UND FOMULA SAE RACE CAR

UND Formula SAE race car at The World Famous Legendary Bullring River Cities Speedway

Team Events

The UND Formula SAE team has been participating in various events in the Grand Forks area this fall. Early in the school year members of the 2016-2017 team took the 2016 car out to River Cities Speedway to show it off. Many race fans were interested in our project and had many questions! This was a very fun event for both our members and the World Famous Legendary Bullring River Cities Speedway race fans. With the dirt track season coming to an end with winter on its way, we plan on having the 2017 car at River Cities in the spring to unveil it to the community and race fans!

The UND FSAE team also brought the 2016 car to the 11th annual Rydell car & bike show. This charity event supported the Backpack program which is put on by Northlands Rescue Mission this year and was a ton of fun.

​ The team was present talking about the car with many of the car show goers. With a great relationship with Rydell, we hope to be present at many events at the dealership for years to come!

Upcoming Events
The FSAE team will be participating in the UND Homecoming parade on October 15th. This is done in conjunction with Rydell Cars. The Rydell tow truck will be carrying the 2016 car as well as team members.

Formula Lincoln 2016

Success

The Formula SAE competition in Lincoln, NE was a blast for this years team. Technical inspection went relatively well for our team, with only a few minor hang ups. With that, we were able to utilize all of our allotted runs for each of the dynamic events, helping them to get the best times possible in each event. The team successfully competed in and finished all of the dynamic and static events at competi- tion which resulted in an over- all finish of 38th out of the 80 teams that entered the com- petition from around the U.S. and World. This was helped by the team finishing 14th in the Cost Presentation and 24th in the Business case presenta- tion during the 4 days at com- petition.

2015-2016 Team at the end of Competition (June 2016)

One of the biggest goals of the 2015-2016 car team was to have a car that made it through all the dynamic events without any major issues, and they did just that! We were one of the 20 teams that finished the Endurance race, of the 80 teams that came to competition. Unfortunately the cumulative endurance time was just a little too slow to qualify for full points, which in the end, hurt the overall ranking of the team. In a whole, the team had a great time at competi- tion, and the underclassman learned some key design changes to consider when moving forward with the 2016 -2017 car build.

We have high hopes for FSAE Lincoln 2017, and are aiming to get inside the Top 30.
-Brandon Vannelli (Outreach Coordinator / Suspension Team Lead)

2016-2017 UND FORMULA SAE RACE TEAM– ON THE MOVE!

The 2016-2017 team is off to a great start! We have more students participating on the team than ever in team history, so we are very excited to see what this year brings! Our goal is to get more students involved to improve the rate of the cars advancement for years to come. With more students understanding how the team operates and functions, it will allow for seamless year to year transitions.
The team is currently on schedule, and has just sent out their chassis CAD file to be laser profiled and cut, this week. The goal is to have a rolling chassis by team everyone heads home for winter break.

Student Involvement

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One of the main focuses of our FSAE team this year is our underclassmen presence. Underclassmen are a critical part of our team because they are learning all of our struggles now so they are prepared if these difficulties appear later.

Another main focus of our team is organization. We have really cleaned up our work area and used the Six Sigma concept to make our space efficient, includ- ing a full clean up at the start of this semester, la- beling and positioning of our tools, and weekly cleanings. Additionally, we created a page on Black- board, our school’s course information site, to help foster communication be- tween members and or- ganize important docu- ments that each team member can access.

​This process has helped promote our organization to underclassmen and in- crease the flow of infor- mation to the entire team.
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-Josh Logan (President)

UND Formula SAE Powertrain Team

For 2016-2017 the team will be sticking with the same power plant of a Honda CBR600 F4i. This will allow the team to focus on engine upgrades and improvements to promote the longevity and performance of the engine rather than worrying about integrating an entire new en- gine into the car. One compo- nent we want to fix is our cool- ing system. The radiator will

be mounted lower which will allow it to lay within the regu- lated plane from the top of the rear tires to the top of the main roll bar. The radiator will be a dual-pass, as opposed to a single-pass that was used in the past seasons. The fan that will be used is an 8-amp and will be secured with a carbon fiber shroud. The shroud that the radiator will be mounted to will have scoops integrated into it to direct outside air into the face of the radiator.

​This design change will prevent the cool- ing issues that the previous car was having.

-Aristotle Postiglione (Senior)

UND Formula SAE Chassis and Body Team

The UND FSAE Chassis & Body team is in the process of making some very key chang- es to the 2017 car. The chassis is being remodeled in PTC Creo to assure a properly assembled modeled as a base for our final CAD assem- bly. Along with that, the body is undergoing a rather large redesign. The main design change will be the addition of body panels incasing the engine bay. These panels will incorporate air scoops to
direct air into the engine bay as well as into the radiator to improve cooling. The chassis and body team is confident in their designs and know these changes will increase the performance of the UND FSAE car this year and many years in the future.

​-Brandon Eitel (Senior)

Pictured is the rear of the 2015-2016 car where new body panels will be placed.

We would like to give thanks to all of our 2015-2016 sponsors. This FSAE team would not be possible without you!

•  UTC Aerospace Systems 
•  Black Gold Farms 
•  Young Manufacturing Inc. 
•  Arctic Cat 
•  Cirrus Aircraft 
•  Menards 
•  Steffes Corporation 
•  NAC Mech. & Electrical Services
•  Schaeffler
•  Speedy Sign
•  Rydell Cars
• PS Doors
• Great River Energy
• Team Industries
• Speedway 805 Grille
• Praxair​
• UND SOFA
• LM Wind Power

 UND CEM Special Thanks To:

•  Jay Evenstad
•  Gary Dubuque
•  Dr. Zahui

River Cities Speedway as well as all UND & Race Fans are very proud of our UND Formula SAE RACE TEAN. We are proud that they got to display this amazing race car and looking forward to see them come back in 2017 too the speedway.


STORY SUBMITTED BY UND Formula SAE race team.