People Getting Ready for Australian Comp

[Chris Boon]

HONESTLY, How are teams going in getting prepared for the Aussie Comp? At the rate we are going we will still be welding on the drive down to Melbourne. Currently the car has a good chance of making the 2007 comp in great nick but 06 will be one big mission. Thank heavens for the big event that will be going on in Melbourne in the first week of December. The extra two weeks will be truly needed this year. Thats our story, what is going and more importantly not going in the other Aussie teams?

Chris

[Chris Boon]

HONESTLY, How are teams going in getting prepared for the Aussie Comp? At the rate we are going we will still be welding on the drive down to Melbourne. Currently the car has a good chance of making the 2007 comp in great nick but 06 will be one big mission. Thank heavens for the big event that will be going on in Melbourne in the first week of December. The extra two weeks will be truly needed this year. Thats our story, what is going and more importantly not going in the other Aussie teams?

Chris

[repeatoffender]

Which team are you with?

As far as i know, from the regularly updated team websites, that adelaide and auckland are the only ones running.

[Fil]

hey guys

we are rolling as of tonight. I will try and post some photos on our website. We are trying our hardest to be driving on sunday and all is looking well.

Yer were also thanking erin and the commonwealth games for pushing the date back to the 17th.

[oz_olly]

We finished painting our car yesterday and have installed the engine, diff and intake. We're only waiting on uprights and fuel tank, so hoepfully the car will be drivable by the weekend. If only we didn't have to do exams. The fact that they moved the comp has stuffed us around plenty. Degree conferals are on the wednesday and graduation parade is on thrusday so most of our team won't get to melbourne until thursday with the guys going on grad parade getting there hopefully friday morning.

Cheers

Olly

ACME Racing
UNSW@ADFA

[Moke]

We're hating the change as it has made fights many much more moneys. The car is undergoing a final rebuild and check and then all systems go.

Waikato are also up and running and looking good. So the Kiwi invasion begins.

[Rob86]

We've been driving since august.... hopefully all little gremlins will be sorted by comp.

Chris, are you UQ? is the car going well yet?

[Duff]

bah
if the car is only assembled 2 days before the comp, it has less chance of breaking. (fatigue)

[Chris Boon]

Yeah I am from UQ, we arent as bad as I first made out but time is becoming our enemy. We should get a few days of testing in and fingers crossed nothing major breaks or we are ******. Fatigue shouldnt be an issue for us this year.

The date does have negative consequences for us too, graduation is on the Friday of comp which means one or the other. But if it was two weeks earlier then we probably wouldnt have the car finished.

Chris

[Tim.Wright]

I heard it snowed in Victoria the other day?!

Timbo

[Jersey Tom]

I wanna see UWA's car!

[repeatoffender]

try this...

http://www.motorsport.uwa.edu.au/newsletter/images/fullvehicleassembly.jpg

anyone car to comment on the side exit exhaust?

[D-Train]

Swinburne's not quite finished yet, we've been fairly busy organising the anti-G20 rallies and all.

Nice pic UWA - I thought your favorite colour was yellow?

It's shake and bake time.

[Jersey Tom]

Yea I was hopin to see the built thing.. looks good though.

[repeatoffender]

anybody willing to post progress pictures?

monash?
adelaide?
UWA?
swinbourne?
Woolongong?

looks like waikato are doing well.

www.wesmo.co.nz (http://www.wesmo.co.nz)

[D-Train]

SwinbURne aren't rolling just yet - still a bit of fi(s)t-and-finish to go. There's plenty of adelaide pics on their website. Oh, saw pics of the Wesmo contender too - good to see another aluminium monocoque joining the ranks (see you guys on the 12th).

[Ashley Denmead]

Deakin - looks pretty, rolls...just need an engine running.

[Mike Claffey]

There should be some pictures in our newsletter after our launch party next week. Can't ruin the suprise untill then.

[Rob86]

This is our website, its updated pretty regularly

formula-sae.adelaide.edu.au (http://formula-sae.adelaide.edu.au)

[repeatoffender]

sweet

how about woolongong? that engine was sweet in the US earlier this year...

[absolutepressure]

Good to hear things are going well for some of you. Sorry, but the real reason I'm posting here is to plug my thread in the off topic section. I figured this is one place where all you Australian guys (and girls?) are looking at regularly....so yeah. Your imput is appreciated, and I hope the title isn't offensive. I don't think it is. You're called Aussies, right?

