2026 Tasmanian Model Solar Car and Boat Kit Instructions and Other Resources
Updated versions of this year’s car and boat kit instructions can now be downloaded below. There are also some additional files to help you with your solar panel wiring, boat design as well as an Excel-based solar car simulator to experiment with. Please contact us if you’re after a new kit or would like any other assistance including some advice on what solar panel to use.
2026 Tasmanian Model Solar Car Kit Instructions
2026 Tasmanian Model Solar Boat Kit Instructions
Series and parallel solar panel wiring
If you’d like to check out the first of a series of posts to help you with this year’s car and boat design then head on over to the following:
Post 1 – Key competition rules for 2026
Post 2 – Solar car 2026 – Prism dimensions and aerodynamic impact
The following simulator is also a great tool for car teams to see how different car weights, air drag coefficients, rolling resistance, etc affect race times. If you’d like a bit more information on how it works then please see the documentation below. The second pdf includes some examples of cars that have had their drag coefficients measured in a wind tunnel.
Solar Car Simulator Overview – How it works
Simulator Instructions and Coefficients
Perhaps some additional car information to help you can be found at the link below. You may find some of this useful but bear in mind that the page is from several years ago and some things are no longer relevant to this year’s rules.
www.tassolarchallenge.org/car-help/
And if anyone wants some additional info on solar car motors and go over a few basic calculations then they can check out this page: