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Matt Birt
Engine Calibration and Performance Engineer, Enovation Controls
Former Powertrain Lead, Kettering University CSC/FSAE team
1st place Fuel Efficiency 2013 FSAE, FSAE West, Formula North
1st place overall 2014 Clean Snowmobile Challenge
Singapore is doing well; design and now presentation finalist?! Wow!
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Harry Bikas
UoP Racing Team
UoP Racing website
UoP Racing on Facebook
UoP Racing on Twitter
UoP Racing on Youtube
I heard a car crashed into a wall between skidpad and accel event, anybody have more info about that? Is the driver OK? Which team was it? Are they going to be able to repair the car for endurance?
Pics from today:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/moybar...57668369927765
North Carolina State went into the wall in AutoX, don't know any more than that.
Does anyone have a link to the endurance live timing, if it exists?
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Paul Achard
McGill Racing Team
I saw that teams were resorting to welding in whistle tips to pass the draconian noise test.
I wonder how the course workers feel about them as flow rate increases under load?
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Matt Birt
Engine Calibration and Performance Engineer, Enovation Controls
Former Powertrain Lead, Kettering University CSC/FSAE team
1st place Fuel Efficiency 2013 FSAE, FSAE West, Formula North
1st place overall 2014 Clean Snowmobile Challenge
Vacuum cleaner racing live on Periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/w/1eaJbwEvRmZxX
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Matt Birt
Engine Calibration and Performance Engineer, Enovation Controls
Former Powertrain Lead, Kettering University CSC/FSAE team
1st place Fuel Efficiency 2013 FSAE, FSAE West, Formula North
1st place overall 2014 Clean Snowmobile Challenge
Hey everyone!
I am the driver of the 78 car (NC State) that had the unfortunate accident right before the timing gate on my first timed lap (there was a red flag on my first lap).
For everyone that is curious, I am ok and sustained some bruises on my back and arm from the impact. Unfortunately the throttle stuck open and the car impacted the safer-barrier.
The front left a-arms were mangled and we worked through the night fixing the car for re-tech and endurance. We were successful and finished endurance (first time in 4 years!)
The team would like to thank UNC-Charlotte and Embry-Riddle for their kindness and support along with all the people that stopped by our paddock wishing us well.
-Collin Walther
Wolfpack Motorsports
Team Captain & Chassis Lead
The one thing that stood out to me was Stuttgart's cost score. $10502 adjusted cost is incredibly low considering the car. 3/4 carbon monocoque, carbon wheel rims, large carbon aero package, carbon suspension, 6 springs and dampers, AP calipers F/R.
Comparing to similar carbon cars:
ETS - $15495
TU Graz - $18847
J - Graz - $24424
GFR -$19607
Additionally, looking at Stuttgart's cost at FSG 15 (same car) with a few assumptions for low/high car cost comes out to ~$15000.
This represents a pretty large points swing, ~8 points, not enough to effect the outcome of this competition, but still I am curious if anyone else noticed this...
Based on what it takes to build a car that's actually about $10k, I am very skeptical of Stuttgart's cost.
Tennessee Tech's car cost, I'm much less skeptical about. $5500, was it? That car was built for one reason, win cost. It had a carburated V twin Briggs and Straton, centrifugal clutch, 600 sprint car rear axle, wheel and drive assembly. It had no muffler, aluminum/ steel everything, American Racer tires, and still weighed about 600lbs.
It also had aluminum front and rear aero. However, I've never seen a car that wanted to tip over at such low lateral accelerations.
Last edited by MCoach; 05-17-2016 at 09:21 PM.
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