Unfortunately, at the end of the day, our motor driver stopped working. This stopped us from participating in the parade and the top speed competition. Currently one of our members is racing to Friesland to get a new circuit board. We will try installing the circuit board tonight so we can continue the competition tomorrow ?
Author: Dedier Chaigneau
The first solar Sport one race of the season has officially started. After months of maintenance and excitement, we finally started the first race. The first race will be the Time Trial. Follow us live during the weekend on: https://solarsportone.org/live/
We are on our way to the Solar Sport One races in Purmerend. In the next few days, we will give our very best during the races. Today we would like to give you all a little teaser of the boat and the new colours. If you want to see more, join us this weekend…
In the final weekend before the Purmerend race, we put the final touches on the software of our developed MuPPeTs. By testing some different algorithms during the sunny weekend we are now fully ready for the race. Time to pack our stuff for the first race of the season. Purmerend here we come.
Past week we finished the last panels for covering the deck. We also finished the final bracket to be used with our cable entry systems. This weekend we will do the final installations and we will be good to go!
Our new MuPPeTs (MPPT’s) have arrived. Designed by us and produced by our sponsor Eurocircuits. With these MuPPeTs we are striving to get a higher efficiency out of our solar panels. At this moment we are writing the software to test the hardware with different algorithms. As soon as the MuPPeTs are fully tested we…
This weekend we’ll be painting something other than Easter eggs. Happy Easter!
Another successful open evening at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences – AUAS. On this evening we had the opportunity to present our alumni society to many interested new and potential students and explained what to do/become after graduation.
Yesterday we had our annual meeting. During the meeting, the board has been re-elected and the future plans for 2019 have been presented. We want to thank all our members for being present.
Today we have a great announcement regarding a new sponsorship. We have just launched a new partnership with Conta-clip. Conta-clip will support us by supplying IP 66 cable entry systems KDS. The best thing about these systems is we will now be able to completely seal our hull. The versatility of these systems will also…