Welcome to the University of New Hampshire's Formula SAE website. Formula SAE is a competition designed for college students by the Society of Automotive Engineers. In this competition, aspiring students from all majors come together to design, build, and race a single seat, open cockpit race car.
The Society of Automotive Engineers describes the competition as:
The Formula SAE® competition is for SAE student members to conceive, design, fabricate, and compete with small formula-style racing car s. The restrictions on the car frame and engine are limited so that the knowledge, creativity, and imagination of the students are challenged. The cars are built with a team effort over a period of about one year and are taken to the annual competition for judging and comparison with approximately 120 other vehicles from colleges and universities throughout the world. The end result is a great experience for young engineers in a meaningful engineering project as well as the opportunity of working in a dedicated team effort.
More information about the competition can be found on the Formula SAE website.
The UNH Precision Racing team is hard at work building this year's Formula SAE car. This year's car is based largely off of Car 86, the team's 2009 entrant
Currently UNH Precision Racing is in it's 7th season and will be
competing at Formula SAE in Michigan.
A special thank you to all our current and past sponsors! Sponsors are the driving force behind UNH Precision Racing. Without their unconditional support our team would not be where it is today!
Feel free to take a look around the site as it is constantly being updated with the latest news and information the team has to offer. If you would like to become a team sponsor, and help this locally based team succeed, come check out our workshop on the University of New Hampshire campus. If you are looking for more information about who we are and what we do, send us an e-mail; our address is listed on the contact page. We would love to hear from you!
News and Updates:
Wednesday November 18th, 2009
We would like to welcome Northeast Delta Dental onto our team! Look for their information on our Current Sponsors page.
More winners of our calendar raffle have been chosen!
The winners are:
Greg Gerhardt
Jeff Carr
May-Win Thein
Leslie Gerhardt
Kate Gagnon
Mike Gildersleeve
Wednesday November 11th, 2009
More
winners
of our calendar raffle have been chosen!
The winners are:
Nick KirschThe winners are:
Bob Kraft
Stan Sharples
Cody Suttons
Susan Schettini
Kate Gagnon
Scott Hiland
Kathy Reynolds
Anna Greece
We
will
try to update the website weekly with the winners. All winners
will be contacted to receive their winnings at the end of the raffle.
Thank You everyone!
Wednesday November 4th, 2009
The first few winners of our calendar raffle have been chosen! We thank everyone who helped support our team by purchasing a ticket. This fundraiser has helped raise much needed funding for our team.
The winners are:
Mike Place
Mileva Loo
Jay Madnick
Mileva Loo
Jay Madnick
Keep checking back daily to see if you are our next winner!
Also, take a look at the Car Overview page for this year's Car 39 Specs!
Tuesday November 3rd, 2009
The team is
registered as Car #39 this year and is highly anticipating competition
in May.
The first testing day of the season was scheduled for last saturday. It was a beautiful day, partly cloudy, plenty of sunshine and 70° weather. The team built a new intake for Car 86 and re-tuned the car. The motor runs great and it sounds better than ever.
Unfortunately, as soon as the driver let out the clutch the chain broke. After careful inspection, we found that the master link holding the chain together had sheared apart, prematurely ending our testing session. We hope to schedule a much needed testing day within the next few weeks.
Items to be tested include:
The larger sprocket will fit into the rear of the frame with some modifications. The rear frame members must be cut in order to let the larger sprocket move freely. A supporting member will be welded in place with extra plating to ensure proper strength and stiffness. The placement of the differential will not have a drastic affect on the angle of the drive axles.
To see more images, please check out our new uploads on our Photos page.
The deadline for the complete front suspension model was last friday. It was the third deadline met on time this year by our team. The next deadline is December 11th, when the complete rear model of the suspension is due.
Along with the front suspension, the frame model is almost complete. Right now, the team is waiting on specs for our solid axle design in the rear.
So far, the team has dropped almost 27 pounds off of the car. The frame is much lighter, as is the drivetrain, impact attenuator, seat, and suspension components. The team is very close to meeting the 480 lb goal this year.
The team would like to acknowledge the support of this years sponsors:
Tucker Engineering
Whelen Engineering
UNH Mechanical Engineering Department
Todd Gross
May-Win Thein
Pratt & Whitney
CEPS Dean's Office
Cobham
DEKA R&D
Cannon Mountain
We are still actively pursuing team sponsors. If you would like to help support the team in any way, whether a monetary donation, advice, components, or a donation for a raffle, please contact us.
The first testing day of the season was scheduled for last saturday. It was a beautiful day, partly cloudy, plenty of sunshine and 70° weather. The team built a new intake for Car 86 and re-tuned the car. The motor runs great and it sounds better than ever.
Unfortunately, as soon as the driver let out the clutch the chain broke. After careful inspection, we found that the master link holding the chain together had sheared apart, prematurely ending our testing session. We hope to schedule a much needed testing day within the next few weeks.
Items to be tested include:
- Different spring rates
- Multiple suspension setups
- Carbon fiber pull rod
- New air intake design
- Larger rear axle sprocket
- Smaller engine sprocket
The larger sprocket will fit into the rear of the frame with some modifications. The rear frame members must be cut in order to let the larger sprocket move freely. A supporting member will be welded in place with extra plating to ensure proper strength and stiffness. The placement of the differential will not have a drastic affect on the angle of the drive axles.
To see more images, please check out our new uploads on our Photos page.
