Electrathon America Forum

dfarning · dfarning

I was wondering if anyone has considered how to calculate optimal acceleration for an electrathon vehicle? For the past couple of months, I have been tossing around ideas for how to calculate the optimal rate of acceleration when coming out of corners. For some reason I get confused every time I wei...

bgilmore · bgilmore

For those interested in helping to organize an event in NY, I've accumulated a summary of emails and pasted below. So far Oswego seems to be our best bet, however someone would have to approach them and present the idea. The last time we ran it was under different ownership and I don't believe there is...

Matt_Bock · Matt_Bock

Hi Everyone, I know there was a post some time ago about an electronic timing system, but really not a lot of info there... Anyways I was wondering what people have been using for an electronic lap system. We hosted our first race last year and are looking to grow Electrathon in upstate NY. We rented a ti...

Nitoragro · Nitoragro

My school currently has 1 and a half cars. We have one ready to race for our next race on the 26th but it is very unlikely that we will get our other car ready for this race. The car that is ready to race is 133, the one that is far from it is 80. #80 is our main car. Would we be able to make our 133 car the 80 car for thi...

dfarning · dfarning

Over the last couple of months, I have been researching commonly used technologies and best practices in electrathon vehicles. One findings is that the biggest challenge facing electrathon is related to the battery. Advanced battery technologies are becoming ubiquitous in modern life while el...

bd64 · bd64

I have no idea why Rule 13.2 specifies the main positive power cable. It seems wrong to me since current flow is always from excess to deficiency despite automotive traditions.

UCEA_MD_Member · UCEA_MD_Member

Our county Board of Education has a policy that students are not allowed to drive the vehicle in a race. They are only allowed to drive the vehicle in a "time trial" situation where they are the only vehicle on the track. Has anyone else encountered this? I am trying to gather information for...

ShannonCloud · ShannonCloud

I am planning on getting a race going up here in the greater Seattle Area (or a little south). My ideal situation would for it to be a City event similar to Lacey (since this was the last year). Or at least get a few sponsors so that I can make it enticing to come up here! This is something I have not done befo...

bobfranz · bobfranz

A while back I spoke with Dan Eberle, about the DOE wanting to hold an electrathon in Orange Co. California to be run with the Solar Decathalon being held in the fall. I just went to Austin to take some students to see the Formula Sun Grand Prix. Again I saw Dan, he oversees this event. He mentioned that he...

Nitoragro · Nitoragro

So I was watching Shark Tank and these people literally reinvented the wheel. It was a very unique design, giving the control of a fat wheel but aero drag of a thin wheel along with better handling and wear. I just thought it would be something really cool to watch progress since it is more efficient and b...

August Frank · August Frank

Hello, I was taking pictures at the LCC electrathon race on Saturday and I've posted them on my website. Also, if you are an instructor of an electrathon program send me a message and I will give you a coupon code that would allow you to purchase prints or downloads of the photos at cost. http://august...

Nitoragro · Nitoragro

I was looking around ElectrathonOfTampabay.org and I found some older links, some from the electrathon championship from at Disney. The race happened before I started racing but I was wondering if there will be any other natinal chapionships like the one at Disney.

ShannonCloud · ShannonCloud

I was thinking of starting to hold a race up in Western Washington. I was hoping for some feedback on locations, and good dates. I am not sure if it would be this year or if that is even still possible, but I would really like to see more races for the season. Please let me know if any of the below tracks and cit...

Nitoragro · Nitoragro

Down here in Tampa we just had a great race, the thing that made this race special I found the ONE thing good about my four wheel car. In the bad parking lots we have a smaller track and can hurdle potholes. So when cars would following me close I would drive over the holes and have the other car behind me (all...

dfarning · dfarning

I came across this paper the other day when doing some background reading on intrusion protection. In Wisconsin, the electrathon rules are a bit more strict. They require a a minimum of 3/4 OD support tubes to be spaced at 6 inches around the passenger and battery compartment. The paper is really well...

Nitoragro · Nitoragro

So this past weekend I went to the Gator Nationals in FL, about two hours away from me, and I've never seen anything like it before. With Electrathon efficiency is in miles per gallon, with the most efficient Electrathon car getting about 2,370 miles per gallon, the top fuel dragsters get about 68 gall...

etailleur · etailleur

Hi, We are new with electrathon and are unable to find a calendar with scheduled races. We plan to be part of a spring race. Is there another site where we could have an idea of those ? Thanks

dfarning · dfarning

I came across Electrathon when I was doing research to help my nephews build a go-cart. Seeing as how I am an 'electric' guy, I drive a Prius and work on robot propulsion systems, Electrathon seems much more interesting than a stock go-Kart :) After my initial round of research my biggest open ended qu...

