does anyone have any info on the motors/controller used? will this show up in evalbum?
harry Albuquerque, NM current bike: http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/1179 current non-bike: http://evalbum.com/1000 --- On Sat, 2/9/13, brucedp5 <[email protected]> wrote: > From: brucedp5 <[email protected]> > Subject: [EVDL] EVent: BIGFOOT's Electric Monster Truck @Autorama Kansas > City, MO > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013, 7:56 AM > > This weekend: Sat 1:30 & 4:00 & 8:00pm, Sun 1:30 > & 4:00pm > > http://www.torquenews.com/1075/bigfoots-electric-monster-truck-crushing-gas-cars-all-weekend-kansas-city > [image] BIGFOOT's electric Monster Truck crushing gas cars > all weekend in > Kansas City > By David Herron 02/08/2013 > > [image > http://images.thecarconnection.com/med/odyssey-battery-bigfoot-no-20-monster-truck---worlds-first-all-electric-monster-truck_100413052_m.jpg > Odyssey Battery BIGFOOT Monster Truck > > > video > http://youtube.com/watch?v=U41fJ-pd2vE > BIGFOOT #20 - First Electric Monster Truck Car Crush > bigfootoriginal Nov 8, 2012 > Here are some highlights of BIGFOOT #20 doing the first ever > electric > monster truck car crush! > > Some of the footage may not be owned by BIGFOOT 4X4, Inc., > but used by > permission of the owner(s) of the footage. Therefore, use of > any of the > footage here can only be done with the express prior > permission of BIGFOOT > 4X4, Inc. > ] > > Proving that electric vehicles don't have to be puny slow > wimps, Team > BIGFOOT have built an electrically powered BIGFOOT and will > be giving car > crushing demonstrations in Kansas City this weekend. > > Monster truck shows are never about clean green > transportation with no > tailpipe emissions, right? Electric vehicles can only be > slow boring ugly > golf carts, right? Wrong, on both counts. Team BIGFOOT, > however, has built > an electric Monster Truck which the team showed last > November. This weekend > the all electric Odyssey Battery BIGFOOT Monster Truck will > be giving car > crushing demonstrations at the . > > The battery powered BIGFOOT Monster Truck, a.k.a. BIGFOOT > #20, was unveiled > in early November in a St. Louis parking lot. During that > demonstration > driver Jim Kramer spent 20 minutes crushing donated junked > cars without > losing power. An onlooker said "I've been going to monster > truck shows for > years, and I've never actually heard the cars get crushed > under the tires. > This thing is just unreal!" > > It's powered by 36 lead-acid car batteries provided by team > sponsor Odyssey > Battery. The drive train is a powerful DC motor supplied by > Dennis Berube of > Electrified Motorsports of Phoenix, AZ. The truck itself was > fabricated by > the BIGFOOT team using a "bullet-proof" ProFab transfer > case, custom-built > driveshafts, and heavy-duty ZF planetary axles with internal > wet disc > brakes. Where the rubber meets the crushed cars are monster > truck standard > 66-inch tall Firestone flotation tires mounted on > blacked-out custom 25-inch > steel wheels, eight (8) nitrogen-charged Knight Stalker > monster truck racing > shocks, and custom limiting straps to prevent > over-extension. > > Since the November appearance the BIGFOOT team has been > testing their > electric BIGFOOT, to ramp up its performance potential. > > What's key for this purpose is that "full torque at 0 RPM" > concept. Unlike > fossil fuel gasoline vehicles, electric motors don't have to > rev up or > otherwise build up a head of steam. Instead, as soon as you > give power to an > electric motor it goes. This torque can be used for hauling > loads, for high > acceleration electric dragsters, or for crushing cars. > > What makes an electric car like the Nissan Leaf more sedate? > While an > electric motor CAN deliver full torque at 0 RPM, it doesn't > have to do so. > It all depends on how powerful is the controller and the > throttle response > curve it's configured for. In a Monster Truck application > they'd configure > this curve to provide lots of power, and everything depends > on the > willingness of the driver to gun the throttle. For a normal > family sedan > like the Nissan Leaf, the controller would have a more > sedate throttle > response. > > Fans will be able to see the truck in operation all weekend > long at the > Autorama Car Show in Kansas City. Car crushing > demonstrations begin on > Friday evening and are spread out over the weekend with 7 > total sessions. > [© 2013 torquenews.com ] > ... > http://www.autorama.com/?page_id=229#guest > Odyssey Battery “BIGFOOT Monster Truck” Car Crush > Demonstrations ... > Saturday —> 1:30 & 4:00 & 8:00pm > Sunday —> 1:30 & 4:00pm > ... > http://goo.gl/maps/VMrpl > Map of 301 West 13th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 > ... > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-World-s-1st-Electric-Monster-Truck-The-ice-crusher-Video-td4660053.html > EVLN: World's 1st Electric Monster Truck: The ice crusher! > (Video) > > > > > For all EVLN posts use: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVent-BIGFOOT-s-Electric-Monster-Truck-Autorama-Kansas-City-MO-tp4661151.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list > archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