The deadline for the complete front suspension model was last friday. It was the third deadline met on time this year by our team. The next deadline is December 11th, when the complete rear model of the suspension is due.
Along with the front suspension, the frame model is almost complete. Right now, the team is waiting on specs for our solid axle design in the rear.
So far, the team has dropped almost 27 pounds off of the car. The frame is much lighter, as is the drivetrain, impact attenuator, seat, and suspension components. The team is very close to meeting the 480 lb goal this year.
The team would like to acknowledge the support of this years sponsors:
Tucker Engineering
Whelen Engineering
UNH Mechanical Engineering Department
Todd Gross
May-Win Thein
Pratt & Whitney
CEPS Dean's Office
Cobham
DEKA R&D
Cannon Mountain
We are still actively pursuing team sponsors. If you would like to help support the team in any way, whether a monetary donation, advice, components, or a donation for a raffle, please contact us.
Thursday October 8th, 2009
The team is now fully assembled,
with 9 Mechanical Engineering and 2 Electrical Engineering students.
You can check
out their bio's on the Team
Overview
page. The team has meetings on Tuesday's at 7:00pm in Kingsbury S145.
Anyone interested can stop by and see what's going on. We are also in
the project room on a daily basis and anyone is welcome to come in and
say hello.
The team registered for competition on October 5th, and after almost an hour of waiting, we became Car #39!! We are very excited to be registered for competition and we are looking forward to the trip.
Testing has been performed on the CF pull-rod specimen, and the structural epoxy held up to its performance specs. Over the weekend, a full-size pull-rod was built to test on Car #86.
A track day is scheduled at NHMS to test different spring rates, tires, suspension settings, and the pull-rod. We will also be getting some very valuable seat time.
A PVC mock-up of the front structure of the frame has been built and is being checked over for driver ergonomics and packaging constraints. The current model has a staggering weight loss of 9 lbs compared to car #86. That meets the 10% weight reduction goal set for each subgroup at the beginning of the summer.
The front suspension points have also been finalized, which is the earliest our team has ever had them. An upright has been designed in Solidworks and is close to being analyzed using FEA.
The engine has been disassembled and the crank shaft is about to go out for knife edging. Soon, the 4th, 5th, and 6th transmission gears will be removed to decrease the static weight of the motor, as well as reducing the rotational mass on the transmission. The powertrain team is also considering using a planetary gearset in place of a differential to allow for better ratios and a smaller sprocket.
Team t-shirts also came in this week and they look phenomenal! They are priced at $15/ea. We can provide any size shirt. For information on purchasing one, please email us @ unh.fsae@gmail.com.
The team is also selling Cash Calendars for the second year in a row to help with fundraising. The raffle idea combines a calendar sale with a chance at winning a prize. Each calendar purchase includes a raffle ticket for a prize drawing for a certain amount of cash on each day of November. The calendar's are $10/ea. If you are interested in participating in the raffle and winning some prizes, please email us @ unh.fsae@gmail.com.
The team registered for competition on October 5th, and after almost an hour of waiting, we became Car #39!! We are very excited to be registered for competition and we are looking forward to the trip.
Testing has been performed on the CF pull-rod specimen, and the structural epoxy held up to its performance specs. Over the weekend, a full-size pull-rod was built to test on Car #86.
A track day is scheduled at NHMS to test different spring rates, tires, suspension settings, and the pull-rod. We will also be getting some very valuable seat time.
A PVC mock-up of the front structure of the frame has been built and is being checked over for driver ergonomics and packaging constraints. The current model has a staggering weight loss of 9 lbs compared to car #86. That meets the 10% weight reduction goal set for each subgroup at the beginning of the summer.
The front suspension points have also been finalized, which is the earliest our team has ever had them. An upright has been designed in Solidworks and is close to being analyzed using FEA.
The engine has been disassembled and the crank shaft is about to go out for knife edging. Soon, the 4th, 5th, and 6th transmission gears will be removed to decrease the static weight of the motor, as well as reducing the rotational mass on the transmission. The powertrain team is also considering using a planetary gearset in place of a differential to allow for better ratios and a smaller sprocket.
Team t-shirts also came in this week and they look phenomenal! They are priced at $15/ea. We can provide any size shirt. For information on purchasing one, please email us @ unh.fsae@gmail.com.
The team is also selling Cash Calendars for the second year in a row to help with fundraising. The raffle idea combines a calendar sale with a chance at winning a prize. Each calendar purchase includes a raffle ticket for a prize drawing for a certain amount of cash on each day of November. The calendar's are $10/ea. If you are interested in participating in the raffle and winning some prizes, please email us @ unh.fsae@gmail.com.
Monday August 31st, 2009
The school year has begun and classes are now in session. The team is still very busy designing the car. The carbon fiber test specimen is machined and ready to test on the school's loadcell. The motor is being disassembled, the intake manifolds are in the design stage, and the header material is almost in. The chassis is being modeled in Solidworks and will be analyzed soon.
Tucker Engineering, Cobham DTC, Whelen Engineering, and DEKA R&D have all rejoined our team this year and we are glad to have them! We are also glad to recognize CFdesign as our new CFD and Thermal software partner.
Thursday July 30th, 2009
Now
that
the
velocity
stacks
are
machined, the swaged runners are being
machined down to the correct size for out test manifold.
The 2010 Summer Sponsorship Package has been uploaded to our website and can be found on the Sponsorship Information page.
The 2010 Summer Sponsorship Package has been uploaded to our website and can be found on the Sponsorship Information page.