Topic: DB #0010 - 2008 Hydrogen-Fueled Formula Student Car by University of Hertfordshire

[bubenator]

What is this?  What's going on here?  Who built it?  What's the significance?
The more details the better!

[bubenator]

Time for an Expert opinion!

[D-type]

Anything to do with nitrous oxide?

[bubenator]

Nope.
Even more interesting!

[Zerk]

Stored compressed air experiment?

[bubenator]

No, not compressed air.

[targhediferro]

Hydrogen?

[bubenator]

Yes!
But where?
This might take some research.  IMHO that's the fun part of this whole ordeal - learning the stories behind the storied contraptions.

[bubenator]

Let's see if any of the Professionals are interested in shedding some light on this.
On the other hand, maybe this is a little too far outside the mainstream puzzle here.
That being said, my first puzzle to make it this far.

[RayTheRat]

Well, I found a photo of it, but the link associated with it was dead.  But it's called (in the article I found) a hydrogen-powered race car.  Pretty obvious.  Looks like a DOHC 1 or 2 cylinder motor at the back of a small, pseudo-formula car.

[WayneB]

It says here it is a Formula Student 2008 Entrant , built by Hertfordshire University.

Powered by a Hydrogen fueled Yamaha WR 250 engine.

You can give the point to Ray, I was just interested in finding out what it was.

[RayTheRat]

I think you deserve the point, Wayne.  You got the name.  I couldn't find it.

[WayneB]

I think bubenator has forgotton about this one.........

[bubenator]

I didn't really forget about it.  Occasionally life requires attention beyond the lovely walls of this...um...forum.

That being said, I think WayneB has this one solved.
This is the Hertfordshire Formula Student car with the first hydrogen-fueled entry back in 2008.

Just for the fun of it, the Delft University team is campaigning some of the first hydrogen fuel-celled entrants in FS.
It's a fascinating read.

[RayTheRat]