[MalcolmG]

as of about 3:30am this morning, Auckland is up and running after an engine rebuild earlier in the week. Going for our first day of testing with the new monocoque etc tomorrow. Here's a pic of the car from the Engineering Faculty open day yesterday:
http://www.fsae.co.nz/images/openday1.JPG

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looks good http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[absolutepressure]

It looks really...small. May just be the angle.

[MalcolmG]

well it's not exactly large, rather than spam this thread with more pics I suggest you visit http://fsae.co.nz/images/DSCN1598.JPG for another angle http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[repeatoffender]

i see there are alot of launch parties going on

any updates or pics??

[Fil]

hey guys hows progress?

we finally drove today after a long week of dicking around. Again i dont have any photos just yet, ill try and get the guys to put them on the net asap. This is one of us rolling last week, enjoy.

http://myspace-693.vo.llnwd.net/01470/39/62/1470112693_l.jpg

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Top work Monash

Maybe a stupid question, but will there be a return of the wings?

[Fil]

There will be a return of wings, scott wordley is still here so they will be BIGGER (if scott had his way the car would be a NACA profile) AND BETTER than ever!

[UQ Turbo]

Check out our thermonuclear reactor.

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i74540_241106car001.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com)

UQTurbo

[Big H]

Gone for the 4 20mm restricors I see http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif


mmm... mouth testicles aren't as tasty as what Iron Chef says...

[vandit]

yesterday, finally we brought our car on track ....found lil things need to be soughted out so i think we'll be running full testing in another 2 days.....but the exams r big problems....

ashwa racing

[repeatoffender]

UQ

nice car you got there. are you running the turbo engine this year?

shanky

what uni are you from?

good to see pictures fellas

any word from woolongong?

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why is the thermostat so far from the motor?

[UQ Turbo]

The thermostat housing was in the way of all our suspension, so we just made a new one.

Helps with getting the speedflow working too.

Yeah, we're running a turbo...hopefully. Hasn't even been on the dyno yet though. Doesn't help that people pull out at the last minute and leave someone else to fill in the gaps.

Good luck to all in our position, needing more time...

UQTurbo

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i77660_engineinchassis001.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com)

[Scott Wordley]

Hope your planning on a nice thick, well insulated firewall for that one!

[Joy Pathak]

Ah. The great Scott wordley. Wingman Monash 2002---present.

Big fan. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

u and roan's 2002 monash wings have inspired me to get into aero.

been tryna get a copy of ur SAE papers... but stupid SAE website needs $$$ for it. i iz broke.

u rok dude.

[Fil]

Pathak,

post your email and words will send you a copy.

[Magnarama]

Looking alright UQ, you running somesort of funnel/channel to get air to the intercooler?
From that angle it still looks like the coolant pipes are very close to the suspension to me.

Oh and if you do end up sending out those papers Scott, I'd very much appreciate a copy.
thomas.sherwin[at]student.adelaide.edu.au

[repeatoffender]

Cool pictures UQTurbo

So im guessing no one from woolongong posts on the forums then?

How is swinbourne going?

UWA?

RMIT?

[Ashley Denmead]

Its all a surprise....just be patient and wait for competition....some people are SOOOO Pushy!

[The guru of guru's]

We would like to know who stole Monash's bellcranks and pushrods....if anyone has any information regarding this matter please forward it to Phil at Monash. We believe he is just as confused about the matter as we are.


Cheers
Dave.

[Chris Boon]

Yeah the coolant hoses do come very close to the rockers but they do miss. Everything is like this in our car with luck and fate playing a big part.

[Fil]

ohhh thats whats missing... lets do the time warp again. I believe monash is stuck in the sixties, just wait for the interior.

Speaking of whats missing, hows the search for the missing three cylinders going?

Cheers,
Fil

[Ashley Denmead]

haha nice, cant wait to see the interior....i'll provide the drinks http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

our one remaining cylinder is in pieces at the moment.....something about a sprag clutch exploding! argh

[Big Bird]

Ah Filsy,

Can help with your query re missing cylinders. We've got one, Tokyo Denki has got another and from memory the third one was being used by Vic Uni. Share the love, boys. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

See if you Claytonites hadn't spent all your money collecting surplus cylinders, you might have been able to afford some rockers.

Can't wait to see the retro-racer next week. You growing some mutton chops for the occasion?

