2 x base plate
6 x long frame
6 x short frame
8 x short rod
6 x long rod
4 x large gear wheel
4 x medium gear wheel
10 x small gear wheel
4 x small sprocket wheel
4 x medium sprocket wheel
4 x large sprocket wheel
1 x large pulley wheel
1 x medium pulley wheel
1 x small pulley wheel
4 x tire wheels
5 x long axle shaft
2 x medium axle shaft
5 x short axle shaft
1 x engine shaft
1 x black cable
1 x red cable
1 x battery holder
1 x solar panel
1 x solar engine
5 x shaft plug
28 x anchor pin
2 x attachment plates
1 x crane hook
with spool
and cord
200 x chain link
1 x anchor pin lever
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For some of the experiments, you will also need:
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1.5-V AA battery
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various lamps in the house, especially a desk
lamp with at least 75 Watts of illumination
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1 sheet of tracing paper or transparent wax
paper
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even surface (e.g. tabletop or pavement)
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uneven surface (e.g. gravel path or lawn sur-
face)
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large, smooth, solid piece of cardboard (e.g.
back of a pad of 8 1/2 x 11-inch drawing or
writing paper)
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chunks of brick or rocks for a payload
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kitchen or postal scale
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small piece of cardboard (approx. 8 x 11 cm)
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Contents List
Tips and Tricks for Model Building and Experiments. . . 4
Follow the Instructions Closely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About Connecting Frames and Rods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About Wheels and Pulleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
About Mounting Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Understanding the Sun and Solar Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Sun’s Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Solar Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Where Does Our Energy Come From? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
History of the Solar Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
How Does a Solar Cell Work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Powering an Engine with the Energy of the Sun . . . . . . . 8
The Solar Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Your New Solar Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Little Shadows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Artificial Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Artificial Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Artificial Sun’s Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Ambient Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Reverse Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switching the Solar Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Your First Solar Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Solar Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Under the Artificial Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Driving in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
A Drive in the Sunshine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
A Drive on Bumpy Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
A Downhill Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
An Uphill Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Driving with the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Your Engine’s Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Load and Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Conversion to a Transport Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adding a Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Maximum Payload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Transporting a Load Uphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Weight and Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The Purpose of Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Drive Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Too Tight or Too Loose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Caterpillar Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Driving Over an Obstacle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Driving Over Uneven Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Large Platform Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Your Solar Car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Truck with Large Cargo Bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Large Drawbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
“Iron Annie” Airplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Windmill with Wind Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Mobile Crane Car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heavy Duty Construction Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Designing Your Own Solar Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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