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bennie
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 Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:51 am Post subject: Sunracing -- Australia |
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Already a number if years there is solar race organized in Australia.
The idea is to cross Australia from the North to the South.
http://www.wsc.org.au/2005/competition/
The route:
It only takes 4 days to complete the journey..with sunpower only
It was the third time in a row a Dutch team won 
Many famous Universities participated like MIT:
http://www.wsc.org.au/2005/competition/our.teams
A picture of the winning car :
And we are known for waterthings 
..and has this topic to do anything with Martina ?
Not sure ..could not find a Penthouse Sponsor link
The weather does look hot ike in AZ |
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marcus
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Bennie that car look a bit uncomfortable  I'd hate to spend 4 days stuck in that driving through the outback. I hope it has air conditioning  |
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bennie
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| marcus wrote: | | Hey Bennie that car look a bit uncomfortable I'd hate to spend 4 days stuck in that driving through the outback. I hope it has air conditioning |
Yes not comfy ..All cars are like that !
And there is no airco as they have to save every little energy they catch from
the sun.
They do drive very fast ..not sure if the wind is cool enough  |
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marcus
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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| bennie wrote: | Yes not comfy ..All cars are like that !
And there is no airco as they have to save every little energy they catch from
the sun.
They do drive very fast ..not sure if the wind is cool enough |
I remember this race from when I was living in Oz, so it has been going at least 10 years  The cars don't look much different but I am sure the solar cells, motors etc. have all improved. And they probably go faster now too.
I wonder if they stop at night or keep going on batteries ? |
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bennie
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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| marcus wrote: | | bennie wrote: | Yes not comfy ..All cars are like that !
And there is no airco as they have to save every little energy they catch from
the sun.
They do drive very fast ..not sure if the wind is cool enough |
I remember this race from when I was living in Oz, so it has been going at least 10 years The cars don't look much different but I am sure the solar cells, motors etc. have all improved. And they probably go faster now too.
I wonder if they stop at night or keep going on batteries ? |
I saw it once on TV.
They stop at night ..and are not allowed to drive faster then the maximum speed allowed..will look where Oz is |
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MartinaWarren
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm, They are pretty weird
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bennie
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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| MartinaWarren wrote: | | Hmmm, They are pretty weird |
Not exactly a relaxing holidday ...for the driver.
Perhaps for the rest of the team as many people are needed to keep thing going.
A pic of the team:
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Satch
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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| bennie wrote: | | MartinaWarren wrote: | | Hmmm, They are pretty weird |
Not exactly a relaxing holidday ...for the driver.
Perhaps for the rest of the team as many people are needed to keep thing going.
A pic of the team:
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Totally on the right is Wubbo Okkels. He was the first dutch Astronaut. He's also professor at the university of Delft. Unfortunately he couldn't be there because of a heart attack a couple of weeks ago. I used to think astronauts were the most healthy people around.
This car had an average speed of 103 km/h about 64 miles/hour. 
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rastus
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| MartinaWarren wrote: | | Hmmm, They are pretty weird |
the cars?...or the australians???  |
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MartinaWarren
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| rastus wrote: |
the cars?...or the australians??? |
Awwww, The Cars ofcourse 
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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| MartinaWarren wrote: | | rastus wrote: |
the cars?...or the australians??? |
Awwww, The Cars ofcourse |
I think the city names are weird....."billabong"....... that sounds gay........(dutch kinda joke)
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