Hyracer
The Hyracer of Graupner is the first hydrogen-powered model car in the world.
It was equipped with a hydrogen combustion engine by the Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences . Not only does it represent a realistic option for the future of the automobile, it was also the fastest hydrogen-powered model vehicle in the Guinness Book of Records in 2005 .
Technical specifications
- dimension
- Length: 700 mm
- Width: 250 mm
- Height: 150mm
- engine
- Compressor charging: boost pressure approx. 0.3 bar
- Power: approx. 1.6 kW (2.2 PS)
- Speed: 1000 - 15000 / min
- Max. H 2 consumption: 20 dm³ / min
- Storage variant: high pressure
- Max. Storage pressure: 100 bar
- Amount of hydrogen: approx. 60 dm³
- Travel time: approx. 5 min
- Weight: 4500 g
- Storage variant: metal hydride
- Max. Storage pressure: 40 bar
- Amount of hydrogen: approx. 300 dm³
- Travel time: approx. 25 min
- Weight: 6800 g
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press release of the Bavarian State Ministry for Environment and Health from November 24, 2005
- ↑ Newsletter 01 | 2006 Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
