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Chassis Update 05/10

Chassis Progress 12/09

Since the last update, the chassis has been completed, with only small mounts left to be added. The finished chassis came together just after Christmas, then suspension and engine mounts were added. The complete frame weighed in at 30kg, with mounts, an decrease of 8kg over last year.
The process of welding the chassis continued, with a number of different jigs being used:


With the frame complete, the suspension mounts had to be added. These were set at angles specified by the suspension team and welded to the frame.

And then engine mounts.

The next stage for us is to paint the chassis once the final mounting points are on, and then assemble the car

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The Team

The team is split into two sides, an engineering team and a business team.

The engineering team is then broken down into sub-teams as shown below:

 

Engineering Team (Lead by Martin Jones)

Chassis

     

 Will Kynoch

Will Kynoch
(team leader)

Mechanical Engineering MEng

Related Experience:- Forza 3?!

Other Interests:- Football, music, travelling, stand up comedy, XBox 360

 

 Martin Jones

Martin Jones

Automotive Engineering
MEng


Related Experience:-
Work experience as a mechanic, Karting, Mobil 1 Team Sussex 2008 member


Other Interests:-
Rallying, football, cricket, driving

     
     

Suspension

Sam Thompson

Sam Thompson
(Team Leader)

Mechanical Engineering MEng


Related Experience: Compressor design, Particle Image Velocimetry Testing on model cars,  Karting

 

Other Interests:
Snowboarding, Kite surfing, Windsurfing, Guitar, Photography, F1, Travelling

 

 

 Abkash

Abkash Shrethsa

Mechanical Engineering MEng

 

Related Experience:
I have a car and cfd analysis

 

Other Interest:
Out Door sports, ManU, social events

     
     

Power Train

Martin Grant

Martin Grant
(team leader)

Automotive Engineering MEng

 

Experience: Motorbikes

 

Other Interest: watching football and drinking beer

 

Daniele De Anna

Daniele De Anna

Mechanical Engineering MEng

 

Experience:  Formula Student 2009, karting, rallying

 

Other Interest: football, skiing, traveling.

 

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 Augustin Zeitouny

Automotive Engineering MEng

Experience: Worked as a mechanic for three months,  placement in Caterpillar diesel power generation sets

 

Other Interests: Rally, Formula 1, Speed Boats

 

   
     
     

Bodywork

 

 Alex Hodson
(team Leader)

 

Automotive Engineering MEng

Experience: 
13 week placement at Ricardo STC, 8 Week Junior Research Associate Project, Practical Workshop Experience at Economy Cars 

Other Interests:
 Formula 1, Kite Surfing, Skiing/Snowboarding


     
     

Driver Control

Rida Mansour
Rida Mansour

(Team Leader)

Mechanical Engineering MEng

 

Related Experience:- “Street” Racing

 

Other Interest:-

Shisha, Traveling, Squash


 

 

        Ahmad Mahmood

 

 

BEng Mechanical Engineering

 

Related Experience:- Compressor design and Automotive courses

 

Other Interests:- Football, Gym and nights out

     
     

Electronics

 

Jack Greenhalgh

Jack Greenhalgh
(team leader)

 

Computer Systems Engineering

 

Related Experience:  Control electronics

 

Other Interest:- Music, electronic stuff