Project Outline Our goal is to develop the world's fastest electric powered motorcycle and establish a world speed record (Land Speed Record) at an annual speed record competition, "Bonneville Speed Week" at Bonneville Salt Flats,,Wendover, Utah, U.S. We aim to win at the 2011 competition that will be held between August 13 and August 19. The electric motorcycle will be designed by a team of students at Tokyo Denki University. The team will be comprised of Tokyo Denki University students, its alumni, and faculty staffs, with support from various sponsor companies. Our Machine Estimated completion: May 2011 Exterior Study Model for CFD Analysis Feb 2011 Early Cray Model for Design Study Jan 2011 Early Exterior Design and Construction Nov 2010 Specifications: Maximum Speed Over 330km/h (Over 206mile/h) Vehicle Weight 310kg Driving Voltage 600V Maximum Power Over 240HP (177kW), Contious: Over 150HP (110kW) Frame Chrome-Molybdenum Tubular Frame Exterior Cowling Carbon FRP Team Members Project Leader / Chief Designer Gaku Yokota Undergraduate Student, 3rd Year Development Staff Undergraduate Student, 3rd Year Ryosuke Aiso Tomohiro Amano Yuhei Kajiyama Takuya Takahashi Hiroyuki Tanaka Hiroshi Morita Undergraduate Student, 4th Year Kosuke Matsushita Team Principal / Faculty Advisor / Rider Dr. Kazunori Kodaira Faculty staff / Assistant Faculty Advisor Genji Suzuki Faculty staff Electronics Systems Adviseor Takumi Kanamori 2009 Alumnus Website Design Shugo Kimura 2004 Alumnus Support Staffs Akira Niijima 2004 Alumnus Tetsuya Tomioka 2004 Alumnus Momoko Oka 2006 Alumna Contact For more information, regarding sponsorship, recruitment please contact us: TDU Land Speed Racing Project Team Tokyo Denki University Ishizaka, Hatoyama Hiki, Saitama 350-0394 Japan Phone +81-49-296-5779 Fax +81-49-296-6544 By email (click here)