If that was aimed at me, I am graduated and missing the pictures as much as you (maybe more?). I'm guessing the bulk of the team is still crammed in a van on their way home, so hopefully in a few...
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Type: Posts; User: Crispy
If that was aimed at me, I am graduated and missing the pictures as much as you (maybe more?). I'm guessing the bulk of the team is still crammed in a van on their way home, so hopefully in a few...
Are the results of one year that big of a deal? The Europeans have been doing quite well at the MIS design events for some time. You might even say dominating. I think it is a bit of a stretch to see...
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maybe?
If we are being pedantic, wouldn't we say that jacking forces will effect tire loading, because of the resulting movement of the CG?
Again, being pedantic, why won't the CG move?
Nice. I was thinking about doing something similar with google docs, but it looks like your sheet on skydrive is good to go! How about adding a column for weights?
I think you have it mostly right. The ranges will be different.
This can be attributed to yaw rate. For the same steady state lateral acceleration, yaw rate will be higher at low speeds, and...
Agreed, I think the fun would really start when the down(up?) force is double the car's weight.
So why precisely can't it be done? With a long enough tunnel it seems like you could make it happen. There is already a small scale proof of concept...
Thanks, I'll take you up on that if I'm there. I certainly support more inter-team activities at competition. Unfortunately, I may not make it to MIS this year, but I'll try.
I agree that I will probably never get that beer, but the odds are zero if the "beer certificate" is not issued in the first place, and what a great beer it will be if it does get redeemed...
There are two Penske 7800s. A very inconvenient naming choice...
Manuals for either can be easily found online.
Kaz Technologies 7800 (externally adjustable)
"Quarter Midget" 7800 (not...
I could be interpreting this wrong, but I don't believe you are allowed to make your own LiPo batteries for combustion cars.
The two sets without longitudinal coefficients are 10" tires. Vertical travel limitations of the tire testing machine prevented longitudinal testing of 10" tires in the early rounds. In order to...
The way I think about this issue is that under economy scoring, if two cars use the same volume of fuel, they will receive the same fuel score, even if one covers the distance much faster. The car...
I'm not a proper composites guy, but I believe we use a "High Performance Sealer" from Huntsman for Renshape tooling board.
I don't believe Lincoln had a wait list last year, only Michigan (link).
The results PDFs show how many teams drop out. (Edit: I was too slow, you already got it...)
We ran a single caliper on our diff in 2009 and 2010, and it did cause us a lot of headaches, most of which can be attributed to the caliper choice. The caliper was from a mountain bike (Hope Moto...
It seems like that would cause a lot of lag... http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Not quite...
I agree that forced induction should improve the performance (power/weight, efficiency) of the car and overall competition points, but at a large cost in resources (people, time,...
I think it is pretty clear that the electric starter is not there to power the car. In the cases were the starter has been used to cover the last few meters of an endurance, the team probably should...
Proper attribution...
and another that seems relevant...
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Just so we have a definition to work with. Feel free to provide and alternative if this is inadequate.
CG is a weighted average of mass (a scalar) position over a body. The end result is a...
I'm with Z on this one. There is a line along which the total aerodynamic force can be placed which will result in zero aerodynamic moment. All points on this line are equally valid. Center of...
It would be nice to see a bit clearer picture of the failure surface, but I agree with Dash, that it looks like fatigue from bending. I would be looking for the characteristic "beach marks" that form...
These Tanners are 1.63" ID. We use them, as well as the equivalent Eibach springs on our Penske 7800s (the red quater midget shock).
I don't recall ever seeing quarter midget springs (Tanner of...