Infinium is out of Tennant Creek

Posted Sun, 10/25/2009 - 9:50pm by Steven Durbin
Infinium has just left Tennant creek, 30 minutes behind Tokai and at least 30 minutes ahead of Nuon. The team is currently in the middle of a large dust storm, which is affecting the amount of energy the cells can generate. With every team affected by this storm, Infinium's large battery pack should help the team close the gap on Tokai!

Comments

Great blog! Thanks so much
by Loan Advance (not verified) - 10/27/2009 - 5:31pm
Great blog! Thanks so much for sharing. I really enjoyed reading it!
Go Team! Checking the blog
by Maggie Hayes (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 8:14am
Go Team! Checking the blog was the first thing I did when I got up. You're still holding strong, keep it up!
Nuna5 is still third in the
by Anonymous (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 7:51am
Nuna5 is still third in the race but is only 21km away from the team from Michigan. In tegenstelling tot gisteren heeft het Nuon Solar Team geen extra stops hoeven maken. Unlike yesterday, the Nuon Solar Team not having to make additional stops. However, there are still problems with the equipment of the solar car which Nuna5 12 minutes longer on the first stop control should remain. The systems that the amount of energy from the solar panel measuring giving incorrect values. This technical defect remains very difficult for Mission Control to the race strategy to calculate. Leader Tokai University in Japan has been a lead of 1 hour 15 minutes at the Delft students.
The Ford internal intranet
by Dean Wisniewski (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 7:40am
The Ford internal intranet has Infinium as one of the top stories, today. If you'd like to see how Ford is doing in the Eco Challenge, here are the links. http://twitter.com/FordAPA and http://facebook.com/FordFiesta
Aurora has come back to 12th
by Anonymous (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 7:08am
Aurora has come back to 12th and just 40 to 50km out of Tennant Creek. Still looking to win silicon class. Which would be a real challenge seeing they lost 5hrs....
Stanford says they're having
by TC Lambert (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 7:04am
Stanford says they're having trouble with their array. Only putting out 550 W yesterday. They slowed to 50 kph. Apparently some tracker circuitry blew up and they will try to fix it overnight.
Uh oh. We used their tracker
by Chris Hammond (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 9:32am
Uh oh. We used their tracker design for some of ours...
I really thought Michigan
by TC Lambert (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 6:58am
I really thought Michigan would have an advantage if the weather made teams slow down. But it seems like Michigan is slowing down while Nuon and Tokai have been able to keep their speeds up. Maybe they've drained their batteries more and we'll have more reserve for day 3.
http://translate.googleuserco
by Anonymous (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 6:48am
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://...
The caption says "Today
by TC Lambert (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 6:51am
The caption says "Today almost took over Michigan - had to fall back to save power. Will catch them tomorrow." That's from Team Nuon.
Weather for Alice Springs
by TC Lambert (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 6:46am
Weather for Alice Springs says hazy, high of 29 C (84 F), and breezy (20 kph = 12 mph). Sunny in Kulgera and Coober Pedy, the next 2 control stops. Still a little breeze, but maybe less than further north. Michigan needs to go about 700 km to reach Coober Pedy. Hopefully, they will end the next day well past Coober Pedy.
Keep up the great work!
by Steven Antalics (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 6:41am
Keep up the great work!
G'day. Looks like Tokai was
by TC Lambert (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 6:37am
G'day. Looks like Tokai was the only team to reach Alice Springs. Michigan and Nuon came up short. Michigan has lost ground, and Nuon is slowly gaining on them. Tokai actually made it to Alice Springs early enough to push on past it a little ways. Solar Team Twente, in 4th place, didn't reach Barrow Creek. MIT is about 50 minutes behind them, and Principia (the college with no school of engineering) is still 6th, about an hour behind MIT. Something must have happened to Stanford. They dropped to 9th, and haven't made it to Tennant Creek yet. Hey! It looks like Aurora 101 is back in the race! They made it to Dunmarra.
The Sydney Morning Herald
by Hafiz (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 6:22am
The Sydney Morning Herald writes that Tokai is 70km in front of us around 3 hours ago!
or rather, was
by Hafiz (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 6:23am
or rather, was
70 km is a pretty big lead at
by TC Lambert (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 6:48am
70 km is a pretty big lead at this point. They will soon enter the Southern Territory, where the speed limit is lower.
Video at Tennant
by hAl (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 5:00am
Video at Tennant creek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjA1RZvCxA0
Tokai left Alice Springs
by hAl (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 4:05am
Tokai left Alice Springs (1494 km) at 16:34
Keep your spirits up, there