ProEV · ProEV

Greetings fellow EV racers, Formula E is having their very first race in Beijing China tomorrow. They face many of the same challenges we have in Electrathon. Even though each driver has two cars for the race, they still have to manage their energy. If they run flat out, they will exhaust both cars with...

Zahrack · Zahrack

After a quick search and a double check on the rules I was unable to find anything on windshields. I am just a bit curious as to what other people are using. Are you guys using polycarbonate or something cheaper? I am looking at .118 to .177 inch thicknesses as they are reasonably priced and seem to "...

stan r · stan r

I am in Nebraska & seeking information on automatic lap counters. Feasibility, complexity, cost, relaability. actually, anything you can think of on the subject

UFOMAN · UFOMAN

Started a recumbent 3 wheel build, realized I can probably attach a roll cage to the corrugated fiberglass chassis. I didn't find the roll and side impact requirements in the manual yet.

rmushing · rmushing

I am organizing a new high school team to race a NECA race in Grand Rapids MI. We are considering purchasing a used car or a KIT car. I am trying to determine the amount of time and resources required to build the kit car. Any input appreciated.

ProEV · ProEV

It looks like the National Championship Race is on for Decemeber 5,6,7 in Orlando Florida. I do not have much more information but I am sure we will hear more as things develop. I am started a Who's Coming Thread in the 'Post Information about Specific Races' section. If you have not taken the 30 second s...

ShannonCloud · ShannonCloud

I go to the University of Washington and am doing my final capstone project on electric vehicles and public outreach. While I know this is going to be some niche results, I was hoping you could take 2 minutes to fill out this brief survey. The url: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y055ncy5BfGyXg...

Stevie G · Stevie G

I will be training / chilling in Gig Harbor, WA for a couple of weeks in July. Does anybody want to show off their cars?

bobfranz · bobfranz

We are doing the constant velocity power calculations for both our cars and the students are writing a report for the construction of the second car. First they accurately weighed the vehicles and then they did a series of rolling resistance tests to calc the mechanical term ( W * Crr). The goal is t...

ShannonCloud · ShannonCloud

I would love to see Electrathon racing grow. With the "go green" fad going on I think that people would really be interested in the sport if they only knew about it. I have started to publicize EA on a website called Reddit. I think it would be awesome if you all went on and posted comments and/o...

Eugene541 · Eugene541

Im trying to do some grantwriting work for the E.A., and am wanting some more diversified opinions, besides my own. -In the E.A. program, how do you(as a teacher or student) track/measure results? -Why does the E.A merit support, and why is it needed? Feel free to chime in. Every opinion helps.