Cheers,

[Frank "Ruska" Roeske]

Monashs missing suspensionparts are not in Germany. Only things we are having is a battery and some arm restraints.

Sorry guys, can´t help you from Germany!

[The guru of guru's]

If we add all these missing cylinders together we should have an engine capacity in the vicinity of 2lt, surely that cant be legal...but neither can a stubby holder be, in the cockpit of a fsae-a car. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Welfares]

Well, our car has wheels, i think they are in the cupboard.

We would like to relocate them to the suspension, but it seems to be somewhere other than the chassis.

Time to spread out and search for it, i will look in the pub.

[AmandaG]

I was hopeing to get an update on how QUT is going? Anyone from there reading these posts???

[BryanH]

RMIT have lost nearly 20kg.
they are too busy to look for it.

[Peter]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Halfast:
RMIT have lost nearly 20kg.
they are too busy to look for it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Does that mean the car weighs approx. 135 kg's? Cool, can't wait to see it! http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Peter
Delft 2004

[Moke]

Well the latest boxen of car has left our shores headed to the land less downunder.

[repeatoffender]

the bashing begins!

maybe it could be; the land that goes... down under?

so any more updates? i remember people talking about launch parties but seen nothing? (except adelaide! congrates on a nice car guys!)

[PatClarke]

Hi All,
The date on this site is wrong.
FSAE-Australasia starts NEXT week...14th to the 17th of December.
At least I hope so =] Thats when my flights are booked!
Pat

[Brinn]

Has anyone seen the Australian Comp T-shirt yet?

I'm pretty sure orders and details got posted around a week or 2 back.

[JaredC]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Smorgan Steve:
I was hopeing to get an update on how QUT is going? Anyone from there reading these posts??? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

http://www.jacteh.com/DSC_9347_t.JPG (http://www.jacteh.com/DSC_9347.JPG)

We've approached the FSAE-A comp this year with a new and fresh design that we all feel is optimal. We're quietly confident of its potential on the racetrack.

[Janke]

Just one thing though. We put the engine in backwards:P

[Smeagle]

Check out the new RMIT car:
http://www.fsae.rmit.edu.au/galleryphoto_R06launch.htm

Fairly extensive use of carbon fibre by the looks of it. I'm impressed

[pablo180]

The car looks good! Any idea as to how much the car weighs?

[Smeagle]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Peter:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Halfast:
RMIT have lost nearly 20kg.
they are too busy to look for it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Does that mean the car weighs approx. 135 kg's? Cool, can't wait to see it! http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Peter
Delft 2004 </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

That weight wouldn't be too suprising but I havn't heard anything official yet. Either way I can't wait to see it in action.

[Peter]

WOW... that looks impressive. If it's around 140kg and 55 bhp, with RMIT driving.... damn

hope they bring it to Europe! (FSUK&FSG) http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Peter
Delft 04

ps: what's the wheelbase? there doesn't seem to be much front overhang

[chavez]

RMIT's driver slogan: "No Fatties"

[shorty]

^ fat chicks need love too

[Joy Pathak]

^^ BUT THEY GOTTA PAY!

[Big Bird]

Greetings all,

Wheelbase is around 1530 again, chassis is wider than last year so for driver ergo reasons, weight was around 137kg at the launch night a week back but a few final changes might bump it up over 140kg. Wheels have carbon outers, inner suspension clevii are adjustable vertically with a range of around 30mm. Maybe Jake / Andrew / Ganesh / Grinchy or the crew might like to get on here and discuss their own designs - although they are all flat out at the moment and probably won't be able to until after the comp.

Looking forward to seeing all the other teams in a couple of weeks.

Cheers,

[shorty]

^^^^ ahh yes, there it is... on the nose in 2005.

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jmshort2/nofatties.jpg

still "Best in the South"

[rotor]

Got to be one of the best looking fase cars ive seen.

http://www.fsae.rmit.edu.au/photos/R06Pics%20and%20launch/IMG_2952.jpg

Mark Hester
RMIT Fan club

[Drum]

Congrats to Jake & the team for an awesome looking car. From what I hear it drives pretty good too....

Jake, why is there no photos of what is under that shock cover?? http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Pat
Perpetual RMIT Racing Fan

[Ben Adamson]

Cough cough .....
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l56/kristopg/DSC_1898.jpg

[Skyline]

thats a very good looking car Ben, well done!

also, thats a nice looking Pulsar ET in your photobucket album, are you bringing it to comp? http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif