INNOVATION |
Specific custom-made DC brushless wheel-motor and controller ; innovative general layout increasing solar electricity generation by 15% under World Solar Challenge conditions -all other things being equal- ; body-chassis shell made of carbon-epoxide composite materials ; self-orienting wheel-fairings |
TECHNICAL |
Three-wheeler (side-car motorcycle type layout), body-chassis shell made of carbon-epoxide composite material ; removable wing tilted at 2O° (with bearing wheel) and attached to the right or the left side of the main section ; on-line data acquisition, data and voice radio-transmission ; maximum solar speed 75Km/hr |
CHASSIS - BODY• Length : 5400mm, Width : 2000mm, Height : 1000mm |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS• Specific custom-made DC brushless wheel-motor and controller, |
BUDGET |
US$ 350,000 direct cost + free contributions : US$ 250,000 circa [1996 US$] |
ACHIEVEMENTS |
First french sunracer ever to enter the World Solar Challenge (Darwin to Adelaide : 3,000 Km Solar-Electric Race, Australia), in October 1996 - Third Prize “Silicon/Lead Acid class” (out of 27 competitors) |