ASHIYA UNIVERSITY JAPAN - SKY ACE TIGA

 

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The Ashiya University team is attracted to the adventure and spirit of the Australian WSC.  The first aim of the team was to complete the journey and cross the finish line in Adelaide. The second goal is to obtain a place within the top five solar cars at the conclusion of the event. The 17 member team is comprised primarily of students, with a mix of teachers past and present.

 

 

 

 

1. OUR ACTIVITY

Now we are living a very rich life with using so much fuel, for example cars ……….

In other hand, we have several social problems from the second half of the 20th century which are energy resources, earth environment.

Therefore we established solar car team and started developing solar car from 1992. The solar car requires sun power only and doesn't make both exhaust sound and gas. We have developed 3 solar cars during 15 years of our activity.

 

Sky-A of 1st car, Sky-Ace 2 of 2nd car, and we developed Ashiya Sky Ace TIGA of 3rd car on 2000 year. We are joining many solar car race and event in Japan and all over the world.

 

2. CAR SPECIFICATION

The packaging of Ashiya Sky Ace TIGA was renewed, and it applied about 3.5 years and manufactured.

 

 

Length×Width×Height (mm)

5000×1800×1020

Vehicles weight (kg)

138 (without passenger and battery)

Passenger

One person

Solar panel

GaAs triple junction (1900W)

Battery

Lithium Polymer Battery the capacity of battery 

which depend on regulations

Motor type

DC Brushless Motor (Nominal 1.5kw / Maximum 5Kw)

Body

Carbon fiber (CFRP)

Tires

14 inch, low rolling resistance

Cruising speed (km/h)

90

maximum speed (km/h)

160

 

 

 

 

3. CONTACT

ZIP code :    

659-8511

 

 

 

Address :    

13-22, Rokurokusou-Chou, Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan.

Contact person :

 

 

e-mail :

nakagawa@ashiya-u.ac.jp

Kunio Nakagawa (team man)

English contact :

nomnom13@yahoo.co.jp

Keisuke Nomura (Ace driver)

Tel

+81-797-23-0661

+81-797-23-1901

 

 

4. TARGET FOR THIS RACE

Especially TIGA is designed for circuit truck race. So our target is to obtain a place within the top 3 solar cars at the event. In fact we are good at this kind of event.  Our team member is comprised primarily of students, with a mix of teachers and past.

 

 

5. PAST ACHIEVEMENTS OF SKY ACE TIGA

 

2000

Dream Cup Solar car Race Suzuka : 1st place with FIA driver’s annual series champion

JISC (Japan Inter-college Solar car Championship) at Akita Ogata : 1st place in the class

 (Education Minister's Prize award)

 

2001

 

Dream Cup Solar car Race Suzuka : 2nd place with FIA driver’s annual series champion

JISC (Japan Inter-college Solar car Championship) at Akita Ogata : 2nd place in class.

World Solar Car Challenge in Malaysia (WSCC): 2nd place(ISF5000class 1st place)

World solar car challenge (WSC): 17th 3010km 48hours

 

2002

Dream Cup Solar car Race Suzuka : 1st place with FIA driver’s annual series champion

JISC (Japan Inter-college Solar car Championship) at Akita Ogata : 2nd place

 

2003

Dream Cup Solar car Race Suzuka : 1st place with FIA driver’s annual series champion

JISC (Japan Inter-college Solar car Championship) at Akita Ogata : 2nd place

 

2004

Dream Cup Solar car Race Suzuka : 2nd place with FIA driver’s annual series champion

Phaethon2004 in Greece: Circuit race : 1st place / Rally race 1st place

 

2005

Dream Cup Solar car Race Suzuka : 1st place with FIA driver’s annual series champion

JISC (Japan Inter-college Solar car Championship) at Akita Ogata : 1st place

WSR (World Solar Car Rally in Akita) & JISC at Akita Ogata : Grand champion

World solar challenge (WSC) : 4th place (33hrs 45mins / average speed 88.84km/h)

 

2006

Dream Cup Solar car Race Suzuka : 1st place

JISFC (Japan Inter-college & FC Solar car Championship) at Akita Ogata : 1st place

 (Include grand champion)

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIGA at Suzuka

 

 


 

 

 

 

ORGANISATION A-Z

CAR'S NAME

TEAM NAME

Aristotle Uni of Thessaloniki, Helios

Helios

Faculty of Engineering

Arizona Solar Racing Team - USA

Arizona Solar Racing Team

Auburn University

Sol of Auburn

Sol of Auburn

Aurora Team, Australia

Aurora

Aurora Vehicle Association

Bochum Solar Car Team

Das SolarCar der Fachhochschule

California Poly S University

SLO Burn  Sidewinder

San Luis Obispo

Clarkson Uni Solar Car Team, USA

The Solar Knights

Delft University - Holland

NUNA I & II 2003

Dell Winston School

The Hunter

Solar Car Challenge

Desert Rose, Northern Territory Uni

FUJI DESERT ROSE

Drexel SunDragon Home Page

École de technologie supérieure Quebec

Eclipse V (5)

