as better componentry becomes available!

it is bloody easy to do it yourself if you are mechanically minded, all the electronics just plug together if you buy the right ones, don't do what i did and design them all yourself unless you really wanna learn how it all works. 5k + donor bike would get you a pretty sweet setup (100kmhr and 100k range sorta figures).

[R6_kid:Me]

A friend of mine converted a Hilux from Diesel to electric for his final year engineering project. I think it cost him $8k all up, the motor in the ute was already dying so they were due to replace it anyway.

It's now up over 30k on the clock with the new electric motor. Top speed of 160kmh, range is about 120km with normal driving. It's now his dads daily driver/farm hack, uses standard plug socket in the wall for charging and costs about $4 for a full charge. It's slightly down on max power compared to the diesel but that 100% torque from 0rpm has really been the kicker when it comes to usability around the farm. Not bad for a first build.

[onearmedbandit]

Loving it. Good idea with the ute too.

[schrodingers cat]

Clever idea to do it all as open source software and use competitive racing brains to de-bug it all. For sure no one will share their latest configs but anything 2 -3 generations earlier will still be a step up on the factory stuff.
I wonder if part of the 'support' arrangment is to share control software ideas?

I notice a lot of people get (overly?) excited about 100% torque from 0 rpm. Personally I don't think that is condusive to traction in a low grip situation. Once the traction control/slip % stuff is sorted having the POTENTIAL there is exciting.


Also think some GPS connectivity (10 - 20Hz) would open a raft of options...

[Gremlin]

price came from mcn I think. Get back to me when they can handle a solid 400 km stretch. Well, it still takes hours to charge, so that's still a pain. Needs a good 1700km range then

[AllanB]

The Moto GP rule makers will shit themselves when it gets to the stage that the electric ones are as or faster than the combustion bikes. Just how will they regulate them - fuel limits are irrelevant unless they regulate the batteries!

[bogan]

The Moto GP rule makers will shit themselves when it gets to the stage that the electric ones are as or faster than the combustion bikes. Just how will they regulate them - fuel limits are irrelevant unless they regulate the batteries!

there is already some talk of establishing some fixed energy racing, give them X joules in whatever form, petrol, electricity, kenetic (flywheels), pnuematic..... I think that'd be pretty cool to get going as it would increase the development of feul efficient but high perfoming vehicles, and kers (kenetic energy recovery system) would be a must