1999-2001 Solar Motorsports Team Presents

Acala

The Acala (Japapanese god of fire) utilizes the same carbon fiber shell as the Papillon. This has allowed the team to put more effort into the development of the chassis, array and electrical system than ever before. The car is covered with 2640 GaAs solar cells that are more efficient than any previously used. The car is over 100lbs lighter than the Papillon. The Acala was the first car to qualify at Topeka, Kansas for the 2001 American Solar Challenge.

Specifications

10 hp New Generation in-hub
Carbon Fiber (prepreg)
Divinyl Cell
Carbon Fiber
Chrome-moly tubular space frame
700 lbs
NGM Aluminum
Custom Retractable
4-wheel independent
8 meter square Gallium-Arsenide
6 Nickel Metal Hydride (60 lbs)
American Solar Challenge '01

Members

Team Manager: Jason Palemnberg
Chief Engineer: Mark Ellis
Logistics Officer: Jeremy Shinn
Fundraising Officer: Kyle Miller
Treasurer: R.J. Lynn
Advertising Officer: Everett Gray
Computer Information Manager: Ashok Zachariah
Craig Robson
Marcos Trejo
Jeremy Shinn
Chief Mechanical Engineer: R.J. Lynn
Chassis/Suspension Engineer: Scott Malone
Brake Engineer: Filiberto Garcia
Welding Engineer: Frank Jurica
Body Engineer: Dwight Juttemeyer
Justin Lopez (Finan), Travis Vice, Marco Guerra, Matt Burgess, Michelle Wildie, Nick Cleveland, Clinton Fatter, Mark Deike, Kenneth Kennedy, Robert Eichenlaub, Aldrich Varilla, Blair Jones, Caleb Green, Darryl Russi, Enrique Ventura, Brad Baynes, Zemmy Boyd, Shawn Reeder
Chief Electrical Engineer: John Wisinger
Gages Engineer: Andrew Bose
Solar Array Engineer: Brian Ernzen
Battery Engineer: Shannon Balch
Justin Lopez (Finan), Travis Vice, Marco Guerra, Matt Burgess, Michelle Wildie, Nick Cleveland, Clinton Fatter, Mark Deike, Kenneth Kennedy, Robert Eichenlaub, Aldrich Varilla, Blair Jones, Caleb Green, Darryl Russi, Enrique Ventura, Brad Baynes, Zemmy Boyd, Shawn Reeder
James McCleery, Ryan Vance, Elliot Folkerts, Anthony Vasser, Sampath Samarasinghe, Brian Correll, Dan Fulls, William Peterson, Kandice Kreamer, Elizabeth Orloff, Shinda Daniels, Cullen Sabbs, Joel Schmitz, Paul Sannino, Laura Smiley, Tri Nguyen, Joanna Marquez, Ben Johnson, Mettis Andreas, Vanessa Spencer, Russell Svetlik, Gibu Philip, Robert Duong, Michael Mertes