Thanks, that's exactly what I was going for. Almost everything out there seems to be some variation of rock music over slow motion videos of cars going around corners, I haven't found anything that relates to the viewer what it is to be a driver.
Great videos Simon. I am hoping to start out in Formula Vee very soon and I have found your design, construction and race report video and commentary excellent reference material to learn by.
I notice you were mentioned in the latest CAMS speed read magazine in regards to your Formula Vee videos. Well done for your greatly appreciated efforts !
Just discovered this channel and watched some videos showing the preparation and build of your car (and jumped right to this championship 'series'). Also, because of this channel I discovered that my country (Brasil!) also have a Formula Vee championship (they even race in Interlagos)... Really liked your videos and i am already subscribed. Good luck for the rest of NSW championship, hope to see you uploading a lot of more videos from now (and sorry for my bad english :T)
Wow you've done some awesome work it's really awesome, I've just subscribed and I love all your videos. I wanted to ask how you managed to get so good at solidworks, did you a formal training? I've used it for a couple of years and I'm really amazed by some of the things you are doing/did on it!
It was taught as part of my university degree but formal training only gets you so far. Best thing you can possibly do is practice, find things which you don't know how to draw and figure it out. For me my understanding of working with surfaces improved a lot during this job.
Let's say you had a breakthrough in the car's design that could make you faster but you had to highly modify the car or build it from scratch again, would you do it ?
No, I've enjoyed it but I wouldn't be interested in doing it again. Besides, I'm very happy with the car as it is, even with almost a year of racing under its belt there's not much I'd change on it - besides maybe doing a better job of the body.
Not entirely sure yet, there is a lot going on for me professionally that might get in the way next year. But I should have an answer in a month or so.
Is that ground effect skirt on the 3D model actually legal in Formula Vee and you just didn't get around to making it yet, or is it just a cool design concept?
Found your channel today and marathoned through this series and I love it! Hope you will crush on the last round! You should have more subscribers and have defenetly got me hooked. All the luck from Finland.
bravo jolie travail !!! you have the 5th place with a car create by your self ,you should be glad. why you dont do a rear wing if the floor wing of the car is so hard to do? sorry for my bad english i hope you will understand it good continuation
Great work Simon! Just wondering what sort of average cost is involved in participating in this class doing as much work as you can? Then also how big is the price jump going up to Formula Ford? 🤔 Would apsolutely love to be learning racecraft this way 👍👍👍
Wow how many hundred ft lb did you get on that rear nut? That length gives you significant multiplication. I once broke a 17 or 19mm socket trying to get a steering box off with a bar that size.
Im no car expert but a spoiler may be helping the airflow and keeping the cart more stable as u drive it + it would look cooler (i dont know if a spoiler is a forbidden rule but yeah)
Thanks. The undertray shown in the intro is in the works for the reasons you listed. It's not forbidden at the moment, if it turns out well maybe it will be.
Around here I think we only reach around 150 kph, we can get up to 175 kph at Sydney Motorsport Park. We reach over 1.5 g's under brakes and in the corners.
It's a 360 camera. It records in all directions at all times using two special lenses. I then edit the video to get only the view that I want. Look up the Samsung Gear 360 for the one I've got.
Yes I did FSAE at my university in Sydney. It's a lot of work, it can easily take over your uni life if you let it to the detriment of your grades. It's worth putting in the effort though, I learnt more from FSAE than I did from my courses - in terms of how what I learnt could be applied to a real project.
Thank you! I did competitive karting for 4 years but I want to learn as much as possible before joining it, and I am learning as well with your videos thank you for that, keep uploading new videos, you can count on my like!
Depends on what you're making. Some automated methods like 3D printing can do it directly but most of the time there is some sort of translation required between the 3D CAD file and reality. For me this was the use of 2D drawings that I could use to build the part. Taking 2D views of parts or assemblies, showing dimensions sufficient to fully describe the part. I could then use this in the workshop to fabricate the part from the base material. Creating the 2D drawing is an entire skill set in itself, you need to have in mind not only everything required to describe the part but what the fabrication process will be. For something like the floor I took each surface of the floor, flattened it and then created an array of points with dimensions (like I did with the bodywork foam) that I could use to cut the surface - much like join the dots. After each piece is cut out I can fit them together, with the curves in say the strakes providing the curvature of the top surface. I'll show this when I put together a video on its fabrication.
Samsung Gear 360 - the original ball one, not the new one. I use the sound from the GoPro, the sound from the 360 camera is terrible as soon as it gets wind on it.
i love these race reports so much... it shows how it really is to race somewhere, cant find any videos like this. its like a race documentary!!!
Thanks, that's exactly what I was going for. Almost everything out there seems to be some variation of rock music over slow motion videos of cars going around corners, I haven't found anything that relates to the viewer what it is to be a driver.
I'll bet you're the most famous FV driver right now. For good reason, your vids rock!
Great videos Simon. I am hoping to start out in Formula Vee very soon and I have found your design, construction and race report video and commentary excellent reference material to learn by.
I hope the best for this channel. Thanks for making motorsports an interesting thing to watch !!
I notice you were mentioned in the latest CAMS speed read magazine in regards to your Formula Vee videos. Well done for your greatly appreciated efforts !
Cool, thanks.
Just discovered this channel and watched some videos showing the preparation and build of your car (and jumped right to this championship 'series').
Also, because of this channel I discovered that my country (Brasil!) also have a Formula Vee championship (they even race in Interlagos)... Really liked your videos and i am already subscribed.
Good luck for the rest of NSW championship, hope to see you uploading a lot of more videos from now
(and sorry for my bad english :T)
Nice to see you back
Thanks. Very exciting to see your progress and achievement.
