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16 February 2008: Gnoo Blas Classic Car Rally
Last week the Sunswift Team spent the weekend in the beautifully sunny Orange at the Gnoo Blas Classic Car Rally. It was altogether a relaxing weekend with Jaycar Sunswift III opening the Saturday rally with a couple of laps of the course, followed by the day in the sun talking to interesting people amongst a huge collection of beautiful classic cars. Thanks to the Gnoo Blas Classic Car Club the team also attended the rally dinner joining the rally driver Sue Evans and the local Mayor of Orange as guest speakers. The weekend concluded with meat pies for breakfast on Sunday and a well organized tour around the region.
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01 December 2007: U-Committee supports team
The U-Committee has announced that it will once again provide a grant towards the efforts of the UNSW Solar Racing Team. The U-Committee has always been supportive of the team and has provided a number of grants over the years.
This grant will cover the cost of all the stock aluminium material used in the solar car (aluminium was primarily used for the steering and braking systems in the car). It will also cover the cost of a new laboratory power supply for the electrical team. The new supply allows the team to charge the battery pack without using the solar array and also facilitates testing of the Maximum Power Point Trackers. The new supply is much more compact and lightweight (and powerful) than our previous one - so taking with us on races will be a lot easier!
The U-Committee is made up of friends and alumni of UNSW who raise money to contribute to various aspects of the university which may otherwise go under-funded. The two main fundraising activities organised by the U-Committee are the lost property sale and the Annual Book Fair. If you would like to donate books for the 2008 Book Fair, click here for further information and contact details.
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01 November 2007: WSC 2007 wrap up
We previously reported a placing of 11th overall for Jaycar Sunswift III. We are very happy to announce a slight correction - in actual fact our car placed 9th overall! This year the challenge was run a little differently with an extended stop in Alice Springs and a staggered start from the Alice control stop. That made it a little trickier to keep track of all the solar car positions, because the final placing is determined by total time on the road. Click here to see the final results for all the solar cars in the challenge. As stated previously, we placed 4th in the Adventure class, 1st two seater vehicle, and 1st silicon car in Adventure class - and we won the CSIRO Technical Innovation Award. The 2005 team should be happy with this award, as they were the team that initially designed and built Sunswift III. To see what other awards were given, click here.
Well, that concludes probably the most successful WSC the UNSW Solar Racing Team has ever entered. We matched the placing of 9th achieved by the 1996 team and walked away with the long awaited Technical Innovation Award. 2007 has been an extremely busy year for the team, but we've managed to: Smash the Perth to Sydney record in January ( more ); win the Engineers Australia Engineering Excellence Award for Education and Training; and complete a very successful WSC. None of this would be possible without our sponsors and supporters, who we would like to achknowledge here.
Jaycar Electronics for their continued Naming Rights sponsorhip and support.
Boeing for providing composite materials and facilities and valuable technical advice and assistance.
NRMA Motoring for providing a tow vehicle for the race and sponsoring over $1500 worth of fuel.
Mo Milling for beautifully machining the wheel hubs and wheel motor hub on the car.
Gurit (SP Systems) for providing composite materials and valuable technical advice.
Worley Parsons for the partial sponsorship of our battery pack.
NSK for supplying wheel and suspension bearings.
UNSW Engineering - there are too many to name here, but many individuals from the Faculty have donated significant time to provide advice and assistance. Of particular note is Richard Tuck from the EE&T workshop, who spent countless hours staying back late after work to finish making parts for the team.
Of course there are many more who have supported the team over the last two years - there are just too many to mention here! You all know who you are, so a big thank you from the team.
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The UNSW Solar Racing Team's Adopt-A-Cell Project
For the past 12 months the UNSW Solar Racing Team has designed,
constructed and refined several key components in our current solar
car, Jaycar Sunswift III in preparation for a world record
attempt. Want to know how you can be a part of a world record? The
vehicle is powered by an array of high-efficiency silicon solar cells
which are up for adoption! The aim of the Adopt-A-Cell project is to
involve both the local and corporate communities in a partnership to
help our team make history by developing the most advanced solar
powered vehicle in Australia.
For information and pricing please visit our
Adopt-A-Cell page.
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Join the UNSW Solar Racing Team
The UNSW SRT is looking for volunteers who are interested in becoming a part of the Sunswift
Project. If you are a current student at UNSW and would like to be part of the Team, please send
an email to
and we will get in touch with you.
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About The Website of the UNSW Solar Racing Team
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the online home of
the UNSW Solar Racing Team. Since 1995, when the team was formed, this
website has provided thousands of visitors with rich resources about
the UNSW SRT's Sunswift Project.
For the team to realise its potential as one of the world's most
competitive solar racing teams, we are currently seeking further
support and assistance. Further information can be obtained by
emailing sunswift@cse.unsw.edu.au.
We hope you find this website informative and interesting, any
feedback is most welcome
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