Search:

Ninda,

You could probably use an epoxy bonded joint, but most teams make the bearing retainers out of steel and weld them to the tubes. I would put a lot more trust in a weld with respect to...

2 quick points for your consideration:
1) I don't know much about the Egyptian economy, but somebody somewhere must make/recondition an FSAE legal small engine. When we have issues with our CBR, I...

Fatigue may not be critical IF you specify a large enough ultimate load. It also depends a lot on the geometry of the part and how it has to be configured to take the load.

I recommend you take a...

Thanks for extending your support!

Our team currently uses the CBR 600RR engine, and are currently developing a package with the TRX 450R engine.

Looking at some of what we bought last year...

A quick google search of "carbon fibre control arms" will turn up the link below. In fact, it turns up a number of potentially useful or interesting papers (also a Calpoly Pomona paper). They should...

You can select any tire allowed by the rules.

For the international rules, see T6.3 for info on wheels (which defines your size constraints), and T6.4 for further tire rules. If you are at a...

Probably preferable to 3D scanning is getting someone to measure the points of importance on a CMM. Our laser scan of the CBR600RR is really unusable.

An amusing thought. I don't even think most working FSAE cars would qualify under those requirements. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

http://fsae.com/eve/forums/a/t...607348/m/72110779141

Nice looking piece of kit, now I have a weight target to challenge.

I happen to have a few titanium herringbone gears done by Miltera floating around over here, they used to sponsor our team with...

It would probably help if you did up a quick sketch. Bodywork should easily support itself under most FSAE conditions, but we don't know what else you have hanging off of it, or what your operating...

Using your mould as final bodywork will do one of two things.
1) Give it a really poor surface finish, or
2) Result in a very heavy final structure

Now, it is up to you what is acceptable weight...

Given that there are engine CAD models explicitly if you search (you can probably even find them on Google), and approximate weight figures, you have all you can get. So many other factors effect...

I have seen failed chassis components, and although main structures are unlikely to fail, be careful of your mount stiffness and strength. I personally had very porous welds on our steering column...

So, as for scholarship. Haven't heard of one, but there is another way. The tuition in Canada, even I think for international students is lower. I don't know a Canadian engineering school without a...

That might actually be a pretty good design strategy. If you have some enthusiasm and a good direction for your team.

We are currently still in our design phase, although we should have our frame...

If by damp you mean compliant, there are a number of potential problem areas. Ours gets most of its compliance from poorly designed mounting, and previous systems had issues with questionable gear...

For whatever reason, U Waterloo has an online fatigue database that is publicly accessible.

Haven't used it yet, or even looked at it in detail, but it is what it is.

How about... 1018 steel.

Run a quasi static test... safer if you are not properly equipped.

Do yourselves a favor and run a spool.

Not sure if that is our architecture, but could you send us some details at uwfsae (at) gmail.com?

Most people in 1st year Mechanical Engineering don't know a nut from a bolt. You have nothing to worry about, working on your own stuff probably puts you in the top 10% of your class that way (mabye...

A CMM produced more useful data on mounting points than our laser scanning option.

Whoever imported our CBR scan imported and tied together the whole point cloud (or the turd as it has been...

I guess everything is a choice, but tyre data would seem to rank as a big potential gain.

Then again, I have to tack potential onto that.

Makes me wonder though, if Goodyear has changed their...