Definition of flat for C and D is 1 inch vertical deviation in the longitudinal direction of the car. 45% of the wheelbase must be flat to the above definition, but there is no limit to the...
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Type: Posts; User: 2BWise
Definition of flat for C and D is 1 inch vertical deviation in the longitudinal direction of the car. 45% of the wheelbase must be flat to the above definition, but there is no limit to the...
I drove an fsae car up to about 115 on a drag strip and the front got very light. Unless you've got an aero car I would expect the limiting factor to be stability purely based on drag. If you truly...
That's still a sore subject for the Cincy team that was competing that year. I have sympathy for Helsinki. Its very disappointing to get pulled seemingly randomly.
Any top autox/design...
There have been a lot of racecars built for other classes and series that don't have significant fade issues that are near the size and dynamic capabilities of FSAE. Research what they've run and...
What does the driver do in a spin? If the car isn't pointed forward he can't steer away from impending doom.
They did. It was very interesting and I don't know if they ever fully proved the concept, although I do know the car is close to being back together for the end of this summer. Maybe soon they'll...
Good luck with the dynamic events. Looks like weather has turned around just in time. I'm going to have to come check out the festivities tomorrow.
To measure wheel pressures add a tee between the caliper and brake line and run a pressure transducer off the third branch. Or splice the line at the most convenient point and add a tee. You could...
A lot of good information here. Similar to powerhop, brakehop occurs when you reach the resonant frequency of all the components in the driveline. The total stiffness of the entire driveline...
Why not use both? There are limitations to using solely wheel speed and solely accel and you can create situations to "trick" the controller. You can integrate them together for plausibility for a...
Two years in a row then for 4 cyl at VIR. Cincy won fuel economy in '08. It was a bit of a fluke though. The 12V supply wire to the shifter wore through leaving us in 1st. Apparently at partial...
Congrats guys!
The .001 finish is unbelievable. Talk about a disappointing 2nd place finish, losing by a nose, literally.
Maybe some time in the near future I'll be able to make it out there.
Are you using full ABS in all braking zones?This is the only way I can see this being an ABS related issue and like the others it sounds as though this is related to the base brakes. With that said...
Not quite sure about rather being sleep deprived and depressed, but I do miss all the time spent working on the car. It seems like I've got too much free time anymore.
I will be at MIS though on...
I can highly recommend this for a team that needs transport and is relatively close. This worked out very well for us and more than fair as far as pricing. Adam was great to work with and the...
I think there may have been an issue with the cal on the scales at MIS. We were 449 lbs in VIR, removed a little weight, but were 434 lbs at MIS. We did not remove that much. By Cali we were 447...
There shouldn't have to be shellshock. Last year the judges warned about the 1" rule and first thing at MIS they were checking cars before they reached the line. This didn't happen at Cali. I sat...
Some things are not black and white, and application of penalties must be tempered by judgement.
SAE convened a panel of experienced and impartial (our teams didn't finish endurance) faculty...