DESIGN HINTS

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APPENDIX A: The specifications this car was designed to meet. MODEL SOLAR VEHICLE 2009 SYNOPSIS OF CAR SPECIFICATIONS The follow ...

CARGO SPACE: An enclosed space behind the driver and beneath the Solar Panel large enough to hold 1 standard 2 litre plastic fre ...

STRUCTURE WEIGHT Any ballast required can be carried anywhere in the car. Bring the ballast you require to scrutineering NO ball ...

Correctly set to panel power point. Caution: the maximum power point voltage drops rapidly with increasing panel temperature. ...

BUILD ACCURACY: It is important to manufacture your car with its critical components correctly aligned and with the required cl ...

WHEEL SLIP: When using an electronics system it is possible and in fact common to experience wheel spin on takeoff in high Sun. ...

The measured difference in maximum drive force is only 20% lower for the plastic wheel. Since a tyre is probably required anyway ...

These results above from testing on the NSW track have some significant implications. Firstly: The low coefficient of friction f ...

Cell cracking does not always result in a drop in power output, but often will, the wicked part is power drop due to cracking ca ...

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