UFOMAN · UFOMAN

Hello All, I am excited to find out when the next race is in Portland. If not until the end of summer, I am thinking of setting up a road race in Bellingham, Seattle, or Portland this spring. Would anyone be interested in helping to organize another event at the PIR with additional festivities such as mu...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	How to calculate optimal acceleration? (Preview) I was wondering if anyone has considered how to calculate optimal acceleration for an electrathon vehicle? For the past couple of months, I have been tossing around ideas for how to calculate the optimal rate of acceleration when coming out of corners. For some reason I get confused every time I wei...	dfarning	7	2160	Nov 29, 2015 by Nitoragro
	NY Electrathon Event Organization (Preview) For those interested in helping to organize an event in NY, I've accumulated a summary of emails and pasted below. So far Oswego seems to be our best bet, however someone would have to approach them and present the idea. The last time we ran it was under different ownership and I don't believe there is...	bgilmore	6	2556	Oct 23, 2015 by Matt_Bock
	Electronic Timing Sysyem (Preview) Hi Everyone, I know there was a post some time ago about an electronic timing system, but really not a lot of info there... Anyways I was wondering what people have been using for an electronic lap system. We hosted our first race last year and are looking to grow Electrathon in upstate NY. We rented a ti...	Matt_Bock	5	1994	Sep 17, 2015 by mhodgertt
	Switching Car Numbers (Preview) My school currently has 1 and a half cars. We have one ready to race for our next race on the 26th but it is very unlikely that we will get our other car ready for this race. The car that is ready to race is 133, the one that is far from it is 80. #80 is our main car. Would we be able to make our 133 car the 80 car for thi...	Nitoragro	3	1402	Sep 17, 2015 by mhodgertt
	Allowing overweight Nissan Leaf modules as a step towards greater use of Lithium Ion in electrathon vehicles. (Preview) Over the last couple of months, I have been researching commonly used technologies and best practices in electrathon vehicles. One findings is that the biggest challenge facing electrathon is related to the battery. Advanced battery technologies are becoming ubiquitous in modern life while el...	dfarning	4	1945	Sep 10, 2015 by dfarning
	Rule 13.2 (Preview) I have no idea why Rule 13.2 specifies the main positive power cable. It seems wrong to me since current flow is always from excess to deficiency despite automotive traditions.	bd64	3	1672	Aug 31, 2015 by meangreen
	School-based teams NOT allowing student Drivers (Preview) Our county Board of Education has a policy that students are not allowed to drive the vehicle in a race. They are only allowed to drive the vehicle in a "time trial" situation where they are the only vehicle on the track. Has anyone else encountered this? I am trying to gather information for...	UCEA_MD_Member	2	1370	Aug 31, 2015 by meangreen
	Starting a new race & getting sponsors. (Preview) I am planning on getting a race going up here in the greater Seattle Area (or a little south). My ideal situation would for it to be a City event similar to Lacey (since this was the last year). Or at least get a few sponsors so that I can make it enticing to come up here! This is something I have not done befo...	ShannonCloud	4	1780	Aug 5, 2015 by UCEA_MD_Member
	Electrathons in D.C. (Preview) A while back I spoke with Dan Eberle, about the DOE wanting to hold an electrathon in Orange Co. California to be run with the Solar Decathalon being held in the fall. I just went to Austin to take some students to see the Formula Sun Grand Prix. Again I saw Dan, he oversees this event. He mentioned that he...	bobfranz	4	1821	Aug 5, 2015 by UCEA_MD_Member
	A new wheel (Preview) So I was watching Shark Tank and these people literally reinvented the wheel. It was a very unique design, giving the control of a fat wheel but aero drag of a thin wheel along with better handling and wear. I just thought it would be something really cool to watch progress since it is more efficient and b...	Nitoragro	1	1302	May 21, 2015 by ShannonCloud
	LCC Electrathon photos (Preview) Hello, I was taking pictures at the LCC electrathon race on Saturday and I've posted them on my website. Also, if you are an instructor of an electrathon program send me a message and I will give you a coupon code that would allow you to purchase prints or downloads of the photos at cost. http://august...	August Frank	2	1203	Apr 26, 2015 by mhodgertt
	Electrathon National Championship (Preview) I was looking around ElectrathonOfTampabay.org and I found some older links, some from the electrathon championship from at Disney. The race happened before I started racing but I was wondering if there will be any other natinal chapionships like the one at Disney.	Nitoragro	1	1049	Apr 23, 2015 by mhodgertt
	Holding a Race. (Preview) I was thinking of starting to hold a race up in Western Washington. I was hoping for some feedback on locations, and good dates. I am not sure if it would be this year or if that is even still possible, but I would really like to see more races for the season. Please let me know if any of the below tracks and cit...	ShannonCloud	15	3163	Apr 19, 2015 by mhodgertt
	FL state fairgrounds race (Preview) Down here in Tampa we just had a great race, the thing that made this race special I found the ONE thing good about my four wheel car. In the bad parking lots we have a smaller track and can hurdle potholes. So when cars would following me close I would drive over the holes and have the other car behind me (all...	Nitoragro	0	885	Apr 18, 2015 by Nitoragro
