An Achievement by Rüzgâr Enerjileri Kulübü

Racing Aeolus, which is the 3^rd greatest activity in the area of Renewable Energy and held in the Netherlands, was attended with 9 vehicles by 8 teams from the countries such as Canada, Germany, Denmark, England and the Netherlands. Rüzgâr Enerjileri Kulübü (REK) of Yıldız Technical University achieved %70,64 efficiency, which is the 5^th best efficiency in the contest, in the Racing Aeolus Contest, where REK was the only team from Turkey. The team’s %38 last year performance doubled resulting in the highest rate of efficiency in the history of teams taking part in the contest from Turkey.

REK18, which weighs 120 kg, yielded a wind speed of 9 m/s with a propeller revolution per minute of 1160.

Rüzgâr Enerjileri Kulübü made the designs of the REK18’s body, chassis, transmission, wing and diffusor along with the efforts by the team members.