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Old 07-09-2021, 12:28 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Watts @ 90-km/h

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Originally Posted by RustyLugNut View Post
https://www.engineering.com/story/hu...s-world-record

The sun is so diffuse you compromise your aerodynamics to gather power. Without such compromises, you can achieve 198 Watts of drag force at freeway speeds - which any good athlete can provide.
I'd like to see a metabolic 'well-to-wheels' energy breakdown for Battle Mountain, compared to the 'fusion'-powered book keeping on the solar racers.
CAR and DRIVER has done vehicle performance comparisons based upon Big Macs as the energy supply. A little different take.
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