Design Finalists (5):

ETS
Penn State
RMIT
Waterloo
Western Australia

Brown university-
We were behind you guys before you did one of your acceleration runs. We even asked you guys if you were in line for driver #2 and kinda cut in behind you from the driver #1 lineup..

Did you have a transponder attatched to the car?


also interested in the endurance order if anyone knows where it will be posted...

what's the deal? there was a lot more action on this site last year.

N.C. State won skid pad. Thats the only info I could get out of the guys from the team, they were really excited.

Go Wolfpack!!!!

From Kaley Shellhammer via SAE.org FSAE Forum:

Endurance P.M. Run Order

91 Texas A & M University-College Station
1 Cornell University
36 University of Kansas-Lawrence
2 University of Western Australia
3 University of Wisconsin-Madison
141 Southern Polytechnic State University
15 Iowa State University
60 University of Cincinnati
111 RMIT University
41 Michigan State University
12 University of Toledo
135 University of Oklahoma
66 Universite Laval
52 University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
34 Purdue University-W Lafayette
8 Saginaw Valley State University
119 Oxford Brookes University
101 Helsinki Polytechnic
38 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
7 North Carolina State University-Raleigh
48 Rutgers University
40 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh
35 University of Florida
143 University of Western Ontario
51 Georgia Insitute of Technology
16 Drexel University
39 Rochester Institute of Technology
30 Virginia Tech
142 Brown University
69 University of Akron
24 Auburn University
53 Northern Illinois University
125 University of Toronto
37 National University of Singapore
58 University of Hertfordshire


Endurance P.M. Run Order (Page 2)

71 Kokushikan University
49 University of New Hampshire
140 La Universidad Del Zulia
23 Michigan Tech University
29 Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst
9 University of Missouri-Rolla
129 Yeungnam University
81 Ohio State University
47 Universite Du Quebec-Chicoutimi
108 Queen's University Ontario Canada
122 Kookmin University
26 University of Wisconsin-Platteville
11 US Air Force Academy
117 St Cloud State University
63 Cedarville University
103 Chungbuk National University
130 Monroe County Community Coll
78 Mississippi State University
82 Tokai University
95 Bradley University
13 US Naval Academy
42 RWTH Aachen Tech University
85 University of Colorado-Denver
134 Hoseo University
88 Ferris State University
120 Temple University


Endurance A.M. Run Order

93 Oakland University
89 Universite Du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres
25 Universidad Simon Bolivar
6 Penn State University
86 University of Colorado-Boulder
68 Kanazawa University
44 Dartmouth College
79 Kanagawa Institute of Technology
27 University of Idaho
33 University of Maryland-College Park
72 Carnegie Mellon University
94 University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
57 University of New Mexico
106 Old Dominion University
54 University of Missouri-Columbia
133 Universidad Panamericana
131 University of North Carolina - Charlotte
50 Milwaukee School of Engrg
56 University of Windsor
102 University of Manitoba
118 Kumoh National Institute of Technology
98 Louisiana State University
83 University of South Florida
114 Clemson University
65 Ecole De Technologie Superieure
126 Southern Illinois University-Edwardville
21 McGill University
84 Florida Atlantic University
80 Minnesota State University - Mankato
77 University of Evansville
14 University of Michigan-Dearborn
112 Tennessee Tech University
18 Clarkson University
99 Vanderbilt University
96 University of North Dakota

Original Post: http://www.formulasae.org/forums/formula/dispatch.cgi/a...0081/d20060520022857

XLS File: http://www.formulasae.org/forums/formula/dispatch.cgi/a...857/No/RUN_Order.xls

Thanks for the running order.

Issue #2: Skidpad equation breakdown

Declared a wet event this year, many teams had unusually slow times. In fact, many were slower than the special "6.184" (check the rules for the equation). Basically, this yielded a whole 2.5 points for any of those teams.

Did anyone raise this issue?

ok, so anyone have some results??? we know the winner of skidpad, but what was the time?

how about autocross?

accel?



and where are all the people who are sopposed to be taking pictures? i have an addiction to seeing this stuff and i feel like i am on withdraw!

