Articles Curated by Formula SAE Judges
EV Performance Fundamentals
Engineer a strong battery lifespan
EV Efficiency is as important as mass, downforce, drag, power, and mu.
Create tools for drivers to manage energy
Add regenerative braking later
Overall Vehicle Priorities
To manage priorities, ask four questions about every design decision, in this order: 1. Is it legal or illegal? 2. How does the change affect reliability or repeatability? 3. How does the change affect overall vehicle performance over a lap? 4. What are the drivability effects?
Brake Bias And Stability
The very best drivers can go up to but not over the maximum lateral capability during braking and corner entry. As they smoothly come off the brakes, the lateral limit increases due to both the friction circle, and more balanced loads front/rear.
Low-Cost Data Acquisition
Stopwatches, garage beams, thermometers, cameras, chalk, zip ties, yarn, and smartphones.
Setting Winning Priorities
Ryan Kraft, former member of the #1 world ranked University of Michigan FSAE team, discusses how to set priorities for how your team defines winning and ways to pursue them.
Four Ways To Use Data
Defining requirements, validating models, on-car tuning, and understanding the root cause of problems. The process of developing and troubleshooting a steering system.
Critical Specifications For Balance
Chassis, mass, and aerodynamic interactions affecting steady-state balance, and the purpose of anti-roll bars.