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mike_sayer · 02-18-2005, 06:55 AM

Some of you will have seen coombsie's post about the testing of our old Formula Student at Bruntingthorpe a couple of weekends ago. Thought some of you might like to see some shots of the new car we're building - rolling chassis was completed this week, so here are a couple of shots of her. Let me know if you'd like to know a little more about her (she's called "Fiona")....

coombsie66 · 02-19-2005, 08:43 AM

Ahh, nice work mike.
The pictures came out well. Those 10pm finishes whilst suffering from flu payed off didnt they!

wahhaj · 02-19-2005, 10:36 AM

I think your radiator mount needs a little work

seriously, it looks very smart, although I'm suprised the links for the rear anti roll bar are so small, they look like matchsticks :shock: .. still I guess in such a light weight vehicle the roll bar isnt very stiff anyway

coombsie66 · 02-19-2005, 12:10 PM

^^ Its an intercooler, and yeah your right

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I said the same to the designer about the rear anti roll bars, but he assures me that they will take the force, i cant see them buckling, mearly the threads in the ends shearing, but they'll be fine. And actually the roll bar is pretty damn stiff! It surprised me! But nothing is totally complete really, so its hard get a proper perspective on it all yet, but i recon she's gunna be a force to recon with at the competition this year.

02-19-2005, 12:31 PM

doh of course its an intercoler... should of followed the course of the pipe to see where it came from

BTW why is there no front a/r bar, or am I just being blind ?

coombsie66 · 02-19-2005, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by Dan\/6

doh of course its an intercoler... should of followed the course of the pipe to see where it came from

BTW why is there no front a/r bar, or am I just being blind ?

ops:

ops: Hmmmm, there is going to be one, when the suspension guys make it

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We have the full final design of the whole car in Solid Works, just everything isnt quite made in real life yet!
And we are finding that working with ideal computer models is a tad easier than real world components that come out a little off here and there! A bit of hacksawing/filing here and there made sure she fit together as intended!