Recent content by arbartz

Maybe, but our main goal is capacity. Since everyone in the competition has the same capacity limit, it would stand to reason that in a well designed vehicle, the one with the highest capacity could get the most amount of laps on the endurance run, which is the event worth the most points. I...

Perhaps the specs on the A123 website aren't up to date? From what I could find the 20Ah pouch cells are only rated for 3C continuous discharge, putting them at somewhere around 60Amps for a continuous discharge. I'm basing that off of this...

That's sad to hear, well I guess I'll find out soon enough. :/ I've looked at the A123 20Ah pouch cells, but they don't have the discharge rate I'd need. I'd have to parallel at least 2 of them, and then that would eat into my Wh allowance, forcing me to drop the number of cells I series up...

Okay, so those of you that are familiar with the SAE Formula Hybrid competition will probably know that the rules are a tad excessive and don't really reflect those in the real world. Specifically when we have to build our battery pack there are a bunch of rules that make it very difficult for...