Whaaaat. I started subscribing on you ever since you started with this build. (when you had about 300 subscribers) Amazing
Wow you've done some awesome work it's really awesome, I've just subscribed and I love all your videos. I wanted to ask how you managed to get so good at solidworks, did you a formal training?
I've used it for a couple of years and I'm really amazed by some of the things you are doing/did on it!
It was taught as part of my university degree but formal training only gets you so far. Best thing you can possibly do is practice, find things which you don't know how to draw and figure it out. For me my understanding of working with surfaces improved a lot during this job.
Let's say you had a breakthrough in the car's design that could make you faster but you had to highly modify the car or build it from scratch again, would you do it ?
No, I've enjoyed it but I wouldn't be interested in doing it again. Besides, I'm very happy with the car as it is, even with almost a year of racing under its belt there's not much I'd change on it - besides maybe doing a better job of the body.
Not entirely sure yet, there is a lot going on for me professionally that might get in the way next year. But I should have an answer in a month or so.
Is that ground effect skirt on the 3D model actually legal in Formula Vee and you just didn't get around to making it yet, or is it just a cool design concept?
It's legal, I'm working on it at the moment.
ThomsenMotorsport can't wait too see it
me too!!
Me three
me four. if it's legal how come nobody has any aero's
Love your UA-cam series. If I make it to a FV round I will look out for you and come say hello!
yay for the green silvia
Loved It buddy Keep it up.
Best Matt
Found your channel today and marathoned through this series and I love it! Hope you will crush on the last round! You should have more subscribers and have defenetly got me hooked. All the luck from Finland.
Thanks. I'd love to visit Finland someday, looks amazing.
Your comments are like your driving, very neat. Keep it up!
bravo jolie travail !!!
you have the 5th place with a car create by your self ,you should be glad.
why you dont do a rear wing if the floor wing of the car is so hard to do?
sorry for my bad english
i hope you will understand it
good continuation
Merci beaucoup. I suppose I could have done something less ambitious but I'm set on this path now, the tray is underway.
Great work Simon! Just wondering what sort of average cost is involved in participating in this class doing as much work as you can?
Then also how big is the price jump going up to Formula Ford? 🤔 Would apsolutely love to be learning racecraft this way 👍👍👍
Wow how many hundred ft lb did you get on that rear nut? That length gives you significant multiplication. I once broke a 17 or 19mm socket trying to get a steering box off with a bar that size.
That nut is around 32mm flat to flat. I'm not sure the torque value required on that one, just a lot!
Im no car expert but a spoiler may be helping the airflow and keeping the cart more stable as u drive it + it would look cooler (i dont know if a spoiler is a forbidden rule but yeah)
but overall the cart is amazing!
Thanks. The undertray shown in the intro is in the works for the reasons you listed. It's not forbidden at the moment, if it turns out well maybe it will be.
I dont mean the undertray but a spoiler in the back might help the airflow aswel :)
Are you gonna make a front wing like the ones from F1 or you are gonna stay a mini wing just to coordinate air over the wheels?
That floor that's shown in the intro is in the works, we'll start with that and go from there.
Hi Simon! wondering what kind of speeds you guys are getting and some g forces?
Around here I think we only reach around 150 kph, we can get up to 175 kph at Sydney Motorsport Park. We reach over 1.5 g's under brakes and in the corners.
how is the camera controlled to get the footages of other guys. is it controlled by radio by someone in the stands?
It's a 360 camera. It records in all directions at all times using two special lenses. I then edit the video to get only the view that I want. Look up the Samsung Gear 360 for the one I've got.
Do you know Formula Students? I'm about to join a team at the university, any tips?
Yes I did FSAE at my university in Sydney. It's a lot of work, it can easily take over your uni life if you let it to the detriment of your grades. It's worth putting in the effort though, I learnt more from FSAE than I did from my courses - in terms of how what I learnt could be applied to a real project.
Thank you! I did competitive karting for 4 years but I want to learn as much as possible before joining it, and I am learning as well with your videos thank you for that, keep uploading new videos, you can count on my like!
why your car is not completely like the rendering
It's missing the floor, I'm working on that part but it's another massive job in its own right.
What is the process of turning a CAD or CFD related file (such as your floor/diffuser) into a real life piece with identical dimensions?
Depends on what you're making. Some automated methods like 3D printing can do it directly but most of the time there is some sort of translation required between the 3D CAD file and reality. For me this was the use of 2D drawings that I could use to build the part. Taking 2D views of parts or assemblies, showing dimensions sufficient to fully describe the part. I could then use this in the workshop to fabricate the part from the base material.
Creating the 2D drawing is an entire skill set in itself, you need to have in mind not only everything required to describe the part but what the fabrication process will be. For something like the floor I took each surface of the floor, flattened it and then created an array of points with dimensions (like I did with the bodywork foam) that I could use to cut the surface - much like join the dots. After each piece is cut out I can fit them together, with the curves in say the strakes providing the curvature of the top surface. I'll show this when I put together a video on its fabrication.
what 3d camera do you use?
Samsung Gear 360 - the original ball one, not the new one. I use the sound from the GoPro, the sound from the 360 camera is terrible as soon as it gets wind on it.
I wish I could do that, but I need money
ClarenceWalker say need racing mechanics
why dont you have the floor on the car
I'm working on that part but it's another massive job in its own right.
Eyy new vid!
Damn, tough luck... But still, nice to see an update. Keep it up!
Question: How much do you reckon will the skirt boost your lap times?
if I were you, I would make the front of the car not like a bullet but like a slope... just dont make much drag and make more grip
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