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LJMU Racing Team Newsletter

Rhian Mair
Rhian Mair

The document provides an update on the activities of the LJMU Racing Team. It introduces their new manager, David Pettit, and summarizes their successes from last season. It discusses updates to their electronics system including a new partnership with National Instruments. Several team members have been busy with welding training, visiting conferences, and thanking sponsors. The team has also been visiting industry events and competing in go-kart races against other universities.

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! LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! A New Year A New Manager ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 26 November 2013 RACING TEAM Before introducing our new manager we students studying web-Design, Media, our partner universities in Shanghai. would like to thank Dan Withers for Business, and Computing as well as They worked with the team as managing the team over the last year Engineering. preparation for their own universitys and ensuring that both the team and car made it to Silverstone and Hockenheim. entry into FS China in 2014. "Last seasons car was the most advanced the team has produced to LJMU graduates from the team have LJMU Racing Teams new manager date. It featured many new also had a very successful year David Pettit launched preparations for developments including: a more fuel securing jobs with leading employers the 2013-14 Formula Student ef鍖cient powertrain; a lighter chassis including Aston Martin, Bentley, competition with a series of meetings with carbon 鍖bre reinforcing bars; and Mercedes, McLaren, Jaguar Land Rover with team members and a round-up of specially designed uprights and wheel and Sella鍖eld. the previous seasons achievements. hubs. It proved to be extremely capable in competition producing successes in The design and build of LJMU 2014 is David said:"I am really excited about the dynamic events including the fastest currently underway, the team is hoping this year. We have a good team and UK 鍖nish in the skid pad, and scoring to be racing at Silverstone in July and fantastic car and we are really looking highly in static events, notably second Hockenheimring in August. In addition, forward to competing. We are still place in the special costing task. This the team hopes to have an electric recruiting though, and need more year, the team was joined by a group of vehicle design ready for a Class 2 entry graduate students from USST, one of at Silverstone.! 1
26 November 2013 We have a new partnership! importantly, when to shift. The wheel part is being closely documented for will no longer have a coiled cable the design report and presentation. By David Petit connected in order to connect Following much thought and electronically to the car, instead the feedback about previous years cost ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! LJMU Racing Manager splined steering connector supplied LJMU Racing Team is proud to by Lifeline has an eight pin electrical announce a new partnership with connector embedded within it, Pensby Young Engineers. This Team meaning that the wheel will effectively of high school pupils competes in the be fully implemented in the very near future. ! side pod on the right of the car, to This year we have taken an approach make way for a lower seating position to the statics that focuses greatly for the driver and curved 鍖rewall. what we want as our end outcome, Further additions to the wheel will be be it a complete and accurate cost a PTT (push to talk) button, allowing report, or, a business presentation the driver to communicate with the competition teams must design and build a vehicle powered by an electric motor and compete to travel the furthest distance in the gruelling 4 hour endurance event. LJMU Racing Team hopes to provide the young engineers with knowledge from our worthy of any professional race engineer / pit wall over radio, own car and to grow their enthusiasm towards formula student in the future. organisation plans which are due to from underneath the driver to a new be wireless. The ECU will be moved Greenpower challenge. In this so that they can hopefully develop reports, we have established new and a paddle shift system for the gears, rather than buttons. Position ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! sensors will be used to measure suspension travel, pedal use and presentation in industry. ! We have a busy year ahead, but if we have the same commitment to statics steering angle with thermal sensors as last year, then it could be the most being used to monitor brake successful yet. temperature. Overall the new Lets Weld electronics system will be a lot more technologically advanced than the previous years, and will provide us ! ! ! ! Updates to our electronics system By Christopher Jones Having always been interested in improve the car further. learning how to weld Sarah Edgar ! So what is going on with the statics?! This year a number of components By Stephanie Hines ! and systems are going to be 2nd Year Mechanical overhauled for LJMU 14. The most ! 2nd Year Mechanical with with the information required to 3rd Year Electrical ! By Sarah Edgar! ! recently enrolled on a TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) Welding course at St Helens College. An 18 week, parttime course which emphasises on the practical applications of welding as well as understanding the function of The year has got off to a busy start in the equipment including the health all of the statics disciplines; Design, and safety aspects of welding. A us with the technology to produce our Costing and Business. We have range of welded joints in various own ECU and data logger. In LJMU made good progress in improving on 14 the driver information display will our business concept and are be manufactured in house, as part of already ahead of schedule. As more our own custom steering wheel, designs are being 鍖nalised for LJMU providing the driver with reliable 14, the progress from drawing to signi鍖cant is a working partnership with National Instruments, providing information such as rpm, current gear, general warnings and most 2 being a fully tested and implemented
