Eckart Hettlage // Consulting Engineer

Visitors of this years Eurobike exhibition in Friedrichshafen (Germany) might catch a glimpse of the latest application of the HettlageVariator. The Japanese manufacturer Sunstar Engineering Inc. is displaying a bicycle equipped with their ibike pedelec motor using the HettlageVariator for transmission.

The Eurobike is one of the largest international bicycle exhibitions and is held this year for the 20th time. It will end on Saturday, 3rd of September. On the last day the exhibition is open for private visitors.

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Finally the photos taken at the Wind Turbine Race 2010 in Stauning, Denmark are online. Please click here to view the slide show »
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The last day of the Wind Turbine Race at Stauning air field is already four days ago and it is time to report about the exciting events of this Sunday. Finally the wind had picked up. But at the same time the sun of Saturday was gone and instead it rained. These were not the best conditions for the race either. Read more …

[UPDATE]: The scores shown here were not used to determine the winners of the race, since Sunday brought wind velocities above 5 m/s.

The organizing team of the race has provided us the scores of today’s race. We are posting them here although the results of today’s and yesterday’s runs might not be counted in the final evaluation since the rules of competition require a minimum wind velocity of 5 m/s. Read more …

Now the second day of racing is ending. The wind today let the teams down again although the average wind velocity was slightly higher than yesterday. All teams were able to race their cars twice against other teams with three cars in every heat. Read more …

Our third day at the site of the Wind Turbine Race has begun. Most teams have spent many hours last night to make adjustments and fine ups on their vehicles. Obviously no-one was much too satisfied with yesterday’s race. But this seems to be more due to the unfavourable wind conditions. Read more …

The first day of racing at Stauning airfield is ending and it is time to sum up the events of the day. Unfortunately the wind really let us down today: The highest velocity the InVentus team measured during the race was around 4 m/s. So the heats today turned out to look like a race of slugs. Read more …

The first day of the race has just started and it is already pretty busy at Stauning airfield. The teams have set their vehicles for display in the hangar of the Danish aviation museum. While preparations for the first test runs are carrying on it is time to give a quick over the teams participating in this year’s race. Read more …

An exciting day at Stauning (Denmark) is ending. Eckart Hettlage is visiting the site of this years Wind Turbine Race to support the InVentus team of the University of Stuttgart. Read more …