1991 autocar magazine : C5 featured

[minidaz]

Just bought myself this on ebay.
Thought it sounded like an interesting read 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300252967003&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123

Daz

[jomac]

LOL dont they look dated by todays standards..

[minidaz]

Got the magazine and it's a good 2 page write-up of Adam Harper and his C5. Back then, running 2 motors and 6 batteries, he hit an average of 64mph, with a peak of 75mph 

Looks very cool with the parachute 

Now if only i can get one to go that quick 

Daz

[fezza_rs]

any chance you can scan it id like to see what sort of c5 mr harper built!

[minidaz]

Will try and do it over the next couple of days.

Apart from the parachute, it actually looks like it should. I think he says in the article that it was still 90% original.

[minidaz]

Found something else in the mag. In the Archive section ( letters page ), an article from Autocar ( Sinclair on show section )  26th December 1984 says :

Lotus's project manager, Brian Spooner, discounts the suggestion that C5 is a toy or a plaything. " A lot of people are going to have a lot of fun with it " he says. Stability has been a key factor in the design brief and he says that Lotus staff have driven C5's on two wheels over to an angle of 45 degrees without it falling over.

Daz

[DonkeySpank]

Well, I managed to tip mine over fairly easily last Summer!

[Karl]

They were right about people having fun with it though 

[DonkeySpank]

Too right! LOL!    It's a great little beast!  Shame the weather's been so bad the last couple of months, I'm having withdrawal symptoms!!