Need some help for Formula SAE-A 2009

[nai_ohmi]

My team is new in FSAE-A and International

so i need some help from you

- i use pneumatic shift and this system use Oxygen but i can't take Oxygen to air-transportation
where can i find Oxygen to refil my tank in this competition?

- what average speed that you use in endurance event in this competition ?(Is it Low speed many turn or High speed)
and for a fex years ago is it same course to race.

- did any one have last year course plan ?

Sorry, If I bad in English Sentence.

Thank you

King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
(Initial KMITL Team)

[nai_ohmi]

My team is new in FSAE-A and International

so i need some help from you

- i use pneumatic shift and this system use Oxygen but i can't take Oxygen to air-transportation
where can i find Oxygen to refil my tank in this competition?

- what average speed that you use in endurance event in this competition ?(Is it Low speed many turn or High speed)
and for a fex years ago is it same course to race.

- did any one have last year course plan ?

Sorry, If I bad in English Sentence.

Thank you

King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
(Initial KMITL Team)

[TimR]

Go through the rules on the dynamic events- they go through all the details of the corners and straight lengths. Its all twisty stuff though. Maximum straight is 75m I think so probably around 120ish kph max.

Don't know where you can get pure O2 from but I wouldn't be running it on our car- would scare me. Nonetheless Melbourne is a reasonably sized town and no doubt you could get some O2 easily.

[woodsy96]

Can't help you with the air bottle, but the track at Australia is quite different to most other tracks. Consists almost exclusively of slaloms, and changes a lot from year to year.

I would make sure your car can navigate very tight corners though. There were a few parts of last year's layout that was out of FSAE spec, if you will (slaloms too tight, corners too narrow etc.). A couple of teams were particularly unhappy about it, and one team couldn't properly get around without collecting cones.

[MalcolmG]

for what it's worth, I'm pretty sure the highest speed we've seen at FSAE-A since 2006 was around 100km/h, with average speeds around 35-45km/h.

[nai_ohmi]

I'm very Appreciate from all of your help
Thank you

I want to know did any team use pneumatic shift? and what gas that you refill your storage tank


King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
(Initial KMITL Team)

[Zac]

in terms of being easy to find, C02 is a good choice.

[Fred G]

The organisers were able to drive their mitsubishi evo around the track, bar the slalom if I remember correctly... so if you're collecting cones... http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_redface.gif back to the drawing boards http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by woodsy96:
Can't help you with the air bottle, but the track at Australia is quite different to most other tracks. Consists almost exclusively of slaloms, and changes a lot from year to year.

I would make sure your car can navigate very tight corners though. There were a few parts of last year's layout that was out of FSAE spec, if you will (slaloms too tight, corners too narrow etc.). A couple of teams were particularly unhappy about it, and one team couldn't properly get around without collecting cones. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[Moke]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Fred G:
The organisers were able to drive their mitsubishi evo around the track, bar the slalom if I remember correctly... so if you're collecting cones... http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_redface.gif back to the drawing boards http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

It was more that when the team drove their rule book and tape measure around they had trouble in places.

[Mark_W]

oxygen is easy to find. as long as you can fill your system from a big bottle. BOC gases.

a leak near any oil/grease could end up in flames even without ignition source.

[nai_ohmi]

Thank you
I will be careful oxygen
and I will change to co2 and test again

but if i use co2 where can i find co2 tank (http://www.sodaparts.com/images/co2tank.jpg)
like this picture to refill my storage


King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
(Initial KMITL Team)

[nai_ohmi]

Thank you for your advice

I will be careful oxygen and i will change to co2
If i use co2 where can to find co2 tank to refill my storage

Is it near the course and Is it expansive


King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
(Initial KMITL Team)

[Zac]

compressed C02 should be available from any paintball supply store.