Corbin, the mind behind the Sparrow, was a Navy electrician and a daredevil.
In 1974, amid a fuel crisis, he rode Quicksilver, his battery-electric motorcycle, to a landspeed record of over 266km/h.
The record stood for nearly four decades.
Even though the Sparrow didn't take off due to the heavy lead-acid battery tech of its time, it worked well and proved that the concept was sound.
Corbin, the mind behind the Sparrow, was a Navy electrician and a daredevil.
In 1974, amid a fuel crisis, he rode Quicksilver, his battery-electric motorcycle, to a landspeed record of over 266km/h. The record stood for nearly four decades.
Even though the Sparrow didn't take off due to the heavy lead-acid battery tech of its time, it worked well and proved that the concept was sound.
