Our final product for the drivetrain capstone project, and as built before installation onto the CMR 67 race car.
The Drivetrain Poster exists in pdf form as well.
Our final product for the drivetrain capstone project, and as built before installation onto the CMR 67 race car.
The Drivetrain Poster exists in pdf form as well.
A group of 5 mechanical engineering seniors all involved with Formula SAE happened to join forces and earn credit for making race car parts. A good candidate system was the drivetrain of the race car – connecting the power plant to the wheels. In the past, we had experienced difficulties in setting and maintaining proper chain tension, so our focus was on a new bit of hardware that eased those pains.
The first step for class was to construct a prototype to demonstrate the big idea of what we were trying to accomplish. We did so by building a mock rear box of our steel space frame chassis, and installing our freshly designed chain tensioning rig in there.