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    Check out the cars from Palatov motorsport...

    Check out the cars from Palatov motorsport website. I had the chance to judge with the owner of this company in FSAE WEST 2011, a very very smart guy who is very well grounded at the same time. Much...
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    Hi Vector, If you are in North America then you...

    Hi Vector,
    If you are in North America then you can contact a sales person from Essex Parts Services (Offical distributor of AP Racing products for North America). We offer technical support to all...
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    Hi Felippe, In the USA I think they call it MSc...

    Hi Felippe,
    In the USA I think they call it MSc in Automotive engineering. The only one I know of which claims Motorsports in their title are Crandfield, Oxford Brookes In UK, ISMANS, France(Taught...
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    Hey Kirk, If you want to do design after...

    Hey Kirk,
    If you want to do design after endurance just get into the design finals! It is weird but as long as you finish it does not influence the judges comments much, usually by the finals they...
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    In Uk 2005 TUFast had a skid pad time under 5...

    In Uk 2005 TUFast had a skid pad time under 5 seconds, I remember speaking with them and the had practised it all summer and had found some pretty good tricks to lower their times.

    I remember...
  6. Hey Chris, I believe it will never be included...

    Hey Chris,
    I believe it will never be included as long as austria does not have a cost event, the competitions that base themselves dircetly on events of formula sae series are all included. You...
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    chris, Get the university priced version of...

    chris,
    Get the university priced version of Optimumk, or even down load the demo to play around with the ideas you have been discussing with pitch and roll axis migration.Check out their website...
  8. To whom this may concern, 1st Insight: TUG...

    To whom this may concern,

    1st Insight: TUG does not necessarly have a bigger budget then any other middle team from the USA, they live in a pool of great companies, Ackropvic,Rotax,Redbull,AVL...
  9. Congrats to all teams who competed, a very...

    Congrats to all teams who competed, a very contaversial event due to implementation of new cost rules.

    I would like to mention a few words for my collegue from othe great teams.

    UAS Graz:
    The...
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    Hi Bazanaius, Have you thought of doing simple...

    Hi Bazanaius,
    Have you thought of doing simple hand calculations using basic formulas to evaluate your heat disiipation needs based on energy to decelerate your car from say worst case 100km/h in...
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    Hey Scott The big event is Midwest, it is...

    Hey Scott
    The big event is Midwest, it is equivalent to FSAE East, East used to pretty cool because their was a water event but the midwest has the most competitors and is usually the most...
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    1st safety: choose a spot that is far from posts...

    1st
    safety: choose a spot that is far from posts and sidewalks, they damage the car pretty bad when you hit them, especially right before comp.
    Also make sur ethey always wear their safety gear,...
  13. Unoffically from memory Team total of top 3...

    Unoffically from memory

    Team total of top 3 team drivers

    RIT
    Laval
    ETS
    SVSU

    That is all that I remember for sure.
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    To whom this may concern, First of all please...

    To whom this may concern,
    First of all please state you name and university at the bottom of each post, second please search on this forum before asking such basic questions, otherwise guy such as...
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    Hey Ben, Here is the last email I had for Mike...

    Hey Ben,
    Here is the last email I had for Mike it is mikeo@tiltonracing.com, he usualy returns his emails pretty quickly but he is really buissy so sometimes it can take a week or so.

    Jude...
  16. Ths FSG event made everyone involved very proud,...

    Ths FSG event made everyone involved very proud, just looking at the amount of people present for the awards ceremonys, the dynamics events and the format used for the endurance were they saved the...
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    Hello gentlemen, I am in no way an expert on the...

    Hello gentlemen,
    I am in no way an expert on the topics mentioned above but over the past 5 years of Formula SAE I have seen quite a bit and could try and assist in some way.

    Uprights ETS...
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    Hey Du machado, I believe you have a bigger...

    Hey Du machado,
    I believe you have a bigger problem with the pedal assembly you posted a picture of, the bias bar mechanism is set to pivot perpindicular to the pedal and not in the plane that the...
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    Pete, To answer your question, for our team...

    Pete,
    To answer your question, for our team after formula student 2004, we went in with a high Hp heavy car and got our ass kicked by delft and RMIT who had about half our Hp and Delft was about...
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    Hey Pete, With the 2004 R6 we could spin the...

    Hey Pete,
    With the 2004 R6 we could spin the wheel very easy, inertia was very high, only 2nd and 3rd gear were used during endurance so rpm was not likely very often in high hp range.

    2007 car...
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    A little history of our diet process since i have...

    A little history of our diet process since i have been a member of the team, we would put a goal every year on the wall for each section of the car notifying each group how much they needed to save,...
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    Hi Matt, Do you mean to evaluate with sensors on...

    Hi Matt,
    Do you mean to evaluate with sensors on a car ( strain guages push rod for instance) what the real load tranfer is and then use this as a guide line to compare theoretical and real pitch or...
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    Hi Nickers, I could be wrong but is seems like...

    Hi Nickers,
    I could be wrong but is seems like the way your evaluating the problem is as if the front and the back of the car are seperate, however this is not the case, obviously the real case...
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    Hello nickerss, With OptimumK you should see a...

    Hello nickerss,
    With OptimumK you should see a pitch axis and roll axis, try and make your geometry so that these axii stay within the range you deem acceptable, if these axis are traveling at Mach...
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    Hi Wesmo Our 2004 car had a variable length...

    Hi Wesmo
    Our 2004 car had a variable length runner intake on a yamaha R6 engine,
    UWA has used one since 2005 I Believe.
    Waterloo has been using one unit since 2005 as well.

    Excellent results,...
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