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sourabh k
09-01-2012, 12:47 AM
This is first ever attempt of hybird monocoque by Indian supra team which gone run on BIC Noida. Hybrid Monocoque (https://www.facebook.com/team.acceleracers) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=434258693293477&set=a.340395559346458.89653.215036018549080&type=1&theater

Saurabh Jain
09-10-2012, 12:18 AM
Team Acceleracers, MIT Pune car for Supra SAE India 2012. https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/557522_4192543646306_133363678_n.jpg

Jon Burford
09-10-2012, 01:00 AM
Congratulations, how much does the car weigh?

sarim
11-03-2012, 08:27 PM
I dont know man, there is something wrong about your car...

Jon Burford
11-04-2012, 03:19 AM
Thanks,
There is a lot wrong with our car!

Saurabh Jain
11-22-2012, 07:05 AM
@Jon.
Sorry for replying so late... http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
The car weighed 404 kg (with driver,pushbar and extinguisher). Thats the way they weigh in India.. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif
I know its still too much, but we are learning and improvising. You can expect still lighter and better car next year.
Thanks.

@Sarim
We do know there were some shortcomings in the car.
We are improvising on those issues.
Thanks anyways.

Saurabh Jain,
Team Acceleracers,
MIT Pune.

SteveHarasym
11-22-2012, 08:28 AM
Originally posted by Saurabh Jain:
@Jon.
Sorry for replying so late... http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
The car weighed 404 kg (with driver,pushbar and extinguisher). Thats the way they weigh in India.. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif
I know its still too much, but we are learning and improvising. You can expect still lighter and better car next year.
Thanks.

@Sarim
We do know there were some shortcomings in the car.
We are improvising on those issues.
Thanks anyways.


I notice that you said you are/were "improvising" to make your car better in the aspects you have stated. Instead of improvising, shouldn't you be planning and engineering a solution to your problems instead of a sort of "guess and check" approach?

Also, to decrease weight, I'd probably start with that seat. No driver should ever need to be that comfortable http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Saurabh Jain
11-22-2012, 09:38 AM
@Steve
I never said that we are guessing and checking.
By 'improvising ' I indeed meant looking for engineering solutions as you rightly said.
Yup seat is surely the area of improvement.. Apart from that many other flaws have been realised and efforts are being made to bring out a better car next year.
Thank you.

Jon Burford
11-22-2012, 09:46 AM
@Saurabh
What rules are you designing too?

Saurabh Jain
11-22-2012, 10:19 PM
@Jon

I am an alumni now!
Last year we designed for the Supra SAE India rules.

But current team is designing on the lines of international rules.
More important than that, they are concentrating on the basic mistakes which Indian teams have been making (we too.. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif) and efforts are being made to make a better car acceptable to international judges.