	Interesting paper by the Cal Poly Formula SAE Team (Preview) I came across this paper the other day when doing some background reading on intrusion protection. In Wisconsin, the electrathon rules are a bit more strict. They require a a minimum of 3/4 OD support tubes to be spaced at 6 inches around the passenger and battery compartment. The paper is really well...	dfarning	1	1112	Mar 24, 2015 by IAmANewbie
	One end of the racing world to the other (Preview) So this past weekend I went to the Gator Nationals in FL, about two hours away from me, and I've never seen anything like it before. With Electrathon efficiency is in miles per gallon, with the most efficient Electrathon car getting about 2,370 miles per gallon, the top fuel dragsters get about 68 gall...	Nitoragro	2	1269	Mar 24, 2015 by meangreen
	Calendar (Preview) Hi, We are new with electrathon and are unable to find a calendar with scheduled races. We plan to be part of a spring race. Is there another site where we could have an idea of those ? Thanks	etailleur	1	1039	Nov 12, 2014 by mhodgertt
	Design Priorities (Preview) I came across Electrathon when I was doing research to help my nephews build a go-cart. Seeing as how I am an 'electric' guy, I drive a Prius and work on robot propulsion systems, Electrathon seems much more interesting than a stock go-Kart :) After my initial round of research my biggest open ended qu...	dfarning	9	1551	Oct 23, 2014 by dfarning
	Formula E in Beijing on TV Friday night / Saturday morning (Preview) Greetings fellow EV racers, Formula E is having their very first race in Beijing China tomorrow. They face many of the same challenges we have in Electrathon. Even though each driver has two cars for the race, they still have to manage their energy. If they run flat out, they will exhaust both cars with...	ProEV	0	944	Sep 12, 2014 by ProEV
	PolyCarbonate Canopy? (Preview) After a quick search and a double check on the rules I was unable to find anything on windshields. I am just a bit curious as to what other people are using. Are you guys using polycarbonate or something cheaper? I am looking at .118 to .177 inch thicknesses as they are reasonably priced and seem to "...	Zahrack	0	1023	Aug 14, 2014 by Zahrack
	aautomatic lap counters (Preview) I am in Nebraska & seeking information on automatic lap counters. Feasibility, complexity, cost, relaability. actually, anything you can think of on the subject	stan r	4	1172	May 21, 2014 by stan r
	Roll Cage Requirements electrathon roll cage minimum req's (Preview) Started a recumbent 3 wheel build, realized I can probably attach a roll cage to the corrugated fiberglass chassis. I didn't find the roll and side impact requirements in the manual yet.	UFOMAN	1	1239	Nov 21, 2013 by ProEV
	Seeking advice on the time and resource requirements to build a KIT car with High school students (Preview) I am organizing a new high school team to race a NECA race in Grand Rapids MI. We are considering purchasing a used car or a KIT car. I am trying to determine the amount of time and resources required to build the kit car. Any input appreciated.	rmushing	2	1061	Nov 4, 2013 by mhodgertt
	National Championship Race National Championship (Preview) It looks like the National Championship Race is on for Decemeber 5,6,7 in Orlando Florida. I do not have much more information but I am sure we will hear more as things develop. I am started a Who's Coming Thread in the 'Post Information about Specific Races' section. If you have not taken the 30 second s...	ProEV	0	1045	Aug 15, 2013 by ProEV
	My capstone project is on EVs- mind filling out a survey? (Preview) I go to the University of Washington and am doing my final capstone project on electric vehicles and public outreach. While I know this is going to be some niche results, I was hoping you could take 2 minutes to fill out this brief survey. The url: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y055ncy5BfGyXg...	ShannonCloud	8	1301	Jul 16, 2013 by ShannonCloud
	Coming to the PNW (Preview) I will be training / chilling in Gig Harbor, WA for a couple of weeks in July. Does anybody want to show off their cars?	Stevie G	0	889	Jun 12, 2013 by Stevie G
	Electrathon as a STEM project (Preview) We are doing the constant velocity power calculations for both our cars and the students are writing a report for the construction of the second car. First they accurately weighed the vehicles and then they did a series of rolling resistance tests to calc the mechanical term ( W * Crr). The goal is t...	bobfranz	0	911	May 27, 2013 by bobfranz
	Expanding Electrathon racing (Preview) I would love to see Electrathon racing grow. With the "go green" fad going on I think that people would really be interested in the sport if they only knew about it. I have started to publicize EA on a website called Reddit. I think it would be awesome if you all went on and posted comments and/o...	ShannonCloud	2	1147	May 4, 2013 by bobfranz
	Teachers(students feel free to chime in) Questions about success (Preview) Im trying to do some grantwriting work for the E.A., and am wanting some more diversified opinions, besides my own. -In the E.A. program, how do you(as a teacher or student) track/measure results? -Why does the E.A merit support, and why is it needed? Feel free to chime in. Every opinion helps.	Eugene541	5	1839	May 2, 2013 by bobfranz
	PRI Portland International Electrathon 2013, lithium class ideas (Preview) Hello All, I am excited to find out when the next race is in Portland. If not until the end of summer, I am thinking of setting up a road race in Bellingham, Seattle, or Portland this spring. Would anyone be interested in helping to organize another event at the PIR with additional festivities such as mu...	UFOMAN	9	1393	Mar 21, 2013 by Zaine Stapleton
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