Lithium powered motorcycle almost kills inventor

Fallingwater

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If I understand correctly he wasn't wearing protection because he did not intend for the bike to move. He just wanted to do a show-off burnout, but something didn't go right and he shot off (and holy cow, the acceleration on that thing never fails to amaze me!).
 

Scattergun

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Now we want to see a flashlight made from the batterypack of that cycle!! :twothumbs
 

WNG

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Intelligence, doesn't equate to common sense.

Wow..He's VERY lucky.
400 HP, concrete surface, wide drag slick, no helmet, no body armor, no leathers...really, did he think a little Dawn dishwashing detergent will prevent that bike from a holeshot?

For demos, they should have incorporated a low output mode into the drive electronics. More than enough power to do a silly burnout.

I once worked for a company in Cambridge that was developing an 700 HP hybrid-electric drivetrain for a Chrysler Lemans race car. All kinds of hurdles...attempting to liquid-cool the motor, inverters exploding, banks of capacitors smoking during dyno pulls, mag bearing levitated flywheel storage system.
It never made it to a full running prototype. And when BMW's similar system grenaded itself and killed an engineer, the fat lady sang at Chrysler.
 

Bort

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I guess it gives new meaning to the term " Lithium thermal runaway" .
(Sorry, I couldn't help that one.)

Intelligence, doesn't equate to common sense.

Wow..He's VERY lucky.
400 HP, concrete surface, wide drag slick, no helmet, no body armor, no leathers...really, did he think a little Dawn dishwashing detergent will prevent that bike from a holeshot?

For demos, they should have incorporated a low output mode into the drive electronics. More than enough power to do a silly burnout.

I once worked for a company in Cambridge that was developing an 700 HP hybrid-electric drivetrain for a Chrysler Lemans race car. All kinds of hurdles...attempting to liquid-cool the motor, inverters exploding, banks of capacitors smoking during dyno pulls, mag bearing levitated flywheel storage system.

Right on. I would think that he has a new found respect for serious horsepower.
 
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