| Class | cruiser |
|---|---|
| Length x Width x Height | 4.5 m x 1.8 m x 1.1 m |
| Weight | 430 kg |
| Array | 248x Sunpower C60 in 2 strings |
| Battery | |
| Motor | 2 CSIRO–Marand |
| Wheels | GHCraft CFWS16-94C solar car wheel rims in the front custom rear wheel rims |
| Chassis | carbon fiber monocoque with foam and an aramid honeycomb core |
| Budget | $500,000 |
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Note: Their predicted drag area from CFD (CD * A) was 0.146 m2, so doing the math with a CD of 0.16 gives a frontal area of 0.9125 m2. They never were able to accurately verify this, as the day they performed track testing was very windy, and they experimentally obtained CDA = 0.126 m2, which was significantly lower than their predicted value. They cite that they would've preferred to discount runs with windspeeds > 2.5 m/s in order to get accurate results.
Array
| Cells | SunPower C60 |
|---|---|
| Efficiency | 22% |
| Modules | |
| Cells | |
| Area | 4 m2 |
| Power | 850 W |
They use the Drivetek V4 MPPTs
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