Standing Bear wrote:
On Wednesday 28 September 2005 20:15, Wesley Bruce wrote:
Alex Caliostro wrote:
set the controls for the heart of the sun
2000 miles in a cramped position
http://www.wsc.org.au/2005/competition/
any of our friends downunder know whos leading
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-alex
You mean a baked position. I mean really hot! They cross the Gibson
Desert in those coffins somebody is going to get a heat stroke, maybe
quite a few somebodies
Standing Bear
They carry quite a lot of water in those little solar cars and cooling
the drivers is down to a fine art. These days their going quite fast and
the draft cools them down a bit. Less sunlight gets through the tiny
windows than on a normal sedan. Some cars stop often for water refills
from the support vehicle. Some teams can rotate the drivers. Driver
endurance and water waight are the major desugn challenge rather than
soler or battery performance.
That said in the deserts of Australia we loose the odd tourist every
year. Its winter over here and the deserts wet this year. They've had
cars and support trucks bogged and camp sites flooded. and I should
mention the frog plague of biblical proportions! =-O
OT: Every few years we invite US army people over for joint exercises
and tell them not to go swimming in our tropical rivers. Some how yanks
never get the message and one end up crocodile tucker. We’ve sent back
one less yank almost every time. We just lost two tourists this week the
same way. Crocks 8 verses US Marines 0.
