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Renegade
12 October 2011
PHILADELPHIA–College is so different these days.
Can you imagine having the chance, back in the day, to build an electric dragster? That’s what engineering students at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) have done in the past six years. In an earlier segment, we talked to them about the origins of the design, which emerged from a long-popular solar car design at UPenn.
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There are a few key words associated with any outreach the team makes regarding the evolving design of renegade: “open to all majors; no experience necessary.”
Makes you want to go back to school, doesn’t it?
Listen as Bill Etter, electrical team lead, describes the design, from front to back, in the basement of the school’s engineering facilities (they need to take the wheels off to get it out the door; that’s how cramped things are!).
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William Ketel October 14, 2011 at 8:05 pm
The title mentioned a drive-by, which I did not see. Certainly the concept of an electric dragster is interesting. If the car may have a potential range of 20 miles, then there is not enough power being sent to the motors. A competitive dragster would use up most of it’s energy supply in the quarter mile, and only have enough reserve to cover “staging”. 350 HP is fairly impressive, but I would think that the motors could be pushed beyond that for five or six seconds. 1500 HP for 5 seconds ought to lead to much better run times, and not destroy things too much. But it did look like an interesting project. I wish the pictures could have shown more of the details.