Hey guys-
I've been mulling over some recent numbers from skidpad testing this last week and am trying to quantify how our car stacks up against the previous year's car as well as data from last year's competition.
I have a few questions:
First off, does anyone recall the approximate temperature on the Friday of last year's competition?
How would skidpad performance vary with temperature? Obviously the data available from Goodyear does not include varying temperature. Can we assume a linear rise in performance with temperature? Unfortunately I don't have access to enough empirical data with the same car in the same trim at varying temps.
Thanks
Travis Slagle
Test Engineer
Kettering University Formula SAE