The Australian Geographic Team Marsupial Solar-Powered Car
Date Published: 1988-02-01
Paper Number:880620
DOI: 10.4271/880620
Citation:
Allen, G. and Storey, J., "The Australian Geographic Team Marsupial Solar-Powered Car," SAE Technical Paper 880620, 1988, doi:10.4271/880620.
Author(s):
G.R. Allen - CSIRO Division of Applied Physics
J.W.V. Storey - University of New South Whales
Abstract:
As in all vehicles of this type, low weight and aerodynamic drag must be achieved without compromising safety, and in an extremely rugged structure. This has been done by using a chrome-molybdenum steel space-frame, surrounded by a Kevlar/foam sandwich body shell. The solar panel wing, which uses a laminar flow section to obtain low drag, does not tilt except when the vehicle is stationary. A high degree of redundancy is built into the vehicle; for example there are two motors and transmissions, the solar array is divided into seven parallel sub-arrays, and the power electronics is multiply redundant. Built entirely in the garage of a suburban house, the Australian Geographic Team Marsupial car cost less than US$50,000 to construct.
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