D-Day + 1: one day after the Design Presentation, a group of 20 team members defied the cold and snow for another kart outing, this time at IKCR in Roosendaal. Due to the low temperatures it was a bit slippery, both on and off track, while some people took the opportunity to stage a snowball fight afterwards. However, good throwing skills don’t count in a racing car and luckily everybody could also drive pretty quick in a kart. In fact, most members didn’t want to stop, even after a third time!
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This evening the design of the tenth car in the DUT Racing car family has been presented to a large crowd. About 150 team members, friends, family, sponsors and members of URE (Eindhoven) attended the unveiling of the DUT10 in the faculty of Aerospace Engineering. After a short movie of the tragic end of FSG last summer, we looked forward to the new year, new possibilities, and of course, getting back the FSG Trophy.
All our engineers have worked hard the past months to evolve the successful design of last year. Even though the design has some exterior similarities, almost every part has been redesigned. There are some notable improvements in the design. The monocoque moulds will be the same, however the side impact structure will be raised with the use of a new 3rd mould. This will increase the overall safety of the car, which is one of the spearheads of this year.
Furthermore the focus of this year will be on simplicity (easier to manufacture). Many parts are designed for production. Also, the steering mount will be cast out of aluminum and the Rear Engine Mounts will be laser sintered from titanium at Airbus.
The DUT10 will run on E85 and with a higher compression ratio we hope to gain some power and be more fuel efficient. The suspension will be designed on 10’’ tires and will be compatible with 13’’ tires. This year we will also focus on the aerodynamics. A new design of the sidepods and the use of diffusers will provide some extra dynamic down force.
Below you can view the unveiling video of the DUT10. Enjoy and see you coming summer.
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Tomorrow it is time for the Design Presentation of the DUT10! The new design is finished and that is reason for a celebration.
You are all welcome from 19:30 at the Faculty Room of the faculty Aerospace Engineering. At 20:00 the new design will be presented at room A, whereafter there is the possibility to have a drink at the Faculty Room.
Be there!
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Between the car designing and the team activities, a lot is done to increase the skills of our engineers. For example, last month we had an Abaqus FEM and Henkel glueing course.
But we don’t stick with the theoretical courses, we also look to the practical side of the process. How is this done then? It is done by giving all sorts of courses to the engineers, you can think of glueing, laminating, lathing and milling courses. With these courses we can increase the practical experience of the engineers, next to the theoretical knowledge. This experience can be used during the designing phase, because they know how the producing will go and this knowledge can be used to design in such a way that it will be producible. This has of course advantages for the production phase. Like this we can start with the production phase in an optimal way.
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D-Day + 1: one day after the Design Presentation, a group of 20 team members defied the cold and snow for another kart outing, this time at IKCR in Roosendaal. Due to the low temperatures it was a bit slippery, both on and off track, while some people took the opportunity to stage a snowball fight afterwards. However, good throwing skills don’t count in a racing car and luckily everybody could also drive pretty quick in a kart. In fact, most members didn’t want to stop, even after a third time!
