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Re: [Land-speed] New Land Speed Contender

To: <drmayf@mayfco.com>, "David Dymaxion" <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] New Land Speed Contender
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@beyondbb.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:06:09 -0700
He's probably related to the PROPSTER GUY.
GB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>
To: "David Dymaxion" <david_dymaxion@yahoo.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] New Land Speed Contender


> It would seem he studied aerodynamics at the Ancient Egyptian Pyramid
> School for Aerodynamics.  I suspect his engineering skills came from a
> similar source. I think the SCTA or USFRA, should challenge this guy to
> bring the car to the salt to see if it will even go a mile under full
> boogie conditions. The roll cage should be an interesting construct! It
> mostly appeared to be an electric golf cart rebodied and presumeably
> rebadged to Pryamid Auto Works or PAW which is what he will likely be
> using when it runs out of electrons....
>
> mayf
> David Dymaxion wrote:
>
>>Here is a new contender for land speed racing. The inventor says it could 
>>go 200 mph, and up to 300 mph with more work. He also says it'll go as far 
>>as 1000 miles on a charge (80 currently), and cost < $24k. The inventor 
>>says his electronic brake is "10 times more powerful than a disk brake." 
>>The video is good for a quick look, read some of the text for some eye 
>>popping claims (like spending $60k to build it!).
>>
>>http://www.dreamcar123.com/
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