Shell Eco-Marathon

http://org.ntnu.no/ecomarathon08h/video/DNV_Fuel_Fighter.wmv

Our designers, Ole-Andreas Fagertun, Arnstein Johannes Syltern and Arne Magnus Mykkelbost, have been responsible for graphical style, clothings and making a stand of our hanger.
This is a presentation of their work. Mouse click on the presentation below and use the arrows on the keyboard to pass on to the next slide.

We did it! Saturday has been a fantastic day!
After breakfast the car was taken to a new technical inspection because of some minor modifications for better heat transport, and we passed very quickly. After getting hydrogen, the plan was to fill air and do a test at a small informally rigged test track and make [...]

Second Race
Friday starts off very well. The weather is nice and there is little wind in the morning. Everything about the DNV FuelFighter looks beautiful, and it’s pushed to the start line at noon. We pass the hydrogen sniffing, but many other teams clearly strugle, so the race is postponed for five minutes. Emilie is [...]

A too exciting first raceday…

We had a very hectic and exciting day today. Last day before the official race started. The day started well, we prepared for the Technical Inspections from Shell. The mechanical testings went like a dream, every test passed in seconds. The electrical tests didn’t go quite as smooth. But after 7 hours, a weather storm, [...]

On Monday evening everyone had arrived safely in Laustiz, and a lavvo-camp was set up. After the travelling and unpacking Monday was gone. First today, Tuesday could we bring the car and all our gear into the paddock area.
 At the moment we are working hard to get through the Technical Inspection tomorrow morning. When this is [...]

One of the groups in our “Experts in Team” group have made two animation videos showing the car and the technical details. You will find the videoes here:

http://org.ntnu.no/ecomarathon08h/video/HD720%20Techpress%20no%20vocal.wmv
http://org.ntnu.no/ecomarathon08h/video/HD720race.wmv

There’s few days of working left before we head down to Germany. We work all day and night to finish all the small and large project to make the car better. The new tail is soon ready, and the wheel suspension is ready for testing. Even our motor seems to work. We leave Trondheim on [...]