Anteater Racing ScaleFunder Update: 0 to 60% in one week!

How fast can you go zero to sixty? UCI’s FSAE Racecar “Mantis” can do it in under 3 seconds!

Because of your overwhelming support, we have reached 60% of our fundraising goal in just 1 week! We’re still reaching for an overall goal of $5,000. On behalf of the entire program, we want to thank you so much for your contribution.

 

Our teams are hard at work preparing the vehicles for competition. Check out our Baja SAE Vehicle “Bandit”!

Over the course of the past 3.5 months the team has collectively logged over 3,300 hours into the project.  We do this because we value the challenge that the BAJA SAE vehicle presents to us.  As time progresses the team continues to triumph over challenges and make forward progress.

This past week, the powertrain team completed the design one of our powertrain guards, the CVT Guard.  We use what is referred to as a Constantly Variable Transmission in our vehicle to maintain the peak power output of our engine at all times. All rotating components are required to be shielded to prevent hands to enter the system as well as to contain all of the components in case of catastrophic failure.

We look forward to competing in Gorman, California, April 27-30!!!

FSAE Electric Racecar Thor’s Suspension

With the start of winter quarter the electric racing team has switched its focus from the electrical systems to the mechanical systems. Thor will be using a double wishbone suspension since that allows us to maintain a reasonable camber while the wheels travel up and down. So far the suspension team has finished preliminary designs for all four uprights and their respective control arms.

The suspension is designed so that the car will meet FSAE rules by having a ground clearance of 2 inches with a travel of 1.25 inches vertically. Additionally, since the car will be approