Story courtesy of the ISU News Service 6-6-18 update: Engineers like to say they’re problem-solvers. Well, the students of Cyclone Racing Formula SAE had some hands-on training as they tackled problem after problem at the Formula North competition in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The biggest problem? Engine trouble. The solution: “a hotel parking lot engine swap,” said …Continue reading “Cyclone Racing’s formula team upgrades aero, drivetrain in race for podium position”
Cyclone Racing’s Formula Team took a fourth place overall finish at the Formula SAE Lincoln race last week in Lincoln, Neb. The Iowa State team competed against 77 other registered teams and finished just 3.1 (out of a total 1000) points behind the third-place team. Iowa State’s team also finished 4th in Endurance, 6th in …Continue reading “Cyclone Racing takes 4th place overall at FSAE Lincoln”
Iowa State’s Formula SAE Team raced all 14 laps around the twisty endurance course at the Lincoln (Nebraska) Airpark last week, piling up enough racing and fuel economy points for a solid return to the competition’s overall top 20. Over the nearly 14-mile endurance race, the team’s car burned 3.616 liters of E-85 fuel, good …Continue reading “Iowa State student engineers met their goal in Formula SAE Lincoln competition”
Greg Bott, finishing a series of 60 mph acceleration runs in a campus parking lot, pulled over to his teammates with a whoop and a double fist pump. “You like?” asked Derek Peters, the technical director of this year’s Iowa State Formula SAE Team. “I like,” said Bott, a senior studying mechanical engineering from Clinton. And then he …Continue reading “Iowa State student-engineers tune their open-wheel racer for speed, reliability”
5-28-13 update: It’s never ideal to finish a racing car after unloading at competition. And so the Formula North contest in Canada was an up-and-down event for Iowa State’s Formula SAE Team. The team finished mid-pack in the short and twisty autocross event. But delays in passing technical inspection cost the team the chance to compete …Continue reading “Iowa State formula racers think engine problems are finally behind them”
AMES, Iowa – The stress level is finally dropping in the Cyclone Racing shop on the Iowa State University campus. Formula SAE’s June 20-23 competition in Lincoln, Neb., is just days away. And the Yamaha YFZ450 engine in the back of the student-designed and student-built mini open-wheel racer is finally close to powering some last-minute tests. Derek Roberg, …Continue reading “Iowa State’s Formula SAE team looks for engine answers as it prepares to race”
Members of Iowa State’s Formula SAE Team are going flat out to build a mini racing car that can show off their engineering skills. Designs for a super-light, 350-pound car are all drawn up. The chassis is welded. The single-cylinder, 450-cubic-centimeter motorcycle engine is rebuilt and mounted. The suspension control arms and uprights are manufactured. “The car …Continue reading “Formula SAE Team tests its engineering skills at international competition”
