Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Visited Hidden Valley

Pre-race: 14 October 2009

I went out to Hidden Valley this morning. The cloud cover and showers kept the temperature down, and I took the #8 bus to Hidden Valley Road and walked from threre (about 3km if you take a short cut).

Hidden Valley was pretty empty this morning! Only 2 teams there, Helios and Principia. I had a good chat with both teams, and meet Chris Selwood, one of the event organisers. Both cars have run in races before, with Principia coming second in the North American Solar Challenge.

Helios in their pit garrage


When I got back to the YHA I found the Esteban team in the pool waiting for the car to be cleared through customs. They’re off this afternoon to collect the car with any luck.
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  1. Hi Rob,

    It is Barry here. Good to see Helios IV here already! Got a couple of questions... I can see how they achieve longitudinal rigidity in the chassis, but how do they achieve torsional rigidity? Also is the front suspension dangling off the carbon tubes, putting the tubes in torsion? More close-up pics of front suspension and hubs / brakes please :)
    Have you weighed Nuna 5 yet? :) (I guess they have not arrived yet...).

    Hope you are having fun.

    Barry.

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