Challenge solarcars WSC 2009

It seems internet does not provide a lot of surveys with the subject WSC 2009. This is my first attempt. Another good WSC survey is Solarwebsite-1week and Solarwebsite-comprehensive overview. Initially a more technical survey was the intention by seems too much work. Please do read our report two weeks before the Challenge or the preview written by Vincent. The fastest solarrace was 2005. But why was 2007 slower than 2005 when technology is improving all the time?
Two reasons: A speed limit was introduced in the Northern Territory, making the maximum speed 130km per hour, instead of the speeds that were previously possible. The support crews had problems keeping up with 130 km/h (81 mph) of race solarcars. The Nuna 3 traveled at up 147km per hour in 2005.
Second reason: Nuna 3 had 8 square meters of solar panels. Nuna 4 only has 6 square meters (-25%) because they participated in different classes.
Third was the upright position of the driver. In 2009 the battery weight limits depend on secondary cell chemistries but in general it has shrinked from 30 to 25 kg and the special solar tyres without profile are forbidden..so the velocity with the same car should be lower than in the previous contest. Similiar cars in this contest are the Aurora 101 and the Solarworld No1. Read more in the FAQ

Survey Challenge Class

Team	Car	No	Class	Country	Blog	Photo	News	Fact	Wiki
University Michigan	Infinium	2	Ch	USA	Blog	Photo	News	Fact	Wiki
Nuon Solar Team	Nuna5	3	Ch	Netherlands	Blog	Photo	News	Fact	Wiki
Leeming HS	Hammerhead	5	Ch	Aus (WA)	Blog	Photo	News	Fact	Wiki
Sakarya University	Saguar	6	Ch	Turkey	Blog	Photo	News	Fact	Wiki
University College London	Solar Fox	7	Ch	United Kingdom	Withdrawn	Photo	News	Fact	Wiki
Umicore	Umicar	8	Ch	Belgium	Blog	Photo	News	Fact	Wiki
MIT	Eleanor	9	Ch	USA
Uniten	Solar Ranger	10	Ch	Malaysia
Cambridge University Eco Racing	Endeavour	11	Ch	United Kingdom
HS Bochum News	BoCruiser	12	Photo	Germany
Willeton SHS	Solar Flair	14	Ch	Aus (WA)
University of Tehran	Persian Gazelle	17	Ch	Iran
Stanford Uni	Apogee	16	Ch	USA
Heliox	Heliox ll	18	Ch	Switzerland
Solar Team Twente	21Revolution	21	Ch	Netherlands
Principia College	Ra 7	32	Ch	USA
Istanbul Tech University	Ariba 4	34	Ch	Turkey
Belenos Clermont-Ferrand	Belenos	41	Ch	France
HS Bochum News NASC	SolarWorld No 1	42	Ch	Germany
Netaji Subhas Inst. Tech.	Advay	49	Ch	India
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal	Esteban	55	Ch	Canada
Tokai University	Tokai Challenger	60	Ch	Japan
Swisspirit	Swisspirit	71	Ch	Switzerland
UNSW	Sunswift lV	73	Ch	Aus (NSW)
TAFE SA, TAFE II	Solar Spirit	75	Ch	Aus (SA)
Ecole de technologie superieure ETS	Eclipse VI	92	Ch	Canada
Nat Kaohsiung Uni of Applied Sc.	Apollo V	95	Ch	Taiwan	Withdrawn
Aurora Vehicle Association	Aurora 101	101	Ch	Aus (Vic)
McMaster University	Phoenix II	116	Ch	Canada
Nanyang Tech University	Nanyang Venturere	168	Ch	Singpore
Omega Solar - Durham Coll Uni Ontario	Arctic Sun	463	Ch	Canada	Withdrawn DOUBLE

Courtesy WSC


The French Belenos Solar Car has an english website and this website is probably the Delhi project from University of Delhi.