Next Friday is the day the first event of 2010 starts, Formula Student UK. At Silverstone Circuit, DUT Racing will try to beat last year’s fantastic result (2nd place overall).
Currently, the “Delft Truck” is being packed. We will take all the equipment the “Delft Truck” is renowned for, including turning and milling machines. While the truck is being loaded we are still busy testing the car. Last Monday we did an endurance training and we are now performing an entire event simulation.
Next Tuesday the first group of team members will leave for Silverstone together with the truck, and they will start preparing the Delft HQ. During the event we will keep you up to date through our website, so keep an eye on it!
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DUT Racing team members are not only working on the DUT10 or their studies, but also on their future. To get a good idea of what they are going to do after their studies, they attend company visits to some of our sponsors. Earlier this year, SKF invited us for a company visit and one month ago, it was Teijin’s turn.
Teijin, sponsor since 2003, provides us with Twaron from which the crash nose is produced. Since the people from Teijin have a field of expertise on Twaron, they wanted to know all ins and outs of our crash nose. Therefore they invited us to give an extended presentation during one of their R&D days last week. Employees of Teijin were present in large numbers. They gave us new inputs for the design of our crash nose and took a closer look at our car.
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Today the unveiling of the 10th DUT Racing car took place. The Markt in Delft was turned into a real race track this afternoon. Besides the unveiling of the DUT10, also its bigger brother drove around at the Markt: the DUT01.
After the Roll-out the tenth anniversary of the DUT Racing Team was celebrated, which is attended by both current and former team members. Since pictures often say more than a 1000 words, the long awaited pictures of the DUT10 can be found here.
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The day of our official car presentation is coming ever closer! Tuesday the 1st of June 2010, the Roll-out of the DUT10 will take place. It will be the day everyone has been waiting for! We are very delighted to reveal our brand new car during a spectacular demonstration. After many months of designing and building, the car is presented to the world. Make sure to be there!
The ceremony starts at 16:00 at the Market square in Delft. After this ceremony, at approximately 17:00, the 2nd lustrum celebration of DUT Racing will take place at Speakers. Good old stories will be told by former team members and employees of the TU Delft. This day seems to become another milestone in DUT Racing history. We hope to see you all there!
Global program:
14:30 Welcome at Speakers
15:15 Roll-out presentation
15:45 Walk to Market square
16:00 Official ceremony
16:15 Unveiling DUT10
16:45 Walk back to Speakers
17:00 Start 2nd lustrum celebration DUT Racing Team
19:00 Dinner – if you want to join, sign-up
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Last Sunday, May 16, the DUT10 drove its first shakedown! This was quite an achievement, as the DUT10 broke the record of being the earliest car to drive in DUT Racing history. The DUT10 drove a few laps without any problems, after which we called it a day due to the setting of the sun. This first spin marks the end of the assembly phase and shows that the integration of all of the different subsystems into one single car was completed successfully.
In other words: the testing phase has begun! The car will now be tested extensively. So far, we have only been able to test and verify separate components, such as the dampers. This year we have chosen for the new Öhlins TTX 25 FSAE dampers – the Cane Creek Double Barrel damper specially designed for use in the Formula Student competition. These dampers will now obviously be tested on the car, but they have already been tested on a damper dyno at JRZ Suspension to verify that they are in accordance with our specifications. The real testing programme of the DUT10 will commence today.
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There has been much activity in and around the car the last couple of weeks. We are currently at the beginning of the fourth week of assembly, and that is clearly noticeable! The amount of coffee increases and so do the bad jokes. Last weekend, the engine of the DUT10 has been placed into the car. Before that, the front- and rear enginemount and the exhaust were aligned by using a dummy engine. That gave us some extra time to test and optimize the real engine outside the car.
Apart from the engine, the spring-damper system and suspension parts have been mounted to the car. The chassis engineers are currently finishing the seat plate and the firewall. Meanwhile, the drivetrain group is mounting the differential and the shifting system. The first meters for the DUT10 are getting closer!
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At Thursday May 6th, 17:30, an interest drink will be organised in our workshop. During this drink, we hope to give potential team members a good impression about our team. All interested students are welcome to get a drink and some food at our workshop. We hope to have a good idea about the DUT11 team for next year, a year in which big changes might happen due to Formula Student Electric.
A description of the location of our workshop can be found here.
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Coming Thursday there will be a lunch presentation in room A of the TBM faculty at 12:45h. This presentation aims especially at students who are interested in the operations division of the next DUT Racing Team.
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Although the DUT10 is not finished yet, we have already started recruiting new students for the DUT11 team. Since the coming season will be very interesting for the Formula Student competition – will Formula Student Electric be a success or not? – recruitment for a new team is essential. To do so, we will be giving short pitches during lectures, distributing our very own DUT Collegeblok and demonstrating our car at various faculties at our university.
The recruitment campaign officially started last Friday, where we were present at 2 faculties to promote DUT Racing among many students during the so-called parents days. The active recruitment period ends at May 6th, when an “interesseborrel” will be given, where all interested students are welcome at our workshop. In the meantime, all team members are still working hard to get the DUT10 ready in time.
If you are interested in joining our team, leave your data here.
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Last week, our chassis has been away from our workshop to have its paintjob done. The core team has designed a new layout for the DUT10. In the last couple of years, the paintjob was inspired on “Delft Blue”, well known from the blue ceramic tiles. This year however, a new style has been chosen. The new layout has been achieved by good collaboration between Glasurit for the base paint layer and Custom Painting Holland for the special effects in the paintjob. Until our roll-out, on the first of June, the paintjob remains a secret.
Now that the chassis is back at the workshop, the assembly of the car can really start. A tight schedule has been made in order to get the car ready half May. Before then, a lot of work has to be done by our engineers. The team members realize that fact. Yesterday, over 30 team members were present to work on the DUT10. This illustrates the level of motivation to complete our car in time!
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Next Friday is the day the first event of 2010 starts, Formula Student UK. At Silverstone Circuit, DUT Racing will try to beat last year’s fantastic result (2nd place overall). 
Next Tuesday the first group of team members will leave for Silverstone together with the truck, and they will start preparing the Delft HQ. During the event we will keep you up to date through our website, so keep an eye on it!
