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One of the big differences between the FSAE competition/SAE Baja competition and the FSAE Electric Competition is the volume of extra documentation required of the teams. Electric teams can expect to send in 4 extra documents with over 120 more pages of paperwork. The Electrical Systems Form can account for 100 of these pages. It is a technical report describing …
This is the first look at AR-10 Electra’s chassis. Our main goal is to have every person working on the car be able to drive without serious modifications. This was done by creating a rules compliant front roll hoop section as well as ensuring the suspension parts will not become a visual impairment down the road. Besides having the front …
This week we received word that FSAE (our project competition’s governing body) approved our Failure Modes Effects and Analysis, FMEA, report. We’d like to start out with a thank you to all the team members who spent a whole week filling it out. The FMEA is a document with 112 different Failure Modes that can/will occur within the electrical system …
On Sunday, October 18th, the Epsilon team held a track day in order to test Electra’s primary systems. Electra’s brakes were tested to observe weight transfer under use, and the powertrain was given a thorough workup: the motor controller current output was tested under different temperature conditions to measure for response differences while stressed, the rolling resistance of the motors …
To help celebrate UC Irvine’s 50th anniversary, improve our public outreach, and search for sponsor donations to help fund AR-10 Electra (Anteater Racing’s Electric Formula SAE car) we brought out Epsilon, originally an internal combustion FSAE car which was converted to electric a few years ago after a successful competition season. Epsilon was converted as a working prototype for a …
UCI’s Electra – our electric racecar design team is registered for the 2016 FSAE Electric collegiate competition in Lincoln, NE joining 20 teams from across the US as well as teams from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, South Korea and Pakistan. There are another 15 teams on the wait list. Select this link to see the list of competing teams: http://students.sae.org/cds/formulaseries/electric/teams/
