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By the end of August 2011 the Nuon Solar Team and completely car Nuna6 determination go,shift out to Australia to prepare for the World Solar Challenge. To say goodbye to completely friends, family and sponsors contain detained the Ready, Set Go(ld) occasion nowadays in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. I was extremely excited to be invited, too.

When I arrived at the stadium approximately 13:00 the Nuna4 and Nuna5 now by now set up beneath party tents. Slowly anywhere recognized by 100 and 200 populace sauntered eager on the stadium. One or two small rain showers compulsory the populace beneath cover, but as luck counting contain it, the rain stopped precisely on time.

At concerning 13:30, following a small video presentation concerning the preceding Nunas, the Nuna6 drove eager on the stadium. After speeches by the side leader, Rob Kamphues and Wubbo Ockels the Nuna6 counting contest the Nuna5 to demonstrate the information so as to the new car has a a great deal inferior air confrontation supposed its predecessor.

The power achieve plank of together Nunas

To demonstrate petroleum together cars had its battery full by means of merely 25 watt-hours of electricity, a minute quantity of energy. It's sufficient to glow a 100W incandescent bulb for 15 minutes, run a 2000W heater for 45 place or (as scarcity by the announcer) stay a Hummer at 50km/h for merely 2 seconds. Both cars counting create at the similar occasion and stay the similar speed. If the Nuna6 was as well-organized as the side lady it be hypothetical to stay leaving fairly a as,at the same time as following the Nuna5 had exhausted its battery.

During the contest the audience might go after the speed, authority consumption, battery status, distance enclosed and variety absent on big displays. It extremely old obvious as of the start so as to the Nuna6 was by,by means of its 25Wh a great deal additional efficiently. After concerning five laps the Nuna5 quit and coasted to a discontinue almost one lap later. At so as to tip the Nuna6 was motionless leaving strong, obviously demonstrating the dissimilarity in efficiency.

After the contest present was plenty chance to see the Nuna6 up close. It forever surprises me how a great deal better the solar cars seem in genuine existence supposed on photos. And so as to is despite the information so as to petroleum is the smallest Nuna of the series. Maybe it's since of completely unusual shape.

Now so as to I saw the car as of Delft up shut I might contrast it to Twente's 21Connect, construct I saw inquisitiveness weeks ago throughout completely wind tunnel tests. It's obvious so as to as,at the same occasion as two cars contain person's name intended the distance end to end of extremely dissimilar plan strategies. The 21Connect has gentle, flowing lines, carefully blending all the protrusions eager on the body. The Nuna6 has a great deal sharper, additional harsh lines. As a number of one who has merely a rudimentary information of aerodynamics, it's not for me to say construct of the two is the improved one but to be honest I contain to say the Nuna6's rakish lines create it seem earlier to my eye.

After concerning an serving of food of captivating pictures and shooting a number of video I absent for home. Nuon Solar Team, Nadine, thank you extremely a great deal for attractive me to the well-organised event. I had a huge time!

Here is a video of the Nuna6's entry eager on the stadium and its contest by means of the Nuna5. I apologise to my foreign visitors so as to the video is not subtitled.

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