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Summary:
Catamaran: Roughly 1232 Watts to go 80km/h. Easy to manufacture, hard to design mechanical system.
Bullet: Roughly 2235 Watts to go 80km/h. Harder to manufacture, much more room for mechanical system.
Both designs are rough and can be refined further.
Goal:
Test both designs that have a minimum of 4m^2 solar panel section with roughly realistic proportions. Frontal area should be about 1m^2 to test aerodynamics of both shapes. Test speeds will be 80km/h to simulate competitive racing. Designs are not optimal and should be only be used as a reference.
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Visually good airflow with turbulence slowing the flow down to 14m/s.
At 22.2m/s there was 55.526N of air resistance requiring [55.526(m^2/s)x22.2(m/s)] 1232.68 Watts of energy to maintain it’s speed.
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More turbulence with this design
At 22.2m/s there was 107.327N of air resistance requiring [100.7(m^2/s)x22.2(m/s)] 2235.66 Watts of energy to maintain it’s speed.
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