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Check out the impressive mass production of push/pull rods and rod end inserts that the team has put together this week. Front and rear bellcranks should also be fully CNCed in the near future, while newly finished torsion bars and anti-roll bar chassis mounts are shown below.

With the semester coming to a close, the manufacturing stage has been in full swing for Carnegie Mellon Racing. We have been working non-stop on finalizing designs, ordering parts, and machining. Check out the awesome chassis that has developed in the garage as a result.

CNC work has also begun with suspension and diff components, while engine modifications are now being carried out to lighten our oil pan. Although we’ve had an aggressive timeline, everyone has been striving to meet our goals by winter break.

Shown here is the chassis and the diff, along with some sweet scale model testing being conducted by the fuel system team regarding baffle effectiveness.

With our beautifully pre-cut tubes, the chassis has been growing very quickly down in the Formula Garage. Jigging has largely been set up and several major components are now welded. Check out some pictures of the progress, and look for much more to be completed in the next week.

It must be time for Critical Design Reviews.

Most systems are now entering their CDR phase in development, meaning the Mech-E cluster has become a very popular place on campus. Upcoming systems to be reviewed are shifter and body/aero, with suspension having been review last Friday.

Exciting news this week! Thanks to our friends at Cartesian Tube Profiling, we just received a delivery of beautifully pre-cut steel tubes for our chassis. As of now welding has already begun, and the frame will begin shaping up in the next two weeks with great precision in the Formula Garage. With that manufacturing is full underway, as the welding jig is now assembled and people are stepping up for machining hours.

Designs are also being finalized, with Powertrain and Unsprung Mass having just completed critical design reviews this week. Overall it is an exciting period for the team, and we look forward to watching our ideas and hard work grow from this point forward.

2 A.M. in the Mech-E cluster…?

There must be Preliminary Design Reviews tomorrow.

System leaders are currently hard at work finalizing their designs for upcoming PDRs, with machining having already begun on certain parts in the Formula garage.

It’s official! Carnegie Mellon Racing has been registered for Michigan as Number 67. We look forward to building CMR 67 and running it at competition, so look out for more updates as design work begins to finalize.

To honor the Clairton, PA Police Officer James Kuzak Jr., who was shot three times responding to a home invasion last year, Carnegie Mellon Racing recently re-dedicated its most recent car to Officer Kuzak at a thank you ceremony on campus last week. After the incident, Officer Kuzak donated tools to the team that uses every day to keep our cars well maintained. For this, and to commemorate his service to the community a “Thank You” plaque was presented to him along with an honor patch that will remain on the vehicle.

A local news station picked up the story and aired the footage below:

Carnegie Mellon Racing thanks Officer Kuzak Jr. for his dedication and commitment to service, and wishes him the best throughout his recovery.

Over the past several weeks we have been completing many static and dynamic tests on last year’s car to validate our design and find ways to improve. We’ve also been welcoming our new members and orienting them with the organization. Here we have our testing of CMR 57’s wheel rates, center of gravity, and a freshman grinding away at some steel.

Attention all prospective members! We will be having an information session this coming Monday (9/10), at 4:30 in DH2315 to introduce new students to the Formula SAE program, and to describe exactly we do at Carnegie Mellon Racing. We will be happy to answer all your questions, and will be following the presentation with a tour of the FSAE garage and our newest car.

Date: Monday, 9/10

Location: Doherty Hall 2315

Time: 4:30pm

We’ll see you there!