I agree, not much info. Here's what I gathered from Auburn's team.

A lot of teams missed skidpad. (From above post, including Cornell!) Not sure what all the reasons were. They closed the event while there was a line. Auburn had a mechanical problem that kept them from getting in line sooner. So they missed the whole event. Not blaming this on organizers at all, just a fact. If several teams ran in the wet and got low scores, this could be a pretty big deal!

Besides that, all I heard was that Auburn had a lackluster day because of engine issues. Hope that since they made it in the 'fast' enduro group they can set a good time!

So more updates as I get them. The reason Cornell took the car off site was it wouldn't start. Apparently a lot of E85 cars wouldn't start and the organizers are allowing teams to run off site E85. Intersting after the problems with gas last year as well. Word is the E85 is more like E95.

Additionally the fast skidpad time was around a 5.4!!

Not that anyone cares for us but we may still be in it. We missed skidpad but apparently UWA only got 20pts and we got 63 in business and 87 from cost. Sorry, I don't have a full run down on any events.

Penn State is doing pretty well, they won accel and did well in skidpad.

How's the weather looking for the endurance runs?

So, here's what I've gathered so far:

Design Finals:
ETS, Penn State, RMIT, Waterloo & Western Australia
Semis:
Above plus Oxford Brookes, Wisconsin-Madison, Michigan State, Cornell, Akron, Lawrence Tech, Dartmouth, Auburn, Oklahoma, and Singapore

Skidpad
1. NC State
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
5. ?

The endurance running order is supposed to be based on the autocross so I'm going to infer that

Autocross
1. Texas A&M
2. Cornell
3. Kansas-Lawrence
4. Western Australia
5. Wisconsin-Madison

Anyone else got any more information?

Does anyone have a time for the fastest autocross lap??

Aanything you remember standing out:
I saw 46.9-- from Western Australia

You're right Judd (vfr750r) nobody cares about you guys or if you are still in it. Just kidding. Bad luck sucks.

Looks like the weather should be much better for the endurance. Should be some good racing. Is anybody taking any video? I would like to see a few autocross laps.

By the way. Go NC State!

Noah McKay
NCSU Captain 01-03
RCR Aero Engineer

For those struggling to deal with not being in Detroit, Check out:

http://www.iinet.com.au/~senator/uwam_autocross05.mpeg

Its in-car footage of the UWA machine in action at the Aus comp last December.

(let me know if the link dosen't work)

Enjoy!

Scott Sinclair

(its a 20meg file)

Link worked. That's some good stuff! The quality when the car got up to speed was a little sketchy but I can go to bed satisfied now. Thanks!

RMIT progress, sorry for the biased report dont know any other teams that answer their mobiles at midnight detroit time...

7th accel
7th pres
9th autocross
dont know position but 84 points in cost
skid pad wasnt good as it was raining

Apparently going into autocross Wisconsin-Madison was leading points ahead of RMIT

Mark Hester
RMIT Fan Club

UM-Dearborn:
3rd cost
15th skidpad
4.9 accel in the wet
53 and a cone in the autox

I'm uploading some pics but we have to go. So I might have to cut if off short.

Of the cars I've seen, Lehigh has my vote. Full carbon monocoque, full carbon a-arms, including a flex section at the inboard joints, no bushings or rod ends!



http://evilallianceracing.com/ipw-web/gallery/FSAE06

forgive me if im being silly, but i thought there was a rule that says that no engine fluids, i.e. coolant water, is allowed infront og the main roll hoop?

http://evilallianceracing.com/ipw-web/gallery/FSAE06/IMG_0121

although having said tha, i cannot find that rule anywhere!

Congrats to the U of Idaho for making it through the endurance. Good work guys. From whay I hear, they struggled with the engine all week but they never gave up and kept going.

You should all be proud.

quote:

Originally posted by Rob.C:
although having said tha, i cannot find that rule anywhere!

I never heard of it...