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darcane · 07-24-2015, 08:45 PM

Thanks for the video. Very cool.

My son raced on a public street as well, but the distance was only 100 yards or so (~100m). As he gets older, he can do the longer course, but it's still not very far or fast. Peak speeds for the faster kids is only about 28mph (45km/h).

For testing, I was envisioning actually taking it to a hill and timing how long it takes to travel between two specific points. Then you will have a quantifiable measurement for any change you make (like a new aerodynamic body). Basically, this would be a variation of the coast down tests that a lot of people here use.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...g-cd-8402.html
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...test-2992.html

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darcane ......................... Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Buckley, WA Posts: 1,597 Thanks: 391 Thanked 488 Times in 316 Posts	Thanks for the video. Very cool. My son raced on a public street as well, but the distance was only 100 yards or so (~100m). As he gets older, he can do the longer course, but it's still not very far or fast. Peak speeds for the faster kids is only about 28mph (45km/h). For testing, I was envisioning actually taking it to a hill and timing how long it takes to travel between two specific points. Then you will have a quantifiable measurement for any change you make (like a new aerodynamic body). Basically, this would be a variation of the coast down tests that a lot of people here use. http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...g-cd-8402.html http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...test-2992.html __________________ Past Cars: 2001 Civic HX Mods CTS-V 2003 Silverado Mods