06-05-2013, 03:51 PM
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Blistering speed of...
25 mph to achieve 1300 mpg!!! BYU's SAE Supermileage Competition tricycle/vehicle.
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06-05-2013, 04:20 PM
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Gas copy of PAC CAR II:
BYU probably has the PAC CAR book on how to build one; I know the CAD data is available for purchase.
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06-05-2013, 04:48 PM
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Heh. I went back to to look at it again--I did not watch the video the first time--because I remembered "tricycle/vehicle."
No, not pedal-powered.
Wouldn't a velomobile beat it in every category? 
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06-05-2013, 05:40 PM
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these "vehicles" are ridiculous. I could win this competition on a mountain bike with knobby tires. if it can't leave the parking lot it is not a car.
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06-05-2013, 05:43 PM
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Frank, is it a copy or is it just that they are achieving the same optimized shape as the PAC CAR?
To many questions, there really is only one right answer.
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06-05-2013, 05:50 PM
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Quote:
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these "vehicles" are ridiculous. I could win this competition on a mountain bike with knobby tires. if it can't leave the parking lot it is not a car.
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No, they aren't.
They are a wonderful educational opportunity for students- the one project has planning, budgeting and/or fundraising, designing and engineering, learning how to select and fabricate with the chosen materials, testing and development, competition... they have their hands full working on a project of that scope, believe me. The time frame from beginning to completion is rather short.
http://capstone.byu.edu/sites/default/files/Team31.pdf
I worked on student SAE cars and they were one of the highlights of my whole danged college career. 
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Frank, is it a copy or is it just that they are achieving the same optimized shape as the PAC CAR?
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As noted, the folks who did PAC CAR sell the CAD data for the body. This one has the same size and shape, with only the cutlines and windows differing.
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06-05-2013, 06:06 PM
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I think the record is over 10,000 MPG.
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06-05-2013, 06:10 PM
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That's mpge in the PAC CAR II.
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06-06-2013, 11:32 AM
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Clarification: " up to" 25 mph.
15 mpg "on average" says the person in the video.
My Metro/Firefly is a fuel hog by comparison: ~104 mpg US using burn & coast over a long distance at ~20 mph average. But I got to sit in a comfy seat and listen to the radio while driving. And I had suspension. |
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06-06-2013, 12:56 PM
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Clarification: " up to" 25 mph.
15 mpg "on average" says the person in the video.
My Metro/Firefly is a fuel hog by comparison: ~104 mpg US using burn & coast over a long distance at ~20 mph average. But I got to sit in a comfy seat and listen to the radio while driving. And I had suspension. |
Yes, but I think that the driver is cute!
How big was the fuel bottle? Half a liter? Good for a hundred and seventy miles?
I still want to see a distance competition between this and a velomobile.
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