What are the goals of the car? I can see your choice being guided by what general type of car you want to design and how you want it to behave.
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Type: Posts; User: thewoundedsoldier
What are the goals of the car? I can see your choice being guided by what general type of car you want to design and how you want it to behave.
A vehicle simulation model/tracksim/points...
Just announced at the Formula-Hybrid awards ceremony that FSAE and Formula-Hybrid event organizers are planning to run an electic-only category for vehicles at FSAE-West (Lincoln) beginning in 2013. ...
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1999 F4. Kinda hard to see, but right under my girlfriend's tushy is our Formula-Hybrid team logo. For marketing...
Is the CSU formula-hybrid team on the chopping block as well?
I can ask our senior design professor to write a letter explaining why he feels the project fits within the scope of senior design...
Data Acq/display are best for an electronics team, engine wiring is probably best for the engine team.
I have found that EE's are generally much less reliable and much less willing to "dive in" to...
I have found that threatening legal action, or threatening to take the fight to the newspapers, works well when you are dealing with level-headed people. The problem is this Sedra guy obviously...
I don't mean to de-rail the thread, but...
I can tell you guys don't have the hardships I am talking about. In 2009-2010, I built our hybrid team from ground zero with absolutely zero school...
This comment implies that the school is in SOME WAY supportive of the team. I come from the type of university that has absolutely nothing to do with the vehicles until they want to put the hybrid...
Haha who remembers typing into those 9-digit keypads?? Man the iPhone sure makes life easier...
I can't wait to get a device with Swype on it.
I wouldn't mind it so much if the grammar wasn't as obnoxious. And what kind of a name is choco-ball?
At SJSU we have 24/7 access, with moderate paperwork. There are "shop techs" who are paid by the department to ensure both the safety of the students and the maintenance of the machines. We have...
There is nothing that the "I love boobs!" argument cannot solve.
Why do men get to make the decision on what is acceptable conduct for a woman?
This Sedra fellow sounds like a disgusting creature who needs to catch up with the freedom of thought that just...
Not getting to go to comp sucks, but DAMN...you guys have a pretty attractive woman on your team...
As a senior shop tech here at SJSU, I plan to print this out and post it next to every lathe we have.
I think that even the best trained machinists get in a rush sometimes, and a constant...
Think tricycle. Delta vs. Tadpole.
Take a few hours to go through RCVD and make a LLTD spreadsheet. It will answer a lot of your question.
I doubt it would be too detrimental. Formula student is all about compromises. Your car will still be driveable.
Out of curiosity, what is your mechanical trail like? If you keep the trail...
Loads will only react to suspension components if the tire maintains grip. If you ask one single tire to react all vehicle dynamic forces, it is going to slip. This means your suspension components...
Hehe, I would never try to impose my opinions on another! Maybe...
How about if instead I say that my original post agrees with you? Is that better?
I never tried to say that you can't use...
Of course. Baja seems to be a good application for an outboard, subterranean IC (because they can place less emphasis on the importance of gaining negative camber in bump). I haven't seen it done...
So steering forces not withstanding, if an IC is outboard with respect to its own wheel, it will create a line intersecting with the tire contact patch which points downwards and towards the center...
I think you've come full circle to agree with my point. I was not suggesting that the two vehicle types should be represented only by the differences in mass and power. On the contrary, I am...
WinGeo is awesome for quickly finding all the deltas like that. Such a pain in the ass to do all the hand calcs, then slightly change a point, and have to start all over!
Side note: limiting...
Great post. I really like the way you put it when you say "always compare apples to apples". Building a simulation which truly and equitably compares a 150kg, single-cylinder car to a 180kg,...