BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
BentMikey said:I think that was a 78mph pass, his latest record is 83.22mph.
User3143 said:That was the deci-mach challenge. Going 1/10 the speed of Mach 1. Think the speed was roughly 83mph?
mickle said:I was a member of the Bluebell HPV Racing Team in the 80s. We held (and soon lost) a few records and competed in Europe and N America. We came second overall at the IHPVA Worlds in Vancouver in '86 to Gardner Martin's Easy Racer piloted by 'Fast' Freddy Markham.
Our best 200m sprint speed was 54.38 mph and we held the European record with that. Knowing what was required to achieve that makes the speeds they are reaching these days utterly mind boggling.
+ 1User3143 said:Respect