It is quite common that suppliers don't give you detailed CAD models including the internals of their System. That is their know how and they don't want to make others able to produce the same parts....
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It is quite common that suppliers don't give you detailed CAD models including the internals of their System. That is their know how and they don't want to make others able to produce the same parts....
Good to hear, the Aus Comp is back on track. I knew that there were some Troubles, but I had no idea that it was that bad. Hopefully it can further recover. An end of this competition would probably...
First of all congratulations for bringing a car to the Event which got all Stickers and was able to start Endurance. That's much more than a lot of rookie Teams achieve.
As the others already...
That makes it even more pointless to run it in a three year cylce, as there is no work to do for getting the car running at all...
In Formula Student driverless the Task is actually very similar....
In my opinion a three year cycle cannot make sense for any Student competition. It's the essence of FSAE that every Team member experiences the entire cycle from the early concept Phase until the...
The rules are not giving any room for tolerances in this case. The Minimum requirements have to be met - that's it. Therefore you Need to check the tubes you bought before welding them into your...
If you reduce the ground clearance by reducing the ride height and leaving everything else as it is, obviously the CG will drop by nearly the same amount as you lower the Chassis (a bit less as the...
In theory it would be a good Thing to have the design Event after all Dynamic Events. This would give the judges the possibility to observe the cars on track and later discuss what they observed with...
The red member in the first Picture is not defined in the rules. Therefore you don't Need any Support to be rules compliant. But if you want to add an engine Mount as in the second Picture you should...
After quite some time finally an interesting discussion again :)
Like most here I don't see any need to Change rules to achieve a higher finisher rate. In my opinion the reason for most failures...
In my opinion it is indeed the case that with the increasing number of competitions in Europe that you can see it as a market of Events with the Teams as customers. Back when I was a Team member...
Just read the rules. The IA has to be tested with a vehicle weight of 300kg, regardless of the actual weight of the vehicle. One might argue that this does not make much sense. But it's clearly what...
I think the last year that tire was made was in 2009. Since then Hoosier only made R25B. Even if you find such a tire, I don't think it still matches the tire data.
Oh, and asking for illegal...
Having some experience with fire supression systems in professional motorsport, I can only second that the implementation in a Formula SAE car is not that easy and does not give that much additional...
That's pretty much the question which I'm also wondering about. Brazil is an event which is part of the official SAE series. The SAE should really think about reviewing the events which they let...
First of all, I'm not the one who is making any decisions. I give my opinions about stuff and I'm contributing to the content of those new rules.
If there are errors or inconsistencies you are...
I'll talk with the others about this as I cannot tell if everyone involved is comfortable in making it public that he/she is involved. For myself I can say, I have no problem to let everyone know...
The question here is what you want to achieve. This is supposed to be a design competition. If you give fixed max. height, length and width measures for wings, you don't have to think about it...
Thanks for the feedback first of all. I've been deeply involved in the rewriting of the rules. The idea was to generate a shorter more precise and understandable and better organised document than...
The problem is that it is quite hard to measure what the actual wheel travel of a car is. Especially if the team is using very stiff springs. The method I know from the European competition is that...
Having been at an Indian competition myself, I know pretty well, what Claude is talking about. Most Indian students are only looking for someone telling them what to do and at some point you just get...
Have you at least tried to calculate the ratios yourself? If you try to take the easy way and just ask on this forum without putting any effort in the issue yourself, don't expect to get proper...
Hi Mohamed,
First of all I'd advise you to read the complete thread "Reasoning your way through the FSAE design process" which is sticked to the top of this forum. It was started by Geoff Pearson...
If I understand the picture correctly Autocross and Endurance were run in opposite directions therefore there were the different run-off areas right? If it would be too much of an issue to move the...
Using tire walls as track marks for FSAE cars is grossly negligent in my opinion. The cars don't have a proper safety concept for impacts. Especially if the front suspension hits a tire wall (very...