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Team Leader Notes

The summer is officially overwhich means its time for our

second edition of the Kette-

ring Forml1la Newsletter.

This past summer has had its

ups and downs for the team,

but we are in good position

for a very productive B-

section. Most of the designs

are in, a few of which we will

highlight in a new sectioncalled Technical Tidbits.

Another new feature in this

edition is Suonsor Suotlie:ht.

where we provide a more in

depth look at some of our

sponsors. In this edition wewill feature Nevada Automo-

Sponsor Spotlight

In this edition of Formula

Times, we would like to in-troduce a new feature called

Sponsor Spotlight. With

this we intend to highlight

one of our sponsors each

quarter. This quarter we are

highlighting the NevadaAutomotive Test Center.

NATC is a leader in their

field of automotive vehicle

tive Test Center.

Formula SAE would also like

to welcome new Asection

members to the team: me-

chanical engineer Jason Bar-

tak from Long Pine, Ne-

braska, who will start his first

co-op term with Ford Motor

Company in October, electri-

cal engineer Matthew Bennet

from Aromas, California who

is currently seeking a co-op

employer, graduate studentPrashant Ahire who hails

from India, mechanical engi-neer Matthew Monte from

Lompoc, California who is

currently employed at Orbital

and equipment testing andsimulation services.

Founded in 1957 and with

offices across the United

States and business from

around the world, they areable to test vehicles from

passenger cars to Class 8

trucks and government vehi-

cles equipped with advanced

weapons systems.

Sciences in California, and

Chris Chiasson from Louisi-

ana, a graduate student for

the energy systems lab.

Weare currently half way to

our $30,000 fundraising

mark for this year. Weare

still raising money for newmedia center in our office

which includes a new com-

puter, media software and

copier/printer/fax. I wouldalso like to announce our

decision to go to Formula

Student in England in July of

2005. We plan on taking 10-

15 students to compete at a

total cost of $10,000.

For more information on

Nevada Automotive Test

Center and their services

contact (775)-629-2000 or e-mail info@natc-ht.com.

Again, we would like tothank all those at NA TC for

their donation and we look

forward to their continued

support and many successful

years together.

KETTERING UNIVERSITY FORMULA SAE

Technical Tidbits

This year has seen a newdirection with the formulaSAE team. We have made

some major changes in ourequipment which we feelwill be a great benefit. In-stead of running the MoTecengine management systemthis year we opted for anECU from PerformanceElectronics. This has al-

lowed us the ability to inves-tigate pushbutton electronicshifters to improve the ergo-nomics and drivability ofthe car. Other majorchanges include a completechassis and suspension re-design. The chassis is amild steel and chrom-molysteel space frame with adetachable rear end. The

suspension redesign allowedus to better package the rearbox and place the rockerarm and shock mountingpoints in a better structuralposition. The engine is

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now a fully stressed mem-ber of the chassis, furtherimproving torsional rigid-ity. The suspension redes-ign has also increased theusable shock travel which

will give us increased per-formance and tune-ability.Another major suspension

change it;volved switchingto titanium for use in all

major suspension compo-nents, decreasing the over-all unsprung mass by 20lbs. We feel very confidentthat these new designs willlead us to another hallmark

year.