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7 Fsae
7 Fsae
Introduction Construction
Formula SAE is an international collegiate competition in which Weight is minimized by constructing the aero
student teams are tasked to construct a small scale open wheel package out of carbon fibre composites where
race car, which will compete against hundreds of other teams possible. The wing elements are made from
polystyrene foam core wrapped in a layer of
every summer. During this competition, a single second can
carbon fiber weave, with PLA plastic ribs
separate dozens of teams. laminated to either end. The ribs connect the
A well designed aerodynamics wing elements to both the carbon fiber
High Downforce Configuration
package that reduces the time endplates and a linkage that connects the active
it takes to complete a turn by flaps to the actuator, which is mounted on the
just a fraction of a second can vehicle chassis. Close-up of carbon fiber
sum to this difference. By weave