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Photos from our test session in the new Greenspeed HPV for the
Wonthaggi HPV grand prix 24 hour this w'end.
http://www.aboc.com.au/images/galleries/20070322-hpv-test/
The pilot is my housemate vanders.
It's a full spaceframe with a corflute fairing, and weighs just under
20kg (very light for this type of HPV, last time I raced one of these
it was 32kg ...).
This one handles amazingly well, and even has, for fruit, SRM cranks.
I clocked 1060 watts on a test drag down the carpark at the back of
the workshop. Paul Simms from Greenspeed has done a great job with the
chassis.
Issues, for little people, none, but for big fat lazy sprinters, the
chain guard rubs my right calf (may not sound like a big deal, but
after just 5 mins, my right calf was glowing red and the first layer
of skin was gone, this -must- be fixed by raceday!) and it's very
narrow inside, my quads rub the steering arms, which may become an
issue after an hour in the beast. It's heaps -heaps- better than the
carbon creation we raced in '05, images here :
http://www.aboc.com.au/images/galleries/20050319-wonth-hpv
(some of you may recognise Hippy in some of these shots)
Wonthaggi HPV grand prix 24 hour this w'end.
http://www.aboc.com.au/images/galleries/20070322-hpv-test/
The pilot is my housemate vanders.
It's a full spaceframe with a corflute fairing, and weighs just under
20kg (very light for this type of HPV, last time I raced one of these
it was 32kg ...).
This one handles amazingly well, and even has, for fruit, SRM cranks.
I clocked 1060 watts on a test drag down the carpark at the back of
the workshop. Paul Simms from Greenspeed has done a great job with the
chassis.
Issues, for little people, none, but for big fat lazy sprinters, the
chain guard rubs my right calf (may not sound like a big deal, but
after just 5 mins, my right calf was glowing red and the first layer
of skin was gone, this -must- be fixed by raceday!) and it's very
narrow inside, my quads rub the steering arms, which may become an
issue after an hour in the beast. It's heaps -heaps- better than the
carbon creation we raced in '05, images here :
http://www.aboc.com.au/images/galleries/20050319-wonth-hpv
(some of you may recognise Hippy in some of these shots)
