On 4/11/19 2:23 PM, Jacob Field jacobtimothyfield@... [C-Car] wrote:
I'd be afraid to go 70MPH in a CCar! I haven't driven mine over about 20MPH
yet, and even that has been an experience... Good luck!
I had my 72 volt C-car set up right.? Equal weight on each wheel.? New
shocks.? 1/2" of toe which really stabilizes the ride at the expense of
range.?
We got out behind my restaurant with a buddy who would run my radar
gun.? Here's where my memory is failing a little.? I can't remember
whether I achieved 52 or 56 MPH.? I was SCARED and backed off before
full throttle.? In my youth I raced both motocross and stock cars so
I've my share of sticky situations.? But nothing like this.? I don't
think 60 mph is possible regardless of the balls of the driver.? I
believe the car would flip from just a small bump in the road.? At the
speed I achieved the car was starting to pogo forward and back with at
least the front wheels coming off the pavement.
A whole 'nuther issue is motor armature speed.? I had the
non-hill-climbing rear end.? Still, the armature was sure to come apart
at the speed I was shooting for.? My website has several pages dedicated
to what all I did to the motor to make it survive the speed.
John
NeonJohn