Designing the monocoque

[munnsie1]

Hi,

Basically i'm trying to design the 2010 monocoque section of an f1 car. The section lies between the front wishbones and the location of the exhausts, however i do not know the overall depth of the cockpit. Any models or dimensions regardin this would be great.

Thanks in regards

Dan

[machin]

Many of the dimensions are stipulated in the FIA rules... for example minimum monocoque width, opening for the driver to get in, position of the driver's feet etc... you can download them from the FIA site. The rest are determined by the design of the rest of the car... I have a very simple monocoque in my solidworks model.... compared to 2009 monocoques they should be longer and wider to accommodate the new bigger fuel tank


see this thread for a shot of my model (second pic down shows the monocoque) (since I made this I have subsequently widened it to accommodate a wider fuel tank):

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=7764

[machin]

Even better than my model(!); some real pictures from USf1:-

http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news ... assis.html

[munnsie1]

What you've done looks great, the monocoque tub is wicked. From the fia rules it says from drawing 2 of the 2010 technical regs that the distance from the top of the air box hole to the ground is 950mm so what is the depth of the cockpit?!

[xpensive]

Esteemed moderators, I find this thread a rather good xample to support my idea of approval for all new topics?