"Bandit" (2bandit)
09/14/2015 at 17:47 • Filed to: None
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"Bandit" (2bandit)
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Curious to know if any of you oppos in the professional world are going to be on campus recruiting this week.
f86sabre
> Bandit
09/14/2015 at 19:44 |
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Afraid I won’t be there. Budget season. If you make it by our table and want to give us a try, find Brian or Eli and get them your resume. Just tell them you met Mike last year. Good luck!
uofime-2
> Bandit
09/15/2015 at 12:41 |
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Nice 5 year old car.
That is one of the prettiest FSAE cars ever made IMO
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Bandit
> uofime-2
09/15/2015 at 15:22 |
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That’s why I chose it haha! Our 2011 car is the best looking one we ever made
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uofime-2
> Bandit
09/15/2015 at 15:37 |
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For years my team wanted to make an engine cover, but among other things the realities of our thermal management issues meant that was not a good idea.
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Bandit
> uofime-2
09/15/2015 at 15:44 |
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I’m 80% sure our engine cover made lift that year.
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uofime-2
> Bandit
09/15/2015 at 15:47 |
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Ha!
Needed more louvers
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Bandit
> uofime-2
09/15/2015 at 15:51 |
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Or side pods made lift last year :D
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uofime-2
> Bandit
09/15/2015 at 16:11 |
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I’m not surprised. However our full car CFD models had so many simplifications I never put a lot of faith in +/-2or3lbs here or there anyway though.
I always wanted to do physical testing to validate the CFD, but we always seemed to have issues with data logging, wheel speed and/or the suspension pots as a result it has never been done on our team in the last 6 years.
EDIT: Truth be told I’m not sure I’d trust physical validation to show a 2-3 lb delta either though.
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Bandit
> uofime-2
09/15/2015 at 16:13 |
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That’s one reason we are keeping around last years car. We are going to use it as a test bed for our new tech and to validate our aero and everything else. Simulations can only do so much.
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uofime-2
> Bandit
09/15/2015 at 16:17 |
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our team always did that too, but getting the sensor’s, data logging and test time for the old cars toghether was always a problem.
also see my previous edit, I’m not sure I’d trust physical validation to show a 2-3 lb delta either though.
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Bandit
> uofime-2
09/15/2015 at 16:18 |
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This is the first time we haven’t torn an old car apart for its valuable components immediately after comp. It’s a new experience for us.
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uofime-2
> Bandit
09/15/2015 at 16:25 |
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It’s pretty awesome to go out and test and train with a couple of cars at once. Of course given the cars reliability they usually don’t both run for long ha ha.
Also, make sure you are continuing to check your safety critical items. Extened run time means things that were never a problem in years past can become problems ( suspension/drivetrain)
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Bandit
> uofime-2
09/15/2015 at 16:28 |
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I’m sure... I know that feel. We had a PCM die on us and our main electronics guy graduated so it took us forever to figure out how to fix that.
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uofime-2
> Bandit
09/15/2015 at 16:38 |
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Yikes!
I know its tough for some teams buy, any leader who is not mentoring a successor is a jerk and screwing the team over big time
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Bandit
> uofime-2
09/15/2015 at 16:41 |
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That’s my goal this year. Learn as much as I can from our seniors because next year I have to help direct all the composites on the car.
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uofime-2
> Bandit
09/15/2015 at 16:54 |
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That’s good I know your team’s composites development took a dump three years ago when a bunch of seniors got nothing done for competition
My old team lost their aero leader to the infinity red bull F1 internship for this year. Fortunately he ran a good subsytem last year and I’m pretty sure has competent other members to take up the slack
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Bandit
> uofime-2
09/15/2015 at 22:47 |
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Ouch... true though. There was a time in recent history where they couldn’t get wings built. But this year we are going strong as a ‘posites team led by us sophomores. I’m heading a project to build carbon wheel shells.
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uofime-2
> Bandit
09/16/2015 at 10:10 |
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Good luck with that project, it will be very tough. Getting consistent structural bonds is always a nightmare. My old team has had that as a project for years.
It is easy to make a carbon wheel that is heavier than the magnesium wheel it is replacing because its really hard to get accurate FEA on composites so you can keep it lightweight safely.
As a result it is usually filed as a non-critical mental masturbation project
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Bandit
> uofime-2
09/16/2015 at 10:20 |
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That’s about what we have it as haha. If all else we will put rain tires on them and just impress judges.
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uofime-2
> Bandit
09/16/2015 at 10:21 |
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at competition you’ll see most of the teams do the same thing except for some of ze germans