Hey,
First post here. I'm a student designing suspension for a university race team in Edinburgh.
It's also our teams first year and we are still learning what to do. Is there anything else I need to say in the intro?
Most teams use a pushrod system with a downhill bike dampener.
We were looking at this design because it was cheap, but now we have found cheap car suspension on this website.
http://www.avouk.com/MotorsportFrameset-84.htm
Do you think that by using car springs directly from the unsprung hub to the chassis we would be able to do this? I have no idea about normal forces experienced in FSAE so was asking for your advice. Our car will probably be around 300kg, we are literally just trying to get it to complete endurance and that would be it.
I would guess a single car suspension rod on the wheels would be too stiff?
Would car suspension work just like a long version of the downhill bike suspension, or do we need a duel spring-dampener system (I guess that would be too complicated)
Link if previous one doesn't work.
Trackday - GTX kits - Ford Fiesta
Thanks