26 November 2013 materials and thicknesses are required fame, whilst mentioning LJMU racing of continuing help and support with our to pass the course and aid the student course! business case. to a better understanding of TIG ! Finally we would like to thank Diane Morgan also recently spoke at a Meehan (Dean, Faculty of Technology conference in Cardiff about women in Having enjoyed the course immensely and Environment) for all of her support engineering and whats happening in Sarah continued to practise her newly over the years. Liverpool at the moment, once again she found welding skills in the Formula mentioned LJMU racing! welding. ! Student workshop and was 鍖nally persuaded to assist with welding the ! LJMU Racing has been busy, but what have we been up to? 2013s chassis along with the wishbones LJMU Racing says thank you ! and anti-roll bars. Compared to the test By Morgan Marren-Arnull! 3rd Year Mechanical ! Since the start of the new year the whole By Morgan Marren-Arnull! 3rd Year Mechanical ! car was a particular challenge for our LJMU Racing would like to say thank team has been very busy both in the team member but she thoroughly you to all of our sponsors for your workshop and working on the static enjoyed the experience and continued continual support in making sure we events, but we have also been visiting to learn further techniques and remain competitive. We would like to say and attending events around the UK. applications of welding. a big thank you to TeXtreme for Our 鍖rst visit of the year was to the pieces required for the course, welding around small and awkward areas on the supplying us with new carbon 鍖bre for graduate fair in Derby, which was Sarah hopes to continue to help with the this years car, to National Instruments for quickly followed by a visit to Formula welding on this years race car to all their help with the ECU, to Varley Red Students Learn to win event in London improve on the skills gained from the Top for the batteries, to Graham where we picked up some helpful tips course. Engineering for agreeing to cut our for this years competition. BBC Radio Merseyside says hello to two of our team! chassis jigs, to WEC for agreeing to cut By Morgan Marren-Arnull! ! 3rd Year Mechanical our chassis tubes, to Spontex for new team t-shirts, to Aintree for once again letting us use their track for testing, to Fuchs for the supply of Lubricants, to Sanctuary students for the summer On Monday November 4th Stephanie accommodation, to ABC for their Hines and Morgan Marren-Arnull arrived continual support, to Aspect early at the BBC Radio Merseyside Construction and Hightown Construction studios to be interviewed on their ! for the monetary donations and to Lotus More recently we enjoyed some friendly breakfast show about women in F1 for giving some of us a tour of their competition with University of Liverpool engineering. The interview went well and facilities. A massive thank you goes to at Hooton Park Circuit for an afternoon of the girls enjoyed their 鍖ve minutes of Duncan Stock and Taylor Fox for their racing go-karts and quickly followed it up by a factory tour at Lotus F1. 3

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  • 1. ! LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! A New Year A New Manager ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 26 November 2013 RACING TEAM Before introducing our new manager we students studying web-Design, Media, our partner universities in Shanghai. would like to thank Dan Withers for Business, and Computing as well as They worked with the team as managing the team over the last year Engineering. preparation for their own universitys and ensuring that both the team and car made it to Silverstone and Hockenheim. entry into FS China in 2014. "Last seasons car was the most advanced the team has produced to LJMU graduates from the team have LJMU Racing Teams new manager date. It featured many new also had a very successful year David Pettit launched preparations for developments including: a more fuel securing jobs with leading employers the 2013-14 Formula Student ef鍖cient powertrain; a lighter chassis including Aston Martin, Bentley, competition with a series of meetings with carbon 鍖bre reinforcing bars; and Mercedes, McLaren, Jaguar Land Rover with team members and a round-up of specially designed uprights and wheel and Sella鍖eld. the previous seasons achievements. hubs. It proved to be extremely capable in competition producing successes in The design and build of LJMU 2014 is David said:"I am really excited about the dynamic events including the fastest currently underway, the team is hoping this year. We have a good team and UK 鍖nish in the skid pad, and scoring to be racing at Silverstone in July and fantastic car and we are really looking highly in static events, notably second Hockenheimring in August. In addition, forward to competing. We are still place in the special costing task. This the team hopes to have an electric recruiting though, and need more year, the team was joined by a group of vehicle design ready for a Class 2 entry graduate students from USST, one of at Silverstone.! 1
