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2009 Challenge
Follow the team as they prepare for the 2009 Panasonic World Solar Challenge.
Solar Fern Racing
Find out all you ever wanted to know about the Solar Fern team, design of the car and our bid for the 2009 World Solar Challenge.
Solar Fern
The Car (currently)
- Wind tunnel tested aerodynamics
- Light weight carbon/glass composite body
- Light weight Lithium batteries 35Kg
- Powerful brushless DC permanent magnet motor (5KW rated)
- Custom motor controller
- High performance solar racing tyres
- Weight: 201kg
- Dimensions: 1.8m wide x 5m long x 850mm high
- Top Speed: Over 115 KPH
- Solar Cells to be confirmed
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Latest News
New Website Up and Running
The new Solar Fern website is currently under construction .For the old site plese visit http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/robglassey/solar/index.html
Thanks Defond for our Battery Pack
after much worrying that the battery pack wouldn't get here in time after the factory had to re-make our batteries for quality control reasons ,they arrived :-) !! , and work is steaming ahead to get the interconnections done.
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