On Mar 30, 2015, at 3:06 PM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
> But overall, the amount of power you can get from the sun in a normal-sized > is very limited. That pretty much forces you to concentrate on vehicle > efficiency. Extremely light, with exceptionally good aerodynamics and very > high efficiency components (tires, motor, controller, etc. At least, that's > how the solar cars have all done it. Exactly...and that means cutting edge high tech stuff that takes lots of money and years of education and experience and, realistically, a sizable team of top-notch people to pull off. Not a single guy who's asking the kinds of questions Lawrence is. >> For the car...well, ideal geometry for the panels is going to be a >> flat top parallel to the ground, but that's a geometry bordering on >> the pathological for aerodynamics. > > It works well for airplane wing, though. :-) Yes...well...um...my point, exactly...? An airplane wing without an airplane is a pretty good description of a crash investigation scene.... b& _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
