Solar Ranger 1

Hi,

To all Solar Ranger 1 follower,i'm sorry for the long pause on the blog..
I'll update the blog as soon as possible (after my make-up exam).hehe

Chow

Hi,

After more then 14 hours of flight we finally arrive in Darwin. Our journey started at KLIA to Singapore, then to Brisbane and to Darwin.

We are now staying at Free Spirit Holiday Parks.


Some picture of our journey to Darwin:

13 Days to go !!...World Solar Challenge Australia (25-30 October 2009)
1st Batch will depart from Uniten on the 14 October and 2nd Batch on the 18 October.

Our solar car (solar ranger 1) has been flown to aussie last week.

There are some difficulties along the way,....trouble with the solar panels, wiring and so much more.

"Stay Positive Guys!!" quota from Mr Halil your team manager...

Insyallah all the problems will be solve.

A day with its ups and down.

- After fitting the new steering shaft, we test the car on the road. 1st stop PICC, Putrajaya.
- Edmund and me were given the opportunity to test the car.
- Edmund manage to reach 90km/h (top speed)
- I was given the chance to dive the car back to UNITEN
- Some difficulties occurs which cause the car to be unstable.
- Nevertheless I manage to drive the car back to base.









After arriving in uniten, we test the car again on uniten's road.
That's when the accident happens.
During braking at COIT hum, one of the car tyre parts fail. This causes the car to touch the ground and slightly damage the car bottom.
With the help of MRC members we manage to pull the car back to our lab.

Today we are going to Putrajaya to test your solar car on the road.
It's our first time testing it outside UNITEN.

With the trip plate lent TNB, we are allowed to test our car on the open road.
The car is running with battery power only. (solar cell haven't arrive yet)
With the battery capacity of 40A/h, we should be able to drive the car for 2 hours depending on the load(how the drive drive/push the car).

The test started at 3.30pm due to some delays that cant be avoided.
Today Edmund and Yaw are driving the car. Also present are Dr Amir, En Ismail, En Halil, Hadi, En Shahrul, Miss Nabilah.
We were escorted by 2 uniten's van (very new van).