• A model solar car in action
  • Tracksidework on a model solar car
  • One of the 2007 competing model solar cars
  • SunSprint Model Solar Car Challenge winning team

Sunsprint Challenge

Competition dates for 2008 SunSprint Challenge are
Friday September 5 and Saturday September 6

2008 Sunsprint Challenge competition rules

1. Regulations synopsis (download PDF)

2. Car specifications (download PDF)

3. Administration (download PDF)

 

2008 Sunsprint Challenge news updates

29/05/2008 - Solar Panels
The 2008 Jaycar catalogue lists on page 240 a new Hobby Solar Panel...

29/05/2008 - Wattmeter
John Jeffrey from Tasmania has just finished version 5.4 of his solar panel power meter with lots of new features...

 

About Sunsprint Challenge 

The SunSprint Model Solar Car Challenge is sponsored by the Faculty of Science with the generous support from the Faculty of Engineering and the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering and proudly sponsored by Jaycar Electronics.

Click here for more information about Sunsprint.

 

Sunsprint Links

The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering
http://www.pv.unsw.edu.au/

Faculty of Engineering, UNSW
http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/

AIMSC Website (all State/Territory websites are given on this site)
http://www.solarnational.org/

Jaycar Electronics
http://www.jaycar.com.au/

SunSwift Website
http://www.sunswift.com/index.php

Westernpower Website
http://www.westernpower.com.au/subContent/aboutUs/communityPartnerships/solarePowerChallenge/Western_Power_Solar_Model_Car_Challenge.html 

Solar Racing Forum for Students Website
http://www.solarfreaks.com/

  

Previous Sunsprint Model Solar Car Challenge results  

New South Wales wins the AIMSC Finals 

2007 National Champions Team PREDATOR with Benjamin Cribbin and Jared Farrugia

Congratulations to the 2007 National Champions St Pauls Catholic College from Greystanes!

Team PREDATOR with Benjamin Cribbin and Jared Farrugia won the Australian-International Model Solar Challenge finals at Adelaide during the weekend of 27th and 28th October under very bad weather conditions.

Congratulations also to St Joseph's Central School, Blaney who won the Best Newcomer trophy with Team ELEMENT - this was their first time ever in the Nationals.  The ELEMENT team members were Daniel Anlezark, Samantha Townsend-Mackie, Shannon Chapman and Bradley Hely.

Six teams from NSW took part in the Nationals :  St Pauls Catholic College (2), Moorebank High School, Newington College, All Saints Grammar and St Joseph's Central School, Blayney.  Of these six teams two brought home trophies - St Pauls the winner's trophy and St Joseph's Central the best newcomer's trophy.  New South Wales also had a solar boat entry from Our Lady of Fatima School Caringbah but unfortunately they did not win.

The 2008 SunSprint Challenge will be held in the first weekend of September and the Nationals has been agreed to be hosted by Hobart.