Monthly Newsletter | OCTOBER 2012

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Towards the end of October, the basic chassis had been

completed , which was the major accomplishment of the

month. The designing, manufacture and assembly of various

parts had begun with gusto.

LEMO, which was one of our in-kind sponsors in the 2011, is

sponsoring us once again this season. Another month closer

to the completion, the team has doubled its hard work to

complete the car.

Our fan page on Facebook has crossed the milestone of

1500 likes. We thank our followers for the unprecedented

support.

ENGINE

STRUCTURE

The engine mounting cups were welded onto the chassis. The hand

lay-up method attempted in the manufacture of the restrictor was

unsuccessful, because the resin could not be applied uniformly. The

restrictor, along with the intake manifold and the strainer is now being

imported from U.S.A. based manufacturer Stratasys. Currently, the

engine is under repair. The repairs on the upper swing arm of the

dyno-stand have been completed and the dyno-testing of the engine is

planned for near future.

TRANSMISSION

A wooden prototype of the differential mount was

manufactured and was used to cross-check the upper swing

arm points on the chassis.. The clevis for the differential

mounting jig was manufactured. The driving sprocket was

shifted 2mm away from the engine to create more space

between the engine upper swing arm and upper mounting point

of the differential mount, which has facilitated the inclusion of a

nylon bushing between them.

The Structure Team has worked hard on the completion of the

basic chassis. The rear of the chassis was completed initially,

followed by the cockpit and front part of the chasis.

Subsequently, the engine was mounted on it to check if the

dimensions of the chassis were correct. The cutting, grinding

and welding of each tube of the chassis was done in the

workshop.

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ELECTRONICS

The Arduino board setup is being replaced with the

ATmega16 microcontroller setup to gain more flexibility in

coding and hardware implementation. The brake light (a set of

6 red LEDs of 1 Watt power) was manufactured according to

the specifications. Moreover, the preliminary designing of the

power distribution module PCB mount was completed. The

data acquisition of the uprights was done as well.

The inserts of the ball joints were replaced by cups to make the

suspension more reliable. The cups, column mount and the

steering paddle box were manufactured by Flamepack Manipal.

Bearings were ordered for the recently manufactured bell crank

cups. The new brake lines arrived which are more flexible and of

smaller outer diameter than the previous one which the team is

looking forward to test in the near future.

TEAM MEMBER OF THE MONTH

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Yash Uppal a.k.a Uppal

Uppal has efficiently co-ordinated with the sponsors and helped out in

the logistics works. He has on his own managed the entire finance of

the team. Uppal loves coding in different languages like C, C++ and

Java, and has hence been of help to the electronics team. In his leisure

time, Uppal likes to be with his friends and watch movies.

VEHICLE DYNAMICS

OUR 2013 SPONSORS

We are proud to welcome back LEMO to the Formula Manipal family. LEMO is a Swiss electronic and fibre optic manufacturing compa-ny, especially popular for their push-pull connectors. It is the acknowledged leader in design and manufacture of precision custom connection solutions. Offering over 50,000 connection solutions for over 6 decades, LEMO continues to grow, counting more than 1,00,000 customers over 80 countries today.

If you have any ideas/suggestions please contact: TEAM MANAGER: Rishu Raj Singh Mob: +91-9008-7716-13 team.manager@formulamanipal.in

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Wish to be involved with Formula Manipal?

With the overwhelming response last year, the

team has started the ‘Buy a CC’ campaign this

year as well. This initiative will allow us to inte-

grate our benefactors into the Formula Manipal

family. For more details, visit our website

www.formulamanipal.in