News

April, 2007 - Lake tests continued.
March, 2007 - Lake tests of Nusrat began. Maneuvrability is increased by interceptor installation. Electrical sysytem is improved.
February, 2007 - Nusrat is at her new home, Electrical Machines Laboratory in the Electrical and Electronics Faculty of ITU.
January, 2007 - Motor driver circuit tests are performed. With a high frequency AD converter, measurements are taken at keypoints of the driver circuit and data are saved digitally. The stored data covers voltage across FM600TU-07A type mosfet , battery voltage at various sampling rates. The tests are performed on LMC 200-3127 and PMG 132 DC brush machines. Four different situations were observed: In the first two tests both machines were coupled and terminals were interchanged letting one machine work as generator the other as motor and vice versa. In last two test each motor worked stand alone.
January 25, 2006 - Telemetry system of Nusrat is ready.
January 25, 2006 - Nusrat's composite production is finalized and got ready for installation.
January 22, 2006 - Nusrat's choice for endurance was Lynch DC electrical motor, which was exported by the company Delta Marine and delivered to us.
January 20, 2006 - Nusrat's drivetrain bearings were sponsored by Gümüşel Rulman.
December 15, 2005 - ITU Newspaper ARIyorum made an interview of ITU Solar Boat Team, Ekber Onuk and Barış Gümüşlüoğlu from Yonca-Onuk Shipyard.
December 12, 2005 - Nusrat's sprint and slalom drivetrain design is finished and production began immidiately afterwards.
November 20, 2005 - Turkey's leading naval design and engineering company Delta Marine took its place among the sponsors of ITU Solar Boat Team.
October 1, 2005 - Forbes-Turkey published the interview about ITU Solar Boat Team in the october issue.
September 16, 2005 - Nusrat's propeller design for the sprint and endurance configurations was made through the support of Rolla SP Propellers.
September 1, 2005 -Nusrat's banner (Türkiye'nin İlk Güneş Teknesi Nusrat), took its place in the official MSI (Military Science and Intelligence Journal) website intro page.
August 20, 2005 - The producer of the main parts of our telemetry system, UKS Electronic and Telecommunication Company donated our team wavelink-24 type modems.
August 13, 2005 - Resistance tests are finished in Yonca-Onuk AO Shipyard, Tuzla by morning. Speed was measured by GPS. Thrust measurement was made via the Strain Indicator and LoadCell. With the electronic weighing scale, static and dynamic trims are measured. Water movement of bow and stern and rooster tail characteristics of stern are recorded.
July 16, 2005 - Sprint motor tests are finished in Femsan DC Electric Motor Fabric

About The Project

The first Turkish Solar Boat "NUSRAT" was designed and built by Istanbul Technical University students under the engineering supervision of Yonca-Onuk Shipyard. In summer 2007, Nusrat is going to compete in Solar Splash - The World Championship of Intercollegiate Solar Boating.

Solar Splash is the World Championship of Solar/Electic boating. It is an international intercollegiate competition that takes place over five days. Technical Inspections are done on the first day, and the remainder of the time is occupied by five on-the-water competitive events. Points are earned in 7 categories starting with Technical reports that are submitted at the beginning of May. On-site competitions include Visual Displays and Workmanship. On-the-water events begin with a Sprint and a Maneuverability qualifier. This is followed by an event called the Solar Slalom, which is a combination of speed and maneuverability. The final days are spent in the Sprint and Endurance events.

ITU Solar Boat Team consists of 6 students from naval architecture, electric and mechanical engineering faculties. ITU Solar Boat Nusrat is built to achieve maximum efficiency, speed and maneuvrability.