Good bye Te Papa! Thanks to all the wonderful Te Papa staff and all the people that came to see us, we had a lot of fun.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Leaving Te Papa
Just a parting shot as we left Te Papa on Sunday evening. Athol's bike in the foreground and the KillaCycle at the back.
Good bye Te Papa! Thanks to all the wonderful Te Papa staff and all the people that came to see us, we had a lot of fun.
Good bye Te Papa! Thanks to all the wonderful Te Papa staff and all the people that came to see us, we had a lot of fun.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
KillaCycle Taupo event change
Sadly, the KillaCycle will no longer be on display in Taupo. Bill, Eva, Tom and myself will still be stopping off at Roberts Reserve in Taupo with the Electric Saker and Tom's Electric Mini to talk about EV's the KillaCycle and anything else related, so please do drop by to say hello.
If you want to see the actual KillaCycle, I suggest you either come to Palmerston North on the 25th Jan, or Hamilton on the 28th Jan where it will be on display. Even better come to Meremere on the 31st Jan and see it in action!
If you want to see the actual KillaCycle, I suggest you either come to Palmerston North on the 25th Jan, or Hamilton on the 28th Jan where it will be on display. Even better come to Meremere on the 31st Jan and see it in action!
GS750V in the Wellington town hall today
The GS750V (Electric Saker) is in the Wellington town hall today as part of the LCA2010 open day.
Come down and see Tom and I between 11am and 2pm today (Jan 23rd). Tom has his electric mini on display as well and we are both show casing Tumanako technology.
Come down and see Tom and I between 11am and 2pm today (Jan 23rd). Tom has his electric mini on display as well and we are both show casing Tumanako technology.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
KillaCycle enters Te Papa
Just a quick note to let you know that the KillaCycle has made it to Te Papa! It's there until Sunday Evening (Jan 24th). Come down and meet Bill Dube and Athol Williams (Athol also has his record holding top fuel drag bike on display).
Thursday, January 14, 2010
GS750V More Speed
Yesterday we upped the torque limits on the Tumanako inverter and got a bit more speed :)
There is still motor tuning and other refinements to be done, but I think the test battery pack is going to be our limiting factor from here on.
Time for an upgrade!
There is still motor tuning and other refinements to be done, but I think the test battery pack is going to be our limiting factor from here on.
Time for an upgrade!
Monday, January 11, 2010
KillaCycle Tour Updates
A quick update for you.
The KillaCycle will be at the Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival in Kumeu this weekend (16th and 17th Jan) courtesy of Athol Williams and his top fuel drag bike (the KillaCycle will be sharing a spot with Athol's fire breathing beast).
And just in case you missed it, we have confirmed the stop off in Taupo on Wednesday the 27th of January at Roberts Reserve and the drag racing in Nelson on Saturday the 6th February is all go!
Check in on the Tour Calendar for full details.
The KillaCycle will be at the Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival in Kumeu this weekend (16th and 17th Jan) courtesy of Athol Williams and his top fuel drag bike (the KillaCycle will be sharing a spot with Athol's fire breathing beast).
And just in case you missed it, we have confirmed the stop off in Taupo on Wednesday the 27th of January at Roberts Reserve and the drag racing in Nelson on Saturday the 6th February is all go!Check in on the Tour Calendar for full details.
Friday, January 8, 2010
GS750V (Electric Saker) first drive!
Guess what we did did yesterday?
Yep, we drove the GS750V for the first time ever. It's still easy as we go stuff, with a 150V battery and software torque limits we wont be breaking any speed records but it is another significant step. The torque control was very smooth, transition from forward to reverse was perfect and we even managed a little bit of regeneration (we don't have our brake POT hooked up yet, but this can be achieved by selecting reverse while driving forward slowly).
This was all achieved with the Tumanako vehicle controller interfacing with a Semikron SKiiP module.
We are on the way!
Yep, we drove the GS750V for the first time ever. It's still easy as we go stuff, with a 150V battery and software torque limits we wont be breaking any speed records but it is another significant step. The torque control was very smooth, transition from forward to reverse was perfect and we even managed a little bit of regeneration (we don't have our brake POT hooked up yet, but this can be achieved by selecting reverse while driving forward slowly).This was all achieved with the Tumanako vehicle controller interfacing with a Semikron SKiiP module.
We are on the way!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)