BART 09

Objectives

The construction of the racing car was based on the experiences, concept and know-how of the three pervious bolides. Therefore, this year's aim was to improve the car BART08 and therefore develop a more reliable and optimized BART09.

Emphasis was on a lightweight concept and on getting the car finished as soon as possible to have an extensive testing phase.

Body

• established concept of a tube frame
• at the same time pre-development full monocoque chassis
• optimizing seating
• weight reduction

Suspension

• improved chassis and more accurate steering for optimized drive-ability
  
• Kinematics via simulation software
• Optimization of handling via full car simulation
• Validation of the results of the simulation via tests

Powertrain

• Yamaha YZF R6 Motor with 600 cm3
• Electric-powered pneumatic circuit
• Optimization of charge changing via CFD simulation software
• 1-dimensional computational fluid dynamic to optimize torque

Electronics

• new motor-control (MoTec M400)
• every control module is connected via CAN-Bus
• circuit board in SMD-technology
• graphic LCD-Display in the steering-wheel
• flaring and improvement of the sensor package
• survey of telemetry data
• design of own evaluation software for live-telemetry (via WLAN)
• communication with driver - box via bluetooth-headset
• Optimized dimensioning of the cable harness
• Control module that is able to diagnose