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22 August 2008

Aug 22 - 286mph!

August 22nd – Track is open again

The vehicle kept accelerating through the run (as demonstrated by the fact that the exit speed is higher than the average speed along mile 5).

Some technical details:

Run time: 90 s

Peak power drawn: 550 kW (740 hp)

The stack temperature reached 70 degC, with plenty of cooling capacity left.

Transmission cycled through 4 of 6 gears.

The run consumed 0.8 kg of H2 and 15 kg of heliox (that is pretty much the whole tank – we’ll need to adjust the stoichiometry on the leaner side, but there is room to do that)