Last couple of weeks, the chassis team has been working hard on the production of the monocoque. First step was to finish all moulds and treat them with release agents. After this, the actual production could start. The monocoque consists out of 3 parts, the upperside was first in line. All layers of carbon fibers were positioned in the mould quite rapidly. There were no big issues during the placement of the fibers. Thanks to Fatol, who supplied the resin from Axson, it was possible to finish the production of the upperside at the beginning of last week. This was done by vacuum injecting the fibers with the resin. Everything seemed to go well, but untill the resin has not been cured completely, no clue can be made. Two days later the exciting moment occured: removal of the product from the moulds. Fortunately, the result was as intended!
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DUT-E Racing Delft has put a lot of effort into setting up a new Formula Student Electric team. Due to a combination of factors like the limited time until the first event and limited resources, DUT-E Racing Delft team decided not to take unnecessarily high risks and withdraw from the Formula Student Electric competition this year. The fact that DUT-E Racing Delft withdraws from the competition coming August, does not mean that DUT Racing permanently turns its back to Formula Student Electric.
We wish the other Formula Student Electric teams good luck and we would like to thank all parties involved in DUT-E Racing Delft for their support, effort and faith.
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Besides the production of the DUT10 during this time of the year, on average two tours per week are given to high school students.
By giving these tours, we help the TU Delft and hope that DUT Racing Team generates interest of the prospective students at the TU Delft in return.
The high school students get a tour by a motivated DUT team member through the hall where several other TU Delft student projects hold their office. In the workshop of DUT Racing they get to hear the history of the team and see the development of the cars over the past years.
Due to these tours, the high school students know which cool student projects are going on at the TU Delft and hopefully some of them will become future team members!
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The production phase of the DUT10 started and like last year, it starts with a luxurious relaxing weekend.
About 20 team members traveled down to the small town of Anloy in the snowy Ardennes. After a ride through centimeters of snow we arrived at our villa which had everything.. With 4 living rooms, 3 kitchens, 6 bathrooms and 2 games rooms with table football, table tennis, air hockey, pool table, darts, etc. it was a very good stay. Obviously, the beamer came along on which films were shown continuously.
After exploring the house for the first night, the idea was to find a ski piste in the neighborhood. But with the heavy snow it was almost impossible to drive and we decided to stay around the house. Nevertheless, there was plenty to do. After a good breakfast with Belgian baguette, Ardennes ham and eggs it was time for an active day which was filled by snowball fights, a little bit of football and then ‘levend stratego’ in the forest. after a good meal that evening, poker was played late into the night, films were shown and some people just relaxed in one of the baths in the house.
After a good night sleep and an extensive breakfast on Sunday the conditions were perfect for cross-country ski. One group went for 6 kilometer where others went even further and for 8 kilometer. But fortunately for all there was gluhwein and hot chocolate at the end to warm up again.
Back at the villa, the weekend ended with a big pile of pancakes, after which everyone traveled back to Delft.
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Last couple of weeks, the chassis team has been working hard on the production of the monocoque. First step was to finish all moulds and treat them with release agents. After this, the actual production could start. The monocoque consists out of 3 parts, the upperside was first in line. All layers of carbon fibers were positioned in the mould quite rapidly. There were no big issues during the placement of the fibers. Thanks to Fatol, who supplied the resin from Axson, it was possible to finish the production of the upperside at the beginning of last week. This was done by vacuum injecting the fibers with the resin. Everything seemed to go well, but untill the resin has not been cured completely, no clue can be made. Two days later the exciting moment occured: removal of the product from the moulds. Fortunately, the result was as intended!
