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Until they switched to Rotax

Samson Flying car

https://www.samsonsky.com/

Any updates on the progress of this project?

It looks like a Beach FSV or a copy. Try contacting Ed Ziegler in the Houston area. He has a few varieties of Beach cars.

If you can post a few photos of the rear suspension it would help

Purchase or find these books in your local library. They may not be formula car specific but will give you a starting point / basic idea of what all is involved in building a car.
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Should be a good thing for all. Just wondering if they will keep both chassis or consolidate?

Found this while catching up on my reading

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/126868/ligier-constructor-onroak-acquires-us-firm

Another article

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105045/

Trying to find the article where MSV and Ford were in negations with the FIA over tube frame MSV chassis vs a carbon tub...

Left one out.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108552/

Probably better information.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116074/


http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115898/

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112861/
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MSV not MSA. MSV is Jonathan Plamer's series. They are replacing the Firman FE design.

He and Ford were in battle to become the F4 series

Could this be the start of introducing carbon tubs?

Just curious.

Frank, I will agree with you on your statement, but if you base your development program on the lower Nr alone you will probably be disappointed on the track.

I know this will probably bit me in...

Based on some wind tunnel test data that I have seen, the Reynolds Number quoted seem to be low for a complete system model. Maybe Nathan can enlighten us on what Nr they saw in the tunnel.

So a static load of 34 lbs will be applied to the end of a 12" bar attached perpendicular to a round hollow section (tube). Basically half of a torsion bar setup, correct?

Lets see if I have the problem correct.

You have a round tube of know diameter, wall thickness, and length.

The applied loads are torsional (twisting at both ends) and one (just for concept)...

If we have a 1" square tube x .062 wall and compared it to a 1" round tube x .062 wall the square tube will be stronger.

It's all about the Momemt of Interia. The farther away the material is...

http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/regs/2007FFDuratec1600Version01.pdf

Page - 17

PROPOSALS FOR 2008


3. CHASSIS


It is the intention of the Ford Motor Company Ltd to adopt new chassis regulations for 2008 onwards which meet new safety standards in line with MSA and FIA...

My father did the same thing around 1969/1970 in a 3/4 midget powered by a motorcycle engine as a birthday present. The car was too powerful (for a 7 year old);) and a maintenance nightmare.
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To make a decision you will need to identify the load path through out your subframe design.

One of the quickest ways to determine the strength of a "tube" is to calculate its moment of inertia....

If you can read German you can find the press release here: http://www.dmsb.de/ or find an Autosport from two or three weeks ago.

The suprising detail is that it is Ford supported and will be...

Has anybody checked their chassis to see if they conform to this rule?

Dave,

As per Section C.3 last paragraph "For either method ....roll hoop brace material" which tubes "chassis braces" between the front roll hoop and the rear roll hoop fall under this rule?

In 1988 we were able to get 220 hp from a GSXR1100 running on alcohol.

"In one of my previous incarnations, I raced a mini-sprint with a stock Honda 600CBR engine.
If you used up a motor (which rarely happened) for $1000 you plugged in another one.
And oh the sound of...