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It must not run very fast, it's hard to find a clip of it actually racing. Skip to 13:30 of the second vid to see it race an Audi AS400, below is a narrative from their website.
"Because the start of the race had been fixed for 5.00 p.m., and Christina Surer was running on a very tight schedule, there was only a 20-minute time slot in which to run the race – and that included the time needed to get the DOLMETTE’s multiple engines powered up for the start. The intense pace and pressure soon told on the charming pit crew, the ladies’ handball team from Süderbrarup, who only managed to get 20 of the DOLMETTE’s 24 engines running. So Andi Feldmann had to make do with the power output from just 20 chainsaw engines – a “mere” 142 PS.
The drama and stress took their toll of DOLMETTE rider Andi Feldmann too. During test runs in Schleswig and on the Lausitz Euro speedway, for which unfortunately only two days were available, it became clear that the torque delivery from the 24 engines, even in second gear, is just too much for the back wheel to handle. Consequently the bike suffers from massive wheel-spin. For this reason Andi Feldmann left the starting line in third gear, and with power output already down by four engines he just couldn’t get the standing-start acceleration that he desperately needed."
Looks like he should have started in second.
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It must not run very fast, it's hard to find a clip of it actually racing. Skip to 13:30 of the second vid to see it race an Audi AS400, below is a narrative from their website.
"Because the start of the race had been fixed for 5.00 p.m., and Christina Surer was running on a very tight schedule, there was only a 20-minute time slot in which to run the race – and that included the time needed to get the DOLMETTE’s multiple engines powered up for the start. The intense pace and pressure soon told on the charming pit crew, the ladies’ handball team from Süderbrarup, who only managed to get 20 of the DOLMETTE’s 24 engines running. So Andi Feldmann had to make do with the power output from just 20 chainsaw engines – a “mere” 142 PS.
The drama and stress took their toll of DOLMETTE rider Andi Feldmann too. During test runs in Schleswig and on the Lausitz Euro speedway, for which unfortunately only two days were available, it became clear that the torque delivery from the 24 engines, even in second gear, is just too much for the back wheel to handle. Consequently the bike suffers from massive wheel-spin. For this reason Andi Feldmann left the starting line in third gear, and with power output already down by four engines he just couldn’t get the standing-start acceleration that he desperately needed."
Looks like he should have started in second.
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