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Minnesota State University - Mankato
MNSU Motorsports
Aero Univ - Daytona Beach
98Embry-Riddle
ERAU Motorsports
The 2016 Minnesota State FSAE teams’ car was designed to outperform our
previous year’s car and reduce the weight by ten percent. By reducing the weight
allowed the car to accelerate quicker in every direction. To help reduce the overall
weight of the car the team decided not to use any aero on the car. Some areas
were redesigned such as the frame while other aspects were kept the same such
as the suspension. The new frame design used the engine as a semi-rigid member
to help with torsional stiffness while reducing the weight. The roll hoop was
angled back while the dash hoop was angled forward to allow for larger and more
comfortable cockpit. Keeping most of the suspension points the same allowed the
team to refine the tire data. The team used the same engine configuration as last
year while revising the intake and exhaust systems. The engine is a single cylinder
2015 Yamaha YFZ450R running on E85 with a Garrett MGT-1238 Turbocharger.
Embry-Riddle’s 2015 Formula SAE car (ER-02) is the school’s second FSAE car. In
order to prevent vehicle failures and promote performance, an aggressive design
and build schedule was employed. The overall design philosophy of this car
was to reduce overall weight at the component level while maintaining stiffness
and strength. This is also the first car to employ an aero pack as well as engine
modifications. Every part of this car is tailored to the weekend auto-crosser. The
team’s design freeze was November 9th which allowed us to build over December
and January to allow us to reach our deadlines. ER-02 began testing on February
24th is roughly 55 lbf lighter than ER-01, turns 0.5 g harder, and has a more
refined intake system.
BRAKE : Four wheel disk brakes, Floating rotors
BSCD : 95mm/63.5mm/Single Cylinder/450cc
COOLING : Single pass 10”X16” aluminum core, 8” fan
DRIVE : Chain Drive, Drexler Differential
ELECTRONICS : MoTec M130
ENGINE : Yamaha YFZ450R
FR/RR TRACK : 47.5”/46.5”
FRAME : 1020 DOM Tube Frame
FUEL SYSTEM : turbine pump in tank
FUEL TYPE : E85
MATERIAL :
MPD : 65 HP @ 8800 RPM
MPT : 40 Lb-Ft @ 7300 RPM
OLWH : 117.6”/57”/47”
SUSPENSION : F/R Unequal length A-Arms with pushrods
in front and rear
TIRE : 18.0”X6.0” LCO
UNIQUE :
WEIGHT : 410 lbs
WHEELBASE : 62 Inches
BRAKE : Dual Hydraulic Systems
BSCD : 67/42.5/4/599
COOLING : Single Water Radiator
DRIVE : Chain drive to LSD
ELECTRONICS : Motec SDL3 and PE3
ENGINE : CBR 600 RR
FR/RR TRACK : 1219/48
FRAME : Steel Spaceframe
FUEL SYSTEM : Common Rail w/ Return
FUEL TYPE : 93 Octane
MATERIAL : 7075, 4130, and Carbon
MPD : 11,500
MPT : 8000
OLWH : 2876/1441/1193
SUSPENSION : Unewual length double a arm
TIRE : 6/18-10 LCO
UNIQUE : Aero Pack
WEIGHT : 590
WHEELBASE : 1549/61
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Information published as supplied by teams on or before March 15, 2016 with minimal editing.
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