Photos: WSC 1999 with Rolla - Qualifiers - Day 1 of 2 - Part 7 of 17

The qualifying process began.

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University of Waterloo (Canada)

University of Missouri - Rolla (USA)

Lake Tuggeranong College (Australia)

Jona Sun (Japan)

Their solar car was made of renewable and recyclable materials. The front nose of the car was made of Balsa wood. The top body (solar array) wasn't on the car.

Aoyama Gakuin (Japan)

Shiga SPD Polytech College (Japan)

Osaka Sangyo University (Japan)

Queen's University (Canada)

Tokai Shoyo High School (Japan)

Tamagawa Solar Challengers (Japan)

Solar Motions (USA)

A unique feature of this solar car were the vertical wings/sails. The team interpreted the rules to include wind as an indirect form of solar power. Their angle was adjustable from inside the solar car.

Aurora (Australia)

Southbank University of ESC (UK)

Helio Det (Germany)

A unique feature of this solar car was that the car can be disassembled and shipped in large suitcases.

Futura (Italy)

Dripstone High School (Australia)

Sunspeed Singapore Polytech (Singapore)

University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of Queensland (Australia)

University of Minnesota (USA)

Junkyard (Japan)
This solar car was the shortest in length and smallest solar car in this event.

University of Michigan (USA)

Kanazawa Institute of Technology (Japan)

Annesley College (Australia)

Southern Cross Catholic College (Australia)

Central Queensland University (Australia)

Club Solar Car (Denmark)

Kormilda College (Australia)

Winston Solar Car Team (USA)

A dragonfly

Newburgh Sol Machine (USA)

Solar Stealth (USA)

MIT (USA)

SA Solar Car Consortium (Australia)

Mannum High School (Australia)

This team's solar car turned out to be a little bit too long. So, in order to qualify, they sawed off the back end of their solar car.

Photos by Adrian Silveanu