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1998 ATdS Results & Data
Discharge cycle 14 is a record of Leg 4 on Wednesday, 5-13-98, which began in Dover, Delaware at the Polytech
School. The drive on the morning leg was 68.7 miles long, concluding at the Sandy Point State Park in Maryland.
Team 50 drove the Leg in one hour and 58 minutes for an average speed of just under 35 miles per hour (mph).
Elevations began at the start of the leg at 18 feet above sea level, rose to nearly 150 ft about twenty miles into the
leg, and ended in Sandy Point, MD back down at about 10 ft above sea level.
The 68.7-mile Leg required 9.35 DC kWh or about 62.38 Amp-hours from the ALAB, which has a 72 Amp
one-hour rating.
The initial Badicheq reading was 80 and the end-of-Leg reading was 1. Mid-day charging for one hour was
allowed before the Autocross and 1/8th mile acceleration tests were run in the afternoon. After one hour of
charging, 2.77 DC kWh in additional energy (18.58 Amps) was stored in the battery pack, raising the Badicheq
reading from 1 to 33.
Top speed in the single 1/8th mile acceleration test was 54 mph. The two completed autocross circuit times were
30.581 and 30.135 seconds.
Thursday, May 14, 1998
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