Spirit of Amsterdam 2

The Spirit of Amsterdam 2 is the second vehicle built by the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. It uses a wind turbine to capture the wind velocity and uses mechanical power to propel the vehicle against the wind. This vehicle is capable of driving 6.6 meters per second with a 10 meter per second wind.
Next to its reduced weight, the main advantage is the onboard computer with its sophisticated control system. This specially designed computer is capable of automatically shifting gear in a fraction of a second, and by this the gears are always shifted to their most efficient position.

Vehicle

Configuration: Three Wheeler
Length: 2,5 meter
Width: 1,9 meter
Height 3,4 meter
Drive train: Mechanical
Rotor break system: Single disc brake
Vehicle break system: 70mm drum brake
Transmission: Full automatic transmission with redundant semi-automatic transmission
Material chassis: Aluminum and carbon fiber
Material body: Fiberglass and carbon fiber

Turbine

Turbine type:  Diffuser wind turbine (Donqi)
Diffuser length:  1 meter
Diffuser diameter:  2 meter
Rotor area: 1,77m2
Material: Carbon fiber and fiberglass
Amount of blades: 3 / 4 / 5

Drive-by-wire system in 2011

Processing unit: 3x NXP microcontrollers (Mbed)
Datalogging: onboard filesystem 
Sensors: 1x Wind sensor
2x RPM sensors
Actuators: 
 2x gear shifting
2x clutch
Display: 2x LCD character display

Drive-by-wire system in 2010

Processing unit: 9x Atmel microcontrollers
Datalogging: Sd card
Sensors: 1x Wind sensor
2x RPM sensors
Actuators:
2x gear shifting
2x clutch
Display: 2x LCD character display