Sentences with phrase «band powered car»

Making a rubber band powered car was a little bit of trial and error for us.

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For example, photonic crystals could funnel excess heat from a power plant's generator and release it over a much smaller band of frequencies to drive engines — such as those in electric - powered cars that can absorb energy only within a small range — much more efficiently.

Search online for «balloon - powered car» or «rubber band car» and you will find many design ideas.

Find out in this project where you'll build a rubber band — powered car.

I found that the best way to drive the car was to use the paddles, launch in second with about half throttle, and short - shift up in the middle of the power band.

There are already evident threads of continuity in the IV that will run through all of the cars: the sheer breadth of the power band and the way the engine revs out to the limiter with real freedom, the fantastic accuracy of the gearbox and the excellent braking feel, and — the key quality — the malleability of the chassis balance.

I put the tow car in 1 in order to keep the torque and speed up, instead of allowing it to shift into second and dropping the engine out of the power band.

This is compounded by the rubber - band action of the CVT, which works well to take advantage of available power but seems to numb the connection to the car and cause uncertainty about jumping into a hole in traffic.

The cars worked very well with stick shifts because without a manual transmission the engines were impossible to keep in the power band.

As someone who spends a lot of time in modern, turbocharged performance cars, there's a real joy to going back to something sans forced induction: the noise, the snappy throttle response, the feeling of hitting a high - RPM power band: it's all glorious.

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Under the hood With the BMW M3 Coupe, we reveled in its power and handling, sticking to third gear, with its wide power band, as we slung the car around corners, feeling the rear come out just enough so that the front was pointed in the right direction.

That said, the Versa — either model, with the CVT or the four - speed automatic — does not feel like an entry - level car with one exception: The electric - boosted power steering acts as if there's a rubber band wrapped around the steering column.

The transmission shifted smoothly through the power band and it felt like the car could just keep going.

I found ample power in this four - cylinder version, and though the CVT can run up the power (rubber) band, if you keep the car in Sport mode it reasonably mimics a stepped automatic so the motorboating isn't quite so evident.

While we ended up using Comfort for daily usage, the Sport mode on the highways made sure the car always remained in the power band.

Most of the engine work, but not all of it, is designed to bring more power to the car throughout the engine's power band — which stretches all the way up to a shrieking 8,500 RPM.

Upshifts from the nine - speed torque - converter automatic take longer to arrive, downshifts show up at the right time with an almost preternatural ability and the engine has no problem pushing the car along with all that torque, since the car is generally sitting smack dab in the power band.

Peak torque early in the power band gives you the thrill of driving a sports car — even with the practicality of a four - door A3 — while the bigger horsepower gets you from point A to B faster.

It could use more power, but it has a decent shifter that makes it enjoyable to keep the car in the fat part of its power band, and the chassis is solid enough to make flinging this car around a hoot.

Business users are sure to appreciate this model's 27 % Benefit - in - Kind (BiK) company - car tax band, but if you want more power, there's the 178bhp 20d or 237bhp 25d with twin turbochargers.

And the car maker's choose those gear ratios for the optimal balance of drivability, fuel economy, engine power band, optional factory rear gear ratios and vehicle weight.

The power band of the drive system continuously pulls the car faster all the way to the red line, allowing for minimal power drop on the upshift through most gears.

In Sport mode, the car did not fully exploit its power band unless we really stepped on the gas, instead keeping engine speed between 3,000 and 4,000 rpm.

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