I'm surprised it isn't done more often. Start simple, make that good, then make it complicated. Crazy to do it the other way...
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I'm surprised it isn't done more often. Start simple, make that good, then make it complicated. Crazy to do it the other way...
Probably could cover it with a flat plate. Picture is a bit small to see if anything 'structural' is there but if comp is a couple of month away I would use that as a backup plan. Do you have the...
Can it be welded? how is it damaged?
He did in his first post, could have included a little more info (course/discipline etc) but the basics are there.
CarbonTub, have you a photo of the diff/engine/chain area?
That's not the best way to measure chain stretch.
Determine the allowable stretch per link (commonly documented as for 10 links)
work out the total change in chain length from new to the disposal limit.
Ensure you have enough adjustment range...
Check the alignment (offset and twist) of the two sprockets, that could account for higher wear.
Otherwise, some stretch is normal, have you designed an adjustment mechanism/tensioner?
I'm sure that I am not the only engineer that has been able to learn things by driving the car or an older car and applying that experience to their new design decisions. Being able to feel the...
Could the use of out-of-phase joints be beneficial if the team desired non-linear steering...
Have you got data from the skidpad event? Or some cornering with relatively steady throttle?
The lack of air-oil separator/cyclone is probably the biggest problem here, if air/foam gets into the oil, you will have pretty ordinary oil pressure/flow. That and baffle design allowing starvation...
Hope comp is going well! I'm stuck on the other side of the country... Does anyone have a bunch of photos they would like to share? The more technical and less artsy the better, maybe even suspension...
Where is the bulk of that heat going whilst they are still driving around?
The suits were designed for the purpose of protecting people from fire. I wouldn't expect less from them really. Triple...
Drivers wear triple layer suits and fire retardant balaclavas, adding (and becoming reliant on) another system to put the fire out isn't warranted IMO. Marshalls have extinguishers and belt cutters,...
I've ridden the 675 on track (I race on an R6) and the engine has immense torque and it feels very smooth, If I had my time again, I would certainly be looking at that engine a bit harder.
I'm quite sure the rules don't mention anything about being "independent". Has the rule recently been changed?
You don't have to use the entire 2 inches, nothing is stopping people running super stiff springs and driving it like a kart. We ran something like 100mm of bump travel on our aerobeam cars just to...
But why is it cheaper? There isn't as much 'lost income' time in FSAE...
UWAM have stuck thermocouples inside their pads around the 2005 era (before my time) They were used on a lathe (brake dyno) and then on a car to verify a few things, as I understood, they worked, but...
If you want to get fancy, why not bolt a small bracket to the ground, tether the cones to that, pull a string and bam, cone is back in the right spot. :P
Jokes aside, the marshals have done well...
Whilst Adams numbers may be out, I think there is definitely a point at which you have sufficient monetary support to no longer worry about sourcing and funding aspects of the project and them focus...
Lay some carbon/fibreglass around the bead, if you can spend the time to do a nice job it works well, as Z said, silicone is pretty good too, makes changing the tyre a paint though
Alternatively, like any engineer should do after identifying a potentially dangerous situation, is analysis their design, proof test and rate their rim, UWAM tested to failure a few of the earlier...
Too be fair they are all pretty petty reasons.
- one more thing to remove, its not different from other bodywork, its up to the team to remove anyway, not a big job.
-we made ours a few years ago...
Food for thought, a recent uwam car essentially took the "prescribed" minimum chassis and built that, as we didn't have a huge need for the torsional rigidity. I wasn't on the chassis team for that...