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This chapter and the succeeding chapters draw on experience with the five solar racing cars designed and built by students at Clarkson University for the 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999 Sunrayces .
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However, always bear in mind that persons attracted to solar car projects may be highly skilled in some areas; these skills must be identified.
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For a high-end view of the office of a solar car team, see that of the University of Michigan’s team at http://solarcar.engin.umich.edu. The objectives of an office can be achieved with less space. But the ample space indicates the support the team receives from the university.
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Team Nuon of the Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, has won the World Solar Challenge (WSC) four times. Its web site, http://www.nuonsolarcarteam.nf, is a good source of benchmark information. For earlier WSC cars, see Storey et al. (1994).
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Once known, the entire route may be used in a computer simulation as a succession of “design days.”
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The Honda Dream, winner of the 1993 World Solar Challenge, had a drag area of 0.114 m2, whereas the second-place car, the Spirit of Biel/Bienne III, had a drag area of 0.105 m2 (Storey et al. 1994).
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Thacher, E. (2015). Solar Racer—Specification. In: A Solar Car Primer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17494-5_8
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