by Chris Churchill (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 4:47am
Keep your spirits up, there are a number of things that can evaporate even a multiple-hour lead. The GPS coordinates from WSC show Nuon holding steady another 50km behind us, so keep up the high speeds!
I am pretty sure we are 50
by Steve and Alisha Cook (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 3:32am
I am pretty sure we are 50 kilometres North of Alice Springs
How is our position right
by Gabe Arroyo (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 2:29am
How is our position right now? From the board, which hasn’t changed in a while, it seems like Nuon and Tokai are keeping the same pace but we’re slowing down. The “live” coverage kinda sucks, and it’s getting annoying.
I agree....the live coverage
by Deeana Ijaz (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 3:24am
I agree....the live coverage is horrible!
Barrow Creek Control stop.
by hAl (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 2:29am
Barrow Creek Control stop. -- (1) Tokai 13:04 (2) Infinium 14:00 (3) Nuna 5 14:17 -- It looks like Tokai is increasing their lead a lot. Nuna is gaining on Infinium
Poor light conditions (like
by hAl (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 2:24am
Poor light conditions (like dust) are not good for solar concentrators.
Hi Supporters, are you all
by Steve and Alisha Cook (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 1:05am
Hi Supporters, are you all getting tired over there in the USA? I can confirm Infinium is about 10 miles south of Barrow Creek
And I can confirm the
by Taylor (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 2:26am
And I can confirm the tiredness. They'll be done in 35 minutes but I'm not going to stay awake that long. The WSC map isn't too enthralling, but it does indicate Infinium is close to Alice Springs as of an hour ago. Not about to judge the distance accurately right now, but I wouldn't be surprised if they made it by 5 local time.
Nice, is there any word on
by Anonymous (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 1:10am
Nice, is there any word on how far UofM is from Tokai or Nuon?
They have times up on the GGC
by Anonymous (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 1:12am
They have times up on the GGC website now, but they are the exact same numbers as at the last stop, so I'm assuming those are wrong.
It's too quiet! Any word on
by Jose (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 12:06am
It's too quiet! Any word on whether the team made it to Barrow Point yet?
They should be getting close.
by Pickles (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 12:08am
They should be getting close. Another 20 minutes or so i'd guess.
Stra-te-gy! Stra-te-gy! There
by Brian Ignaut (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 10:50pm
Stra-te-gy! Stra-te-gy! There isn't any other team out there whose better trained on the open road and in bad weather than we are. This is our time to shine!
Thinking of my son, on the
by Cheryl (not verified) - 10/26/2009 - 1:53am
Thinking of my son, on the team in Australia . . . love you Chris!
woo battery pack!! I'm sure
by Deeana Ijaz (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 10:34pm
woo battery pack!! I'm sure sponsors would love to hear this, I'll pass it on. Keep up the good work team! GO BLUE!
This is great! I'll be
by Gabe Arroyo (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 10:33pm
This is great! I'll be praying for us to catch Tokai today so we can extend our lead in the days to come. Go Blue!
Be careful out there in that
by dylan's aunt (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 10:29pm
Be careful out there in that nasty dust storm. Be safe and Go Blue, team. Luckily, I'm off tomorrow and I can stay up as long as I want. I wish I can see live show online instead looking at that boring real time map. Anyway, be safe.
I know exactly what you mean
by Gabe Arroyo (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 10:37pm
I know exactly what you mean about that map... Nuon's site is pretty good at giving up to date info on the race tho http://w.wsctube.com/
Nuon left Tennant Creek at
by dolamber - 10/25/2009 - 10:06pm
Nuon left Tennant Creek at 11:41, 27 minutes behind us.
The battery decision is
by Dave Masselink (dmass) (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 9:59pm
The battery decision is probably looking a lot better now with dust storms blotting out the sun. As always, way to go team. I'm excitedly anticipating each and every post and cheering my head off. Go Blue Go!
Go Blue!
by FN (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 9:59pm
Go Blue!
Glad to see a new update!
by Maggie Hayes (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 9:58pm
Glad to see a new update! Sounds like you're keeping Nuon at bay. Keep up the pace!
Keep going guys! Great run so
by Peter Balogh (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 9:53pm
Keep going guys! Great run so far!
Tokai's precious 30% solar
by Chris Hammond (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 9:53pm
Tokai's precious 30% solar cells can't help them now...
... I hope ...
by Chris Hammond (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 10:01pm
... I hope ...
Way to go team! Trust your
by Brian Ignaut (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 9:51pm
Way to go team! Trust your strategy and stick to your guns. You're almost half way there!
Go Go Go!
by Pickles (not verified) - 10/25/2009 - 9:51pm
Go Go Go!