Cal State LA Solar Car Team - Solar Eagle II

• 1993: Solar Eagle II - GM Sunrayce USA: 3rd place;
• 1993: Solar Eagle II - World Solar Challenge: 13th place.
• Now on display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

In June 1993, the Solar Eagle II placed third in the 1000 mile SUNRAYCE 93 — a cross-country race from Dallas, Texas to Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Solar Eagle II started the race in the pole position having qualified with the fastest time. Solar Eagle II finished ahead of 33 other universities including such prestigious institutions as Stanford, George Washington University and UC Berkeley. The car and team were honored with a second place award in Technical Innovation for Chassis Design, Propulsion and Aerodynamic Systems by the SUNRAYCE 93 judges and they received a third place award from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) for Design Excellence in Engineering Safety. In November 1993, the Solar Eagle II gained international recognition by placing thirteenth out of a fifty-four car field, and became the fourth U.S. team to cross the finish line at the 1993 World Solar Challenge, a grueling 1,882 mile race across the Australian outback.

Cal State L.A. was selected as one of 30 universities granted entry in the SUNRAYCE 95 competition and work will soon begin revamping the Solar Eagle II for that event.

Major Corporate and Government Agency Sponsors • AB2766 - Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee • Automobile Club of South-ern California • Caltrans • Hewlett-Packard Company • Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) • Los Angeles Department of Water and Power • MacNeal-Schwe-Corporation • NASA Langley: Center • Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. • Society for the Avancment of Materia Process Engines. (SAMPE) • South Coast Air Quality Management District • Southern California Edison • TRW

Vehicle Technical Specifications Length: 16 feet Width: 6.1 feet Height: 3.3 feet Weight: 360 pounds (without driver and batteries) Structure: Welded aluminum space frame with carbon fiber composite battery box and underneath pan to provide shear and torsional strength. Body: Carbon fiber skin with Rohacell structural foam core. Solar power system: 754 single crystal BP Saturn cells (3.7" x 3/8") on top; 824 quarter-size cut cells on vehicle sides. Cerium doped and antireflective

• GM Sunrayce USA

• GM Sunrayce USA

• GM Sunrayce USA

• GM Sunrayce USA

• GM Sunrayce USA
  

• World Solar Challenge
  Adelaide, Australia

• Phoenix
  Phoenix, Arizona