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Formula SAE

Advisor: Sam Drake (drake@cs.utah.edu). Tyler Child (stuss76@msn.com) Colby Englund (csenglun@hotmail.com) Kent Feda (kent.feda@utah.edu) Brett George (kman3001@aol.com). Eliot Moellmer (emoellmer@comcast.net) Josh Nell (nellme72@thebluezone.net)

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Formula SAE

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  1. Advisor: Sam Drake (drake@cs.utah.edu) Tyler Child (stuss76@msn.com) Colby Englund (csenglun@hotmail.com) Kent Feda (kent.feda@utah.edu) Brett George (kman3001@aol.com) Eliot Moellmer (emoellmer@comcast.net) Josh Nell (nellme72@thebluezone.net) Ben Opfermann (obeeone420@hotmail.com) Guy Pannunzio(rythmguy@yahoo.com) Omar Saleb (omsla82@yahoo.com) Josh Smith (uofufsae@gmail.com) Lucas Sosa (lucasmonumental@hotmail.com) Eric Youssefi (eyik66@hotmail.com) Presenting Today: Kent Feda Brett George FormulaSAE

  2. Contents: • Problem Statement • Customer Requirements • Competition Scoring • What’s Cool About Our Design • Design or Buy? • Summary

  3. Problem Statement • Design, fund, and build a prototype mini formula-style racer for the average competitive weekend autocross racer. • April 2007: compete at Ford Proving Grounds in Dearborn, MI.

  4. Customer Requirements: • Safety • Conform to 2007 Formula SAE Rules • Cost Less than $25,000 • High Performance • Reliable/Easy to Maintain • Aesthetically Pleasing and Comfortable

  5. Competition Scoring • Static Events • Presentation: 75 • Design: 150 • Cost Analysis: 100 • Dynamic Events • Acceleration: 75 • Cornering: 50 • Autocross: 150 • Fuel Economy 50 • Endurance: 350 • Total: 1000

  6. What’s cool about our design? • Carbon fiber / steel tube frame hybrid • Factory fuel injected engine • Completely redesigned final drive gearbox • Back torque limiting (slipper) clutch

  7. Design or Buy? • Most of our parts will be designed and manufactured in house • Purchased parts will include… • Reasons to purchase these parts • Time constraints • No need to re-engineer

  8. In Summary… • Project statement • Customer requirements • Competition scoring • What’s cool about this design • Design vs. Purchase?

  9. Questions?

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