Formula One Design Competition

[RajdeepSingh7]

I am currently involved in the Formula One Design and Challenge Competition. This requires you to design a Formula One Car using CAD/CAM and then using a CNC Lathe to carve it into balsa.

What I would like to ask is what is the best lubricant we can use on the wheels , which will results in a faster time, and where the lubricant can be bought. Remember this is for a model F1 car.

Any Help and Contribution will be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Rajdeep Singh,
Nemesis,
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[Ciro Pabón]

Well, I have no idea if this is suitable for your application, but I do know that clock's mainspring lubricants are as good as it gets. They can handle 300.000 lb/in2, they're very thin and one drop can cover incredibly large surfaces. I use one of the Keystone brand.

I've also heard of silicon nitride bearings made by Saint Gobain, called CERBEC, allegedly with very low friction coefficients. You'll have to look for them, as I'm in a hurry.

Of course, the lowest friction coefficient you can get is if you can make (I doubt it very much) the car to ride on air bearings. We had a thread where we mentioned them (actually, on spherical wheels): viewtopic.php?t=2781 In this same thread we mentioned SKF magnetic bearings, which are used in satellites because of their extremely low friction coefficients.

Finally, I also mentioned in that thread the extremely clever Halbach array, which could give you a way to build a zero friction (or so I imagine) bearing with no electric energy input.

Halbach array

[RajdeepSingh7]

I am currently involved in the Formula One Design and Challenge Competition. This requires you to design a Formula One Car using CAD/CAM and then using a CNC Lathe to carve it into balsa.

What I would like to know about is if anyone could tell me facts about Formula One Cars in any field and facts About Formula One Cars specifically linked to Aerodynamics.

Any Help and Contribution will be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Rajdeep Singh,
Nemesis,
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[West]

Have a disgruntled worker from another team give you their information. Just don't let your wife have any of it.

[zac510]

I like the genericness of your website.

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I am currently involved in the Formula One Design and Challenge Competition. This requires you to design a Formula One Car using CAD/CAM and then using a CNC Lathe to carve it into balsa.

Is this the

competition you're going to participate in? http://www.f1inschools.co.uk/ Looks like an impressive project, I remember reading about it earlier on, but didn't quite grasp what it was about at the time. If I may suggest, perhaps it'd be wise for you to open one single thread in the "Other Racing Series" area and concentrate your questions and project updates there. In such a project it's bound to be a fine line between legitimate assistance and someone else doing actual conceptual and design work for you. I don't feel comfortable giving very specific instructions but can suggest resources when suitable ones come to mind.

Seeing what F1inschools provides for participants already (CFD, CNC software and tools etc.), I wonder what else would you need especially in light of what a small team pressed for time can make use of anyway? A few years ago I would have been overjoyed at being provided with those tools to experiment with. Well, you're bound to have a better understanding of what you need so there's no harm in asking. You'll soon find you're faced with the same problem real F1 teams are faced with - plans can be refined to no end. Thus you have to determine with some accuracy which design and technical features will have the most impact on performance and concentrate on those. Fortunately you don't have to start with a blank page, but know how the rules restrict the design.

Good luck. I like how your web page is coming along, even if it's still under construction.

[modbaraban]

Sounds like Prodrive are trying to build a car from scratch as the new concorde agreement not being signed for 2008.
Way to go Prodrive-Nemesis!


(juz kidding )

PS: the website does look great!