Directory:FPPP:Solar Prize
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Once the Flynn Parallel Path motor is more widely replicated, the goal is to prepare an entry for the North American Solar Challenge (http://nasc2005.americansolarchallenge.org/).
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Solar challenges
Multiple solar challenges now exist, from Australia to America. The rules state the vehicle must run off energy drawn directly from the sun. While significant progress has been made since these events started, motor technology remains a limiting factor.
Parallel Path advantage
Any Parallel path based entry is likely to have 2-3 times more torque than ANY OTHER entry, relative to the amount of energy collected from the solar panels. This has a number of important implications.
For example, a PP based entry could HALVE the number of solar panels, be smaller, lighter, cheaper, more aerodynamic than other entries, and still run faster, with better torque.
Collaboration
Today there are numerous university teams submitting entries to the various solar challenge races. Hopefully, one of them will read this web page, and express an interest in collaborating with someone who has replicated a Flynn PP motor. In this fashion, a PP entry could be made for nominal cost, as a community project.
Stock Class
There are two classes for the solar challenge. In stock class limits are placed upon the cost of the solar panels used. A PP motor would offer greatest benefit to a low budget stock class entry, where electrical motor input is more limited.
2005 Stock class results
These are the 2005 stock class entries. Only 4 ran the full race distance.
9 Stanford University 16 Stock 68:00:04 2494.90
http://www.stanford.edu/group/solarcar/
10 CalSol 254 Stock 68:25:17 2494.90
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/students/2005/solar/index.shtml
11 Iowa State University 9 Stock 71:30:50 2494.90
http://prisum.org/content/solarenergy
12 Auburn University 7 Stock 73:15:36 2494.90
http://www.eng.auburn.edu/organizations/SOA/
Did not complete the course
16 Red River College 95 Stock 116:52:33 1570.40
http://xnet.rrc.mb.ca/solarcar/
17 McMaster University 116 Stock 134:23:50 798.85
http://www.solarcar.mcmaster.ca/
18 Illinois State University 88 Stock 138:02:54 662.75
http://www.solarcar.ilstu.edu/
Next race
The next race is due in 2007, as the challenge is held every 2 years.
External links
See also
- FPP 'principle' device project page index
- Parallel Path forum (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pes_flynn_pp/)
- Parallel Path main index
- Projects index page
- PESWiki home page
