Fall 2004 KETTERING UNIVERSITY FORMULA SAE
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Team Leader Notes
The summer is officially overwhich means its time for our
second edition of the Kette-
ring Forml1la Newsletter.
This past summer has had its
ups and downs for the team,
but we are in good position
for a very productive B-
section. Most of the designs
are in, a few of which we will
highlight in a new sectioncalled Technical Tidbits.
Another new feature in this
edition is Suonsor Suotlie:ht.
where we provide a more in
depth look at some of our
sponsors. In this edition wewill feature Nevada Automo-
Sponsor Spotlight
In this edition of Formula
Times, we would like to in-troduce a new feature called
Sponsor Spotlight. With
this we intend to highlight
one of our sponsors each
quarter. This quarter we are
highlighting the NevadaAutomotive Test Center.
NATC is a leader in their
field of automotive vehicle
tive Test Center.
Formula SAE would also like
to welcome new Asection
members to the team: me-
chanical engineer Jason Bar-
tak from Long Pine, Ne-
braska, who will start his first
co-op term with Ford Motor
Company in October, electri-
cal engineer Matthew Bennet
from Aromas, California who
is currently seeking a co-op
employer, graduate studentPrashant Ahire who hails
from India, mechanical engi-neer Matthew Monte from
Lompoc, California who is
currently employed at Orbital
and equipment testing andsimulation services.
Founded in 1957 and with
offices across the United
States and business from
around the world, they areable to test vehicles from
passenger cars to Class 8
trucks and government vehi-
cles equipped with advanced
weapons systems.
Sciences in California, and
Chris Chiasson from Louisi-
ana, a graduate student for
the energy systems lab.
Weare currently half way to
our $30,000 fundraising
mark for this year. Weare
still raising money for newmedia center in our office
which includes a new com-
puter, media software and
copier/printer/fax. I wouldalso like to announce our
decision to go to Formula
Student in England in July of
2005. We plan on taking 10-
15 students to compete at a
total cost of $10,000.
For more information on
Nevada Automotive Test
Center and their services
contact (775)-629-2000 or e-mail [email protected].
Again, we would like tothank all those at NA TC for
their donation and we look
forward to their continued
support and many successful
years together.
KETTERING UNIVERSITY FORMULA SAE
Technical Tidbits
This year has seen a newdirection with the formulaSAE team. We have made
some major changes in ourequipment which we feelwill be a great benefit. In-stead of running the MoTecengine management systemthis year we opted for anECU from PerformanceElectronics. This has al-
lowed us the ability to inves-tigate pushbutton electronicshifters to improve the ergo-nomics and drivability ofthe car. Other majorchanges include a completechassis and suspension re-design. The chassis is amild steel and chrom-molysteel space frame with adetachable rear end. The
suspension redesign allowedus to better package the rearbox and place the rockerarm and shock mountingpoints in a better structuralposition. The engine is
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now a fully stressed mem-ber of the chassis, furtherimproving torsional rigid-ity. The suspension redes-ign has also increased theusable shock travel which
will give us increased per-formance and tune-ability.Another major suspension
change it;volved switchingto titanium for use in all
major suspension compo-nents, decreasing the over-all unsprung mass by 20lbs. We feel very confidentthat these new designs willlead us to another hallmark
year.
