Vehicle Dynamics Seminar after Germany FS 2011

[OptimumG]

Claude Rouelle will once again be giving his (in)famous Vehicle Dynamics & Data Acquisition Seminars after the Formula Student Germany competition at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. We recommend this seminar for anyone that is interested in having a larger role on their Formula Student car or pursuing a career in automotive engineering. For a list of topics covered in the three days, visit optimumg.com.

Prices for students are deeply discounted at $550 for individuals and $475 for a group of three or more from your school. If you'd like to attend at the student price, send the following information to Rachel Trapp at rachel.trapp@optimumg.com or (303) 752-1562 to receive your student discount.

- Name
- Email address
- School & major studying
- Scanned copy of your student ID or class schedule

Once your information is received, you will be sent instructions on how to reserve your spot online.

We look forward to hearing from you,
The OptimumG Team
+1 303 752 1562
engineering@optimumg.com

[OptimumG]

Claude Rouelle will once again be giving his (in)famous Vehicle Dynamics & Data Acquisition Seminars after the Formula Student Germany competition at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. We recommend this seminar for anyone that is interested in having a larger role on their Formula Student car or pursuing a career in automotive engineering. For a list of topics covered in the three days, visit optimumg.com.

Prices for students are deeply discounted at $550 for individuals and $475 for a group of three or more from your school. If you'd like to attend at the student price, send the following information to Rachel Trapp at rachel.trapp@optimumg.com or (303) 752-1562 to receive your student discount.

- Name
- Email address
- School & major studying
- Scanned copy of your student ID or class schedule

Once your information is received, you will be sent instructions on how to reserve your spot online.

We look forward to hearing from you,
The OptimumG Team
+1 303 752 1562
engineering@optimumg.com

[Steve Fox]

“I feel the need. I feel the need… for SPEED!” An immortal quote uttered by Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun’. As exciting as the movie Top Gun was (in its day) Maverick was only an actor. You on the other hand are building something far more exciting than an F-14 (or a Kawasaki GPz900). You are designing, building, & testing a seriously quick / fast vehicle which will propel you and your team to a different kind of fame. The fame you get from an overall first place finish at a FSAE/FS competition. Even if you don’t drink from the FSAE/FS Cup at the end of the awards ceremony, you will take something far more important away from the competition… a learning experience to last you a lifetime.

In order to achieve your fame you need a little leg up on the competition. That leg up is being offered by Mr. Claude Rouelle in the form of the most intensive vehicle dynamics seminar on the planet. I am writing this post to hopefully make all of you ‘sitting on the fence’ about the upcoming Optimum G Seminar, get off your formula seat warmer and reserve your spot NOW. It will be the most effective $475 education dollars you ever spent!

Perhaps some of you have heard the stories… “You don’t pay for the seminar. The seminar is free, you are paying for the jokes.” That one is kind of true, but the jokes really are free.

What you do get is the most intensive 40 hours of vehicle dynamics education any amount of money can buy. I have attended Claude’s seminar. Let me tell you a little about my positive experience…

There were 40 students in my class. I remember looking around on the first morning thinking how in the world is Claude going to get any (or all) of these guys to open up and talk and participate. After all there were some pretty top flight motorsports guys in my class. Some might be afraid to admit how little they really know. Some might not be willing to share some of their advanced experiences so that the rest of us could benefit.

Claude fixed that problem within the first half hour. Every one stood up and introduced ourselves, and gave a little background info. We then told everyone what we expected to get out of the seminar. Claude then went on to explain that all the material would be covered in such detail than EVERYONE in the room would ‘get it’. And furthermore, we would not advance to the next subject until every last person in the room ‘got it’… Then we would move on.

Claude gives you a binder with all the course material in it. When I went through a few years ago, it was 50mm thick. (now it is more like 75mm thick) if you write down all the notes from the white board in the margins of your book, you will end up with an invaluable resource that will last you throughout your automotive career.

From the very first slide, the class was immersed in vehicle dynamics. It is a fun topic, and Claude has a knack for explaining some of the most complex aspects of it. Sure enough, just as he promised, we hit a point where one of the students just didn’t catch on to one of the concepts. Claude explained it in more detail. Pretty soon the rest of us were chiming in with our own real world examples. Soon enough the ‘lost’ student ‘got it’ and we kept going.

Before we knew it the end of the day was upon us. Claude asked if we wanted to stop or keep going. Everyone unanimously voted to keep going. 5:00pm passed. 6:00pm passed. Eventually at around 7:30pm, Claude called it quits for the day. All the students, I am sure, would have happily kept going! And so it was for three days. Each day was more information packed than the last. Each day was 12+ hours of continuous education. It was AWSOME! Almost 40 full hours of vehicle dynamics education crammed into 3 short days, and every student WANTED to be there, and would have gladly stayed longer, given the opportunity.

Do I heartily recommend this seminar to any and every FSAE/FS competitor / student engineer? You bet! Without any reservations whatsoever! If you are a suspension engineer, you need this seminar. If you are involved in the design, manufacture, or selection of: chassis, brakes, control arms, uprights, tires, cockpit controls, seating, ergonomics, even wings, splitters, or other aero devices you will benefit from this seminar. If you are a powertrain engineer, you too, will benefit. All that power you are making has to get to the track somehow, right? Claude demystifies how to get more of ‘your’ power to the ground where it will help propel the car to lower lap times.

And let’s face it, lower lap times and higher speed is what this is all about. So, speed on over to Optimum G and sign up for the education of a lifetime. Maybe, just maybe, you will be on the team drinking from that Cup someday…

[PatClarke]

Wow,
What can I add that Steve hasn't said?

Way back in 2001 I spoke with Claude about doing an FSAE presentation in Australia. I got into the old 'How many and How much'? debate. In order for Claude to make it viable he needed minimum numbers. Every time I got to that number, I asked Claude for a better price and he in return asked for more numbers. In the end we had between 70 and 80 people crammed into the MoTeC headquarters in Melbourne for one helluva few days.

For months afterwards I was getting 'thankyou' emails from attendees.
Not one attendee didn't think it was not worth the fee.....and in the ensuing years the presentation has become even better.

I had told them to live on baked beans if necessary to attend as it would be well worth it.

So, believe me, if you want to learn about vehicle dynamics, a subject which will help you in real life as well as in Formula, and is a killer addition to your CV, then start eating baked beans!!!

Be there or be nowhere!

Pat

PS, to give you an idea of the jokes Steve mentioned...

Capital letters are important in text messages, Twitter and in emails. Consider what message you are sending when you text someone 'I helped my Uncle Jack off his horse' without capitals. ;-)