Today, our first nose was completed. Our nose is not only a nice piece of bodywork, but also serves as impact attenuator, or crash nose. The crash nose is obligatory on the car from the FSAE rules and all teams have to prove that the nose on the car meets all the rules. Therefore, we’re going to take our first 3 or 4 samples to Corus Ijmuiden to be crash tested on their testing facility. We’re going to make a couple of different noses, where we use different kinds of materials.

One of these materials is the aramid fibre Twaron®, sponsored by Teijin Aramid. This para-aramid fiber is very strong and light, has a high modulus and is highly impact resistant. Weight for weight, it is five times stronger than steel, which makes it an excellent material for our crashnose.