Dashboard update

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 April 2010 18:07 Written by Agge Skov Larsen Tuesday, 13 April 2010 23:40

We ave received the Dashboard PCB and are now working on the embedded software that will be controlling all the functions that will be available in the final Dashboard. On the pictures the Dashboard PCB can be seen with all the components mounted, amongst them are 2.8inch AMOLED Display, dot-matrix for gear indication and LED's for gear shift indication. On the back of the PCB the EPL-Node is mounted, this holds the soft core microprocessor that control the Dashboard functionalities. 

You can find more pictures here.

A-Arms and other material arrived

Last Updated on Monday, 29 March 2010 10:51 Written by Benjamin Jensen Monday, 29 March 2010 10:32

More  parts for our car have arrived, this time it is the A-arms and the material for the impact attenuator.
The  A-arms (wishbones in A shape) were milled out of a AISI 7075 aluminum plate. The design was optimized for high performance and easy manufacturing. The team have chosen to use aluminum to reduce the unsprung mass and the overall mass of the car – all 8 A-arms together weigh about 1.5 kg – which is a big improvement compared  to last year steel tube wishbones.
Thanks to the use of U profile the CNC millingmachine was programmed once for making all 8 A-arms – that reduced the labor hours and the price of the part.

See the rest of the parts arrived here

Gear & Transmission - Installing a gear indicator

Last Updated on Monday, 29 March 2010 10:47 Written by Nicolai Due Wednesday, 10 March 2010 15:36

When you are driving a racecar it is important to know which gear the vehicle is in at all times. To do this you need a gear indicator, and they come in many different types. On the previous Vikings this gear indicator was quite troublesome, so this year we wanted a solution without glitches. So to make a glitch-free solution the Transmission Team got to work with the Engine Team.

More detailed information about the issue with the gear indicator is awaiting for those who click on the "read more"-button.

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Progress update

Last Updated on Monday, 29 March 2010 10:48 Written by Wojciech Pierchala Thursday, 04 March 2010 23:04

A lot has been happening for the last few weeks! Some of the most exciting parts will be mentioned here, because now we finally found the time to update you with our progress.

First of all we have received some part for the new car:

• Nissens have sponsored two 250ccm motorcycle radiators – they are already in our workshop. We have chosen to use smaller radiators to save weight.

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