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Yagoona Lions Club Fair
Today the team brought Jaycar Sunswift III to the Yagoona Lions Club annual Autumn fair. The fair was held at Gazzard Park, Yagoona and showcased many interesting community stalls. The day is designed to raise money for...... fair was held at Gazzard Park, Yagoona and showcased many interesting community stalls. The day is designed to raise money for various community programs run by the Lions Club. Several team members relived...
Individual Donors
...ll be a leader on the international stage, boasting advanced aerodynamic design and high-efficiency electrical systems. In addition Sunswift IV will be moving away from the space-age solar vehicles of the past ...
Recent weekend work
Last weekend saw quite a lot of work accomplished by the team. So far, we have only ever run our car with batteries and solar power. We wanted to see how our car would perform using only the power from the solar array (with the batteries removed). This required a fair amount of modifcation by the......d with the way the car performed. Other work included: setting up computers to run CAD programs for design work and initial designs for an ergonomic driver and pasenger seat commenced
Race Day 4 - Wednesday
Summary
We passed MIT at about 3pm and are now the number 1 silicon solar car in the race! We’re 5th in the whole race, and 4th in Challenge class. MIT are about 10 minutes behind us so we feel the pressure but are running the race how IVy needs it to be done. Tomorrow will be an intense day as we want to make it into Port Augusta by 3pm, in which case we can go straight onto Adelaide. Overall we travelled 663km today at an average of about 84km/h.
Mechanical
No issues.Electric
No issues.
Camp
We made it to Glendambo control stop. We're camping at the camp site there and should be out of here by 8:20am. It's going to be an exciting day.
The fact that we have so little to update on mechanical and electrical is a testament to IVy and the technical teams. The car is running fantastically, with every component on its best behaviour. Merely the fact that we have reached this point is incredible, and we are having a great time.
Keep an eye on the WSC page for our placing at the next control stop sometime tomorrow.
... going to be an exciting day.
The fact that we have so little to update on mechanical and electrical is a testament to IVy and the technical teams. The car is running fantastically, with every compone...
WSC09: Day Five
With high expectations we started the day once again with the solar car on the road. It was a frustrating few hours checking the mechanical systems, stopping for spat rubs and finally another of our old wheels delaminating. We finally put the solar car back in the trailer and drove the final distance to Marla where the list of things required for scrutineering are being attended to including Etienne's rear vision system, electrical schematics and tow hooks. All day Dave has been working on the strategy software to integrate our extensive weather data from WeatherZone and trying to put together a map of power consumption of the car. A live feed of the car on the road (updated every 5 sec) is working on our local computers and with a little luck we can get it live on the internet whenever we have reception on the race. So things are slowly progressing and in solar car style new challenges presenting themselves every day. ... of things required for scrutineering are being attended to including Etienne's rear vision system, electrical schematics and tow hooks. All day Dave has been working on the strategy software to integrate our e...
Race Day 5 - Thursday
IVy on the finish line.
Summary
With 567km to go before the finish line, and MIT hot on our tails, we had a big day ahead of us. If we wanted to make it straight to Victoria Square we would have to arrive in Angle Vale before 3pm. We arrived at 3:08pm. Not only were we the first Australian team, we were the first silicon solar powered car to cross the finish line. We placed 4th overall, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with our result. We’re the highest placing Sunswift team ever!
Electrical
In the morning at Glendambo we noticed that 2 out of 33 battery modules were charging quicker than the other 31. There was a potential safety issue if the modules were to overcharge, and they could also potentially discharge far quicker than the rest of the battery. Should they overcharge, worst-case scenario, they could set on fire. Should they discharge too much, they could make the battery unusable. The prudent option was to bypass them entirely to mitigate any potential safety issues. This took about 2 minutes at the control stop, and the electrical team were happy that the battery was now safe.
Mechanical
No issues.
We could not have accomplished all that we did without the help of our supporters, friends, family and sponsors. We'll keep updating this page with more information and pictures as we get back to Sydney on Wednesday/Thursday.
Thanks for keeping up to date with our progress through the race. We're really excited about Sunswift.com's popularity lately.
Sunswift pretty happy at the 'end of timing' control stop.
Sunswift taking a celebration dip in the fountain in Victoria Square
...dn’t be more thrilled with our result. We’re the highest placing Sunswift team ever!
Electrical
In the morning at Glendambo we noticed that 2 out of 33 battery modules were charging quic...
Mission and Objectives
...cing has provided the impetus for the improvement of a variety of technologies through innovative design and development, pushing the frontiers of state of the art solar car design. The UNSW SRT has...
WSC09: Day Nine - Arrival in Darwin
Today the team arrived at Hidden Valley racetrack in Darwin, where we spent the day. It was really exciting to meet teams from all around the world, check out their cars and here about their journeys to Australia. We met teams from Holland, Malaysia, Japan, Turkey, Singapore, Canada, France and the US and are looking forward to meeting many more in the next couple of days (we're still waiting to meet the German team who will be our next door neighbours in pitt lane).
IVy spent the day racing around the track and when we got back to Glen's house this evening we saw footage of her driving on the ABC. IVy will be undergoing rigourous static and dynamic scrutineering over the next few days, today the track was full of stories from teams who had been sent back to fix or change things. The team is confident that IVy will meet the excellent standards of the World Solar Challenge and is looking forward to showing off our design....will meet the high standards of the World Solar Challenge and is looking forward to showing off our design.
New Suspension
New suspension components, designed by UNSW students have been manufactured by our Technical Partner, Sydney Institute of TAFE. They are currently being installed in the car.New suspension components, designed by UNSW students have been manufactured by our Technical Partner, Sydney Institute of TAFE. They ...
Race Day 1 - Sunday
Summary
We started off without a hitch, so much so we decided to take a nap about 2 hours in just to give some of the other teams a fighting chance. In reality we stopped for a driver change and to fix up the telemetry data, which got knocked out. We managed to gain back our position and are currently in 8th place, with MIT being the only silicon car ahead of us. We’re optimistic our quality aerodynamic design and sophisticated strategy algorithms will narrow the gap tomorrow.
Another piece of bad news is that the solar car bumped up against our Lead vehicle on the way out of Darwin. It seems a little part of the array was damaged, which we’re very disappointed about. We’re just happy we made it out of Darwin okay, it is a very hectic scene with 30 solar car teams (and their fleets) making their way out on a public road. Lots of overtaking put a lot of stress on Control and the Solar Car lead to a small collision.
Mechanical
The Mech guys are very happy to report that the only mechanical issue encountered during the day was our spats coming loose. This happened because the tape we used failed from the heat. A quick 5-minute stop solved this issue for the rest of the day.
Electrical
We diagnosed the array damaged and only had to bypass 3 out of 400 cells. There was also a minor wiring issue, which caused some shorting, however that was fixed quickly after it was diagnosed.
...sed failed from the heat. A quick 5-minute stop solved this issue for the rest of the day.
Electrical
We diagnosed the array damaged and only had to bypass 3 out of 400 cells. There was also a...
