Flying Through Scrutineering


Featured, General, Texas

The RAHS Green Energy just soared through all six scrutineering stations in one day. We hit station one — the mechanical/structural station — first thing in the morning and passed with flying colors. Although it was a bit nerve-wracking, seeing the judges gather around to look at our car was very exciting. But the work […]

July 18, 2021

New Year, New Team


Featured, General

Riding high off of our previous win at the Texas Motor Speedway, the next generation of RAHS Green Energy Team members are geared up and eager to kick off the new year! We’ve grown since last year. Twelve new excited members have joined the team, ready to apply their interests in a variety of different sub-teams: […]

November 6, 2019

Laying out the “Mockpit”


Aerodynamics, Featured, Structures

For the past two weeks, we have been working day and night on our first “mock-pit” design for the solar car. The frame is assembled out of our scrap metal and plywood sheets, the bars connected together with plywood gussets. Our most daunting challenge is that we have to ensure the driver can get out […]

October 10, 2019

New member of the team


General

Since joining RAHS, I have always been fascinated by the Solar Car Team. Since joining, I have had so much fun, I know I made the right decision. Instead of making models or basic design, we are making a real car that you could drive and and make yourself, this idea is so cool to […]

December 20, 2018