  • 2. 26 November 2013 We have a new partnership! importantly, when to shift. The wheel part is being closely documented for will no longer have a coiled cable the design report and presentation. By David Petit connected in order to connect Following much thought and electronically to the car, instead the feedback about previous years cost ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! LJMU Racing Manager splined steering connector supplied LJMU Racing Team is proud to by Lifeline has an eight pin electrical announce a new partnership with connector embedded within it, Pensby Young Engineers. This Team meaning that the wheel will effectively of high school pupils competes in the be fully implemented in the very near future. ! side pod on the right of the car, to This year we have taken an approach make way for a lower seating position to the statics that focuses greatly for the driver and curved 鍖rewall. what we want as our end outcome, Further additions to the wheel will be be it a complete and accurate cost a PTT (push to talk) button, allowing report, or, a business presentation the driver to communicate with the competition teams must design and build a vehicle powered by an electric motor and compete to travel the furthest distance in the gruelling 4 hour endurance event. LJMU Racing Team hopes to provide the young engineers with knowledge from our worthy of any professional race engineer / pit wall over radio, own car and to grow their enthusiasm towards formula student in the future. organisation plans which are due to from underneath the driver to a new be wireless. The ECU will be moved Greenpower challenge. In this so that they can hopefully develop reports, we have established new and a paddle shift system for the gears, rather than buttons. Position ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! sensors will be used to measure suspension travel, pedal use and presentation in industry. ! We have a busy year ahead, but if we have the same commitment to statics steering angle with thermal sensors as last year, then it could be the most being used to monitor brake successful yet. temperature. Overall the new Lets Weld electronics system will be a lot more technologically advanced than the previous years, and will provide us ! ! ! ! Updates to our electronics system By Christopher Jones Having always been interested in improve the car further. learning how to weld Sarah Edgar ! So what is going on with the statics?! This year a number of components By Stephanie Hines ! and systems are going to be 2nd Year Mechanical overhauled for LJMU 14. The most ! 2nd Year Mechanical with with the information required to 3rd Year Electrical ! By Sarah Edgar! ! recently enrolled on a TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) Welding course at St Helens College. An 18 week, parttime course which emphasises on the practical applications of welding as well as understanding the function of The year has got off to a busy start in the equipment including the health all of the statics disciplines; Design, and safety aspects of welding. A us with the technology to produce our Costing and Business. We have range of welded joints in various own ECU and data logger. In LJMU made good progress in improving on 14 the driver information display will our business concept and are be manufactured in house, as part of already ahead of schedule. As more our own custom steering wheel, designs are being 鍖nalised for LJMU providing the driver with reliable 14, the progress from drawing to signi鍖cant is a working partnership with National Instruments, providing information such as rpm, current gear, general warnings and most 2 being a fully tested and implemented
  • 3. 26 November 2013 materials and thicknesses are required fame, whilst mentioning LJMU racing of continuing help and support with our to pass the course and aid the student course! business case. to a better understanding of TIG ! Finally we would like to thank Diane Morgan also recently spoke at a Meehan (Dean, Faculty of Technology conference in Cardiff about women in Having enjoyed the course immensely and Environment) for all of her support engineering and whats happening in Sarah continued to practise her newly over the years. Liverpool at the moment, once again she found welding skills in the Formula mentioned LJMU racing! welding. ! Student workshop and was 鍖nally persuaded to assist with welding the ! LJMU Racing has been busy, but what have we been up to? 2013s chassis along with the wishbones LJMU Racing says thank you ! and anti-roll bars. Compared to the test By Morgan Marren-Arnull! 3rd Year Mechanical ! Since the start of the new year the whole By Morgan Marren-Arnull! 3rd Year Mechanical ! car was a particular challenge for our LJMU Racing would like to say thank team has been very busy both in the team member but she thoroughly you to all of our sponsors for your workshop and working on the static enjoyed the experience and continued continual support in making sure we events, but we have also been visiting to learn further techniques and remain competitive. We would like to say and attending events around the UK. applications of welding. a big thank you to TeXtreme for Our 鍖rst visit of the year was to the pieces required for the course, welding around small and awkward areas on the supplying us with new carbon 鍖bre for graduate fair in Derby, which was Sarah hopes to continue to help with the this years car, to National Instruments for quickly followed by a visit to Formula welding on this years race car to all their help with the ECU, to Varley Red Students Learn to win event in London improve on the skills gained from the Top for the batteries, to Graham where we picked up some helpful tips course. Engineering for agreeing to cut our for this years competition. BBC Radio Merseyside says hello to two of our team! chassis jigs, to WEC for agreeing to cut By Morgan Marren-Arnull! ! 3rd Year Mechanical our chassis tubes, to Spontex for new team t-shirts, to Aintree for once again letting us use their track for testing, to Fuchs for the supply of Lubricants, to Sanctuary students for the summer On Monday November 4th Stephanie accommodation, to ABC for their Hines and Morgan Marren-Arnull arrived continual support, to Aspect early at the BBC Radio Merseyside Construction and Hightown Construction studios to be interviewed on their ! for the monetary donations and to Lotus More recently we enjoyed some friendly breakfast show about women in F1 for giving some of us a tour of their competition with University of Liverpool engineering. The interview went well and facilities. A massive thank you goes to at Hooton Park Circuit for an afternoon of the girls enjoyed their 鍖ve minutes of Duncan Stock and Taylor Fox for their racing go-karts and quickly followed it up by a factory tour at Lotus F1. 3