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The Cal State LA Solar Car Team is an engineering team from California State University, Los Angeles. The team develops the Solar Eagle, a series of solar cars that have taken part in solar car races in the United States and in Australia. ==Solar Eagle== *1990: ''Solar Eagle'' - GM Sunrayce USA: 4th place. *1990: ''Solar Eagle'' - World Solar Challenge: In the top ten. *Now on display at Cal State LA. The Solar Eagle is a world-class, solar powered car designed and built by the Cal State L.A. School of Engineering & Technology students, faculty and staff. In July, the Solar Eagle placed fourth in the 1,643 mile GM Sunrayce. California's number one solar car finished ahead of 28 other colleges and universities including such prestigious institutions as MIT and Stanford. The team's out-standing capabilities will be further demonstrated at the November 1990 World Solar Challenge in Australia. Results from the GM Sunrayce Overall finish: Fourth place Daily race results: First place (twice), Second place (once), Third place (3 times) Solar Eagle was the only car having no mechanical or electrical failures during the 1,643 mile race. Department of Energy Awards: First place for "Best Artistic Design" ($500), Second place for "Innovation in Power Train Design" ($800), Third place for "Teamwork" ($600) Society of Automotive Engineers Award: Fifth place for "Engineering Design and Safety" Other Honors Engineering Excellence Award: Unique Mobility, Inc. The Governor's Energy Award: State of Florida Team Honored by Los Angeles City Council, August 10, 1990 Nationally televised appearance on Into the Night, Starring Rick Dees, August 15, 1990 Team Honored by Department of Water and Power Board of Commissioners, August 23, 1990 City of Los Angeles, Mayor Tom Bradley: Commendation Board of Directors, City of Pasadena: Commendation City of Alhambra, Mayor Barbara Messina: Commendation City of Monterey Park, Mayor Judy Chu: Commendation U.S. Senator Pete Wilson: Commendation U.S. Congressman Matthew G. Martinez: Congressional Award Car Specifications Length: 6 meters Width: 2 meters Height: 1 meter Weight: 459 pounds (without driver) Drag Coefficient: 0.123 Frame: Welded 6061 T6 aluminum alloy tubing (Weight=23 pounds) Body: Carbon fiber/NOMEX composite sandwich Solar panel: Fiberglass/NOMEX composite sandwich Solar cells: 8,945 Spectrolab K7 single-crystal silicon space quality cells Motor: Unique Mobility, Inc. DC brushless motor Batteries: Eagle-Picher silver-zinc batteries; 120 volt nominal buss voltage; 4 kW-hr total capacity at C20 rate World Solar Challenge Start: Darwin, Australia Finish: Adelaide, Australia Distance: 1,900 miles Date: November 11, 1990 Entries: 40 cars from 9 countries (13 Australia, 11 Japan, 9 United States) Image:SEITeam.jpg|World Solar Challenge Cal State LA Image:Solar_Car_Sunset.jpg|World Solar Challenge Australia Image:SEITeamAust.jpg|World Solar Challenge Darwin Australia Image:SEIAust.jpg|World Solar Challenge Australia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cal State LA Solar Car Team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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