Bill Dube's interview and incident is on YouTube.
----- Original Message ----
From: Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:22:31 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Bill Dube Incident
In case anyone has not heard, Bill Dube had an
incident on his Killacycle Electric Drag Bike in LA. No details
other than the bike and Bill apparently accelerated fantastically fast and ended
up hitting a parked minivan.
Hopefully we will soon hear the good news that Bill is all
OK
Flash! I just got this comment make by
Bill about the incident
I wasn't wearing a helmet, because we did not intend the bike to even move!
We were spinning the tire in soapy water. The tire unexpectantly
gripped, (water ran out?) and launched the bike. I couldn't get it shut down as
quickly as I would have liked. I had to release the front brake to fully untwist
the throttle. I then managed to slow it down to about 20 mph.
The
positive message here is that when we crunched the battery pack, NOTHING
happened. No smoke. No flames. Not even sparks. Not only are these cells more
powerful, they are the safest possible for automobiles.
Also, there was
NO ONE in front of the bike or in the possible trajectory of the bike.
Bill Dube
So sounds like Bill is A-OK which is great to hear.
Ed