Éclipse Vehicular Solaire 

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Esteban

Eko-Auto  Poland

Eko-Auto

Electron Analytic Corporation

Dark Horse

EAC Skunkworks

George Washington University

George Washington Uni Solar Car

Georgia Institute of Technology

Solar Jackets

Solar Jackets

Heliodet, Germany

Heliodet

Heliodet, Solar Car Team

Helios - Lille, France

Hélios IV

Hautes Etudes d'Ingénieur

Honda Car Company

Honda

Illinois State University

Surya, Ratha, Mercury

Illinois State University Team

Iowa State University

Fusion

Team PrISUm

Jonasun  Japan

Orbit

Solar Car Paviion

Kansas State University

Paragon

Solar Car Racing Team

Los Altos Academy of Engineering

Los Altos Solar Car Team

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tesseract

MIT

McGill University Monteal, Canada

iSun

Team iSun

McMaster University

Phoenix

McMaster Uni Solar Car Project

Messiah College Grantham, Penns

Genesis II

Genesis II Solar Racing Team

Michigan State University

 

Solar Racing Team

Michigan Technological University

Solar Car Team

Minnesota S Uni-Mankato/Winona S Uni

Minnesota Solar Car Team

North Dakota State University

The Double Deuce

Sunsetters - Solar Race Team

Northwestern University

N'Uvation

Northwestern University

Nuon Solar Team, Netherlands

Nuon 3

Het Nuon Solar Team

Osaka Sangyo University, Japan

OSU model S

Solar Car Team

Prairie View A&M University

Solaris

Sun Panthers

Principia College

RA 6

Principia College Solar Car Team

Purdue University

SPOT 2

Purdue University Solar Racing

Queen's University Canada

Radiance  Gemini

Queen's Solar Vehicle Team

Red River College 

Red River Raycer

Red River College Solar Car Team

Rice University

Rice University

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Rose-Hulman Solar Car Team

Southern Illinois Uni Edwardsville

Cougar Cruiser

Southern Illinois University

South Bank University, UK

Mad Dog

South Bank Mad Dog Team

South Dakota School Mines & Tech

Solar Motion

South Dakota Solar Motion Team

Southern Taiwan University Tech

Southern Taiwan Solar Team

Stanford University

Solstice

Stanford Solar Car Project

Tamagawa University - Japan

Tamagawa Solar Challenge Project

Team Futura, Italy

FUTURA 2

Team Futura

Team SunLake - Japan

Phaethon model

Team SunLake TOYOBO

Texas A&M University

Columbia Sunraycer

Texas A&M Motorsports Team

The Power of One  - Toronto

Xof1

The Xof1 solar car team

Tufts University

ANNE E. B. II

Nerd Girls

University of Alberta

University of Alberta Team

University of Arizona

Drifter

Solar Racing Team

University of Calgary

 

UC Calgary Solar Car Team

University of California-Berkeley

CalSol 

California Calsol Team

University of Kansas

Solution, CATalyst

KSU Solar Car Racing Team

University of Kentucky

Gato del Sol II

Solar Car Team

University of Massachusetts 

Spirit of Mass 413

Lowell Solar Racing Team

University of Michigan

Momentum

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota

Borealis III

U of M Solar Vehicle Project

University of Missouri Columbia

Suntiger VI

The Mizzou Solar Car Project

University of Missouri Rolla

Solar Miner V

Solar Minor Car Team 

University of North Dakota

Subzero 3

Team SubZero

University of Ontario Institute of Tech

UOI Solar Vehicle Team

Uni of New South Wales SCR Team

UNSW Sunswift III

New South Wales SCR Team

University of Patras, Hermes

Solar Car Team

University of Pennsylvania

Keystone

Penn Solar Racing

University of Queensland

Sunshark

Queensland Solar Team

University of South Australia

Ned  KELLY

SA Solar Car Consortium

University of Texas at Austin

Solar Steer

Solar Vehicles Team

University of Texas at El Paso

 

Solraycers

University of Toronto

Blue Sky

Blue Sky Solar Racing

University of Toulouse

Heliotrope

Heliotrope Solar Car Team

University of Utah 

 

Vehicle Design Team Utah

University of Virginia

 

UVa Solar Car Team

University of Waterloo

Midnight Sun VIII

Midnight Sun Solar Race Team

University of Western Ontario

Sunstang

Sunstang USP Solar Car Team

USP Solar Car Team

USP Solar Car Team

Western Michigan University

Sunseeker 05

W Michigan Solar Car Team

Yale University

The John Lee

Team Lux

 

 

 

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Ashiya University's Sky Ace TIGA charging

 

 

 

SOLAR CAR EVENTS

 

 

American Solar Challenge

American Tour de Sol

American World Solar Challenge - Formula Sun          

Australian World Solar Challenge

Canadian Solar Discovery Challenge

Dream Cup Solar Car Race Suzuka 2003 - Japan

Japanese World Solar Car Rallye

North American Solar Challenge

Phaethon 2004

Solar Express - Solar Bike Race

Sunrayce

SunRace 2003 - Australia

World Solar Car Rally - Japan

World Solar Rallye - Japan

 

 

 

 

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1. Chassis - and seating

2. Mechanics - suspension, steering, brakes

3. Motor and drive train

4. Motor controller

5. Solar Array - usually part of body

6. Batteries or fuel cells

7. Electrical System - and instruments

8. Driver Controls - switches, lighting, etc

9. Bodywork - Screen, etc

 

 

 

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