Congratulations to everyone. Was great to be there again, although sadly not as a competitor this year. Many, many thanks to TUFast for the Augustiner. Great to see a few familiar faces again too and...
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Congratulations to everyone. Was great to be there again, although sadly not as a competitor this year. Many, many thanks to TUFast for the Augustiner. Great to see a few familiar faces again too and...
Can't really add much more to what people have said. It is well worth getting in someone who knows what their doing to cast their critical eye over the drivers. Whether that's just an alumni who was...
I met Alan briefly on two occasions, both of them when he was deep in conversation with our two suspension designers. How the man could possibly know the amount of stuff he did amazes me. He was...
Personally I'd like to see the rules made tougher on driver equipment. I would never get into a racing car now without a 2 layer suit, nomex socks and a balaclava. It's just not worth the risk. When...
I have to say, from my experience last year, you can calculate stuff to your hearts content, but it will rarely do what you predict.
Best thing to do considering the amount of time you have is to...
The long answer is, read through the massive heat exchanger thread. The short answer is, it's hard.
Even the manufacturers of bikes (I work for one) struggle to find the definitive answer to...
You know that you can use the change in toe in bump and roll and the back to increase your grip by reducing the slip angle on the tyre. We've run it for about 4 years now and it really does work....
No, I quite agree. It just shows how competitive FSG was this year! Amazing that 37 cars finished despite being quite a hot day! I believe we're the first team to have actually finished endurance...
FSAE's first hot lap ride car anyone? http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif LOL
I think it's a shame the Herts boys weren't prepared to tough it out, but then everyone's objectives are different I suppose. At the end of the day, we only managed 1 test session with you on the new...
It was a great competition for us. Admittedly, it was a bit of a shame that despite finishing everything again for the second time this year (making the first time we've ever made a car that has...
Ricardo Wave would be a good place to start. Do a search on here and you'll find a thread explaining the process in getting a free license for your team.
We run 65 and I've had that in 6th gear which must be around 70 or 80mph and it was fine. Stability shouldn't really be affected in a straight line unless your setup is seriously off. Of course your...
It must be a tad optimistic. Herts had 106bhp according to them! Still....Graz had 100PS last year with new cams. I don't believe they had changed anything else.
No. It's not custom. It's standard, but only if you find the 'special' settings on the engine.
http://www.formulastudent.de/typo3temp/pics/d80099e9cb.jpg
Make sure you position the battery in...
Yes, camber compensation isn't great. It's a shame Phil isn't around for another year since I think there would be less compromise from the point of suspension over chassis. We're just in the middle...
They started off slightly less than the prescribed value we'd tested after you suggested about temperatures affecting the pressure. By the looks of it, that was my first run, so not all the heat was...
Great photos there. I didn't realise the Elephant guys broke their wishbones. Felt really sorry for them. Hope they can get their ABS disconnected for Germany!
http://www.ubracing.co.uk/images/ubr/ubr11/silverstone/powercurve.jpg
From the Ricardo dyno at UK. Standard 2004 R6 engine with tuned intake and exhaust for max torque.
Great. Glad to hear it's all ok! Good power figures too. See you in a week http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_redface.gif
Any joy with this one Laurence?
Well spotted James :P There was a bit of a mixup with the company that made our exhaust and they thought the max height we gave them was a 'guidline' rather than a definative rule! We've been running...
Well. We've finally launched our car. Got some intensive testing to do before UK, but all seems good at the moment. We're all very pleased to get the car finished and feel it's one of the best we've...
Looks really good guys. Will be great to have a look at it in a week and a bit.
We launched our car yesterday. Was a real mission staying up all night putting everything back together, but it's...
Sounds like you could be having the same problem we had last year.
The reed valves on the 04 engine are pointless on anything but the road bike. They're only there for emissions. I'm not entirely...