Gas powered engine horsepower equivalent to electrical motor horsepower? - Chief Delphi

Go to Post

The MAINTENANCE of teams is just as important as the growth. Starting a new team is not always the answer. - Amanda Morrison [more]

Home

		Chief Delphi > Technical > Motors
Gas powered engine horsepower equivalent to electrical motor horsepower?

Mark Forums Read

Rate Thread

Prev

Previous Post

Next Post

Next

#21

Spotlight this post!

Unread

17-08-2004, 23:11

kacz100

kacz100 is offline

Battle Cattle!

#1466 (Webb Robotics)

Team Role: College Student

Join Date: Jan 2002

Location: Knoxville TN

Posts: 96

kacz100 is on a distinguished road

Send a message via AIM to kacz100

Send a message via Yahoo to kacz100

Re: Gas powered engine horsepower equivalent to electrical motor horsepower?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt Attallah

For this application I'd personally like to see a diesel engine. The RPMs are kept much lower, and the torque is needed here (and lots of it.) Gas is better for speed - but diesel is best for getting off the line/heavy loads.

MMMM propane injection...

__________________
Kacz

Team #40 Alumni 1999 - 2002
Team #885 College Student/Mentor 2003
Team #1466 College Student/Mentor 2004

« Previous Thread | Portal | Next Thread »

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Switch to Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts vB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 13:17.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.