REPORT ON THE 1ST TECHNO RALLY OF SMALL MODEL CARS DRIVEN BY STIRLING ENGINES

摘要

The first speed contest of model cars driven by hand made Stirling engines was held in summer of 1997 in Tokyo under the name of The First Stirling Techno Rally sponsored by JSME and others, The body of cars should be smaller than 60 cm in length and 30 cm in width to fit the test course and Stirling engines should be non pressurized hot air engine fueled by gas or solid fuel. On the race day, 103 cars were gathered from high schools, universities and companies, and the contest was success full in both technical and educational purposes. The top speed record was 4.25 second for 13 m run. In this paper, the details of, this contest are reported. The second techno rally will be held in November, 1998 at Honda's sub car test course.