Photos: WSC 1999 with Rolla - Qualifiers - Day 2 of 2 - Part 8 of 17

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The last qualification test, passing a road train in the opposite direction. A road train was a tractor pulling two or three trailers. These were common on Stuart highway. The purpose of this test was to make sure the solar car remained stable in the buffeting wind of the road train when the solar car passed the road train traveling in the opposite direction.

Rolla began the test

Passed

Photos by Adrian Silveanu

Photos: WSC 1999 with Rolla - Starting Day - Part 9 of 17

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Rolla (USA)

Helios (France)

The start of the 1999 World Solar Challenge

Photos by Adrian Silveanu

Photos: WSC 1999 with Rolla - End of the first day - Part 10 of 17

End of day charging

Some of us slept on top of the truck to avoid the bitting bugs. Throughout the night the passing road trains sounded like rolling thunder.

Photos by Adrian Silveanu

Photos: WSC 1999 with Rolla - Day 2 - Part 11 of 17

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Rolla charging in the morning

Water buffalo at a roadhouse

WSC control stop - solar cars and military vehicles

Junkyard

South Bank University

University of Waterloo at the end of the day

University of Minnesota at the end of the day

A Japanese solar car team (ID?) at the end of the day

Aoyama Gakuin

Rolla at the end of the day with Aoyama Gakuin just down the road

Rolla at the end of the day with University of Minnesota just up the road

Holy end of the day

A sunset in the Outback

Photos by Adrian Silveanu

Photos: WSC 1999 with Rolla - Day 3 - Part 12 of 17

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Solar Motions next morning

Aoyama Gakuin

At a WSC control stop. Front to back: Rolla, a Japanese team (ID?), Minnesota and Waterloo

An Emu at a roadhouse

Rolla in the Outback

Waterloo passing Rolla

Waterloo

University of New South Wales

Photos by Adrian Silveanu

Photos: WSC 1999 with Rolla - At a roadhouse - Part 13 of 17

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Australia has Kangaroos, Emus and Geese:









Photos by Adrian Silveanu

Document: WSC 1999 Brochure

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