DUT06

March 18th, 2010

With the DUT06 another light-weight car was designed and built. The goal was to keep the weight of the car under 120 kg (excluding fuel and cooling liquids), and this goal was successfully achieved: The DUT06 is the lightest Formula Student car ever built!

Another very important aspect of the DUT06 is reliability. In the past DUT Racing has performed very well in the design categories. Unfortunately the previous cars sometimes proved unreliable due to insufficient testing time and designing to the edge of technical possibilities. The team has learned from these mistakes and a lot of effort and time is put into testing and enhancing reliability in general. The result is noticeable, following cars have proven more reliable then ever before.

DUT06 Specifications

Car dimensions & weight

Weight: 120 [kg] dsc_0528
Length: 2390 [mm]
Width: 1275 [mm]
Height: 1010 [mm]
Wheelbase: 1540 [mm]

Engine specifications

Manufacturer: Yamaha
Model: WR450F 1-cylinder
Displacement: 449 [cc]
Fuel type: petrol
Max Power design: 55 BHP, 10500 [RPM]
Max Torque design: 50Nm, 9000 [RPM]

DUT06 Team Members

Class I

Age Nammensma
Alan Pang
Arthur Meijers
Auke Jongbloed
Azzdine Amezguiou
Benoist Claassen
Björn Pålsson
Chiara de Zanna
Daan Duurkoop
Davide Ciampa
Eric Weber
Geertrui Seaux
Gerben van de Lei
Jaap Dekker
Janco Raterink
Jim Koppenol
Kam Hing Yau
Kevin Damen
Kevin Thomassen
Maarten Bach
Maarten Warmenhoven
Machiel den Ouden
Marc Derks
Marc Villevoye
Marco de Jong
Martijn Heuvel
Martijn de Mooij
Michael van Vugt
Mischa van de Berg
Niels Knippenberg
Patrick Messink
Peter van Leeuwen
Richard van Rijs
Roald Libier
Rob Ariaans
Rob Buskermolen
Ruben Brouwer
Samo Simonian
Sebastiaan Voorderhake
Tom Fahner
Vincent van Goor
Wendy Go
Wido Veldkamp
Willem Jan Beneker
Wouter Mollers

Class III

Brando Maathuis
Demian de Ruijter
Erik Keemink
Erik Schmidt
Frank Drop
Guido Penners
Julien van Campen
Kenny Ka-Hi Lie Hok Lien
Lars Jacobs
Marnix Kickert
Stefan Viergever
Steven Buskermolen
Vincent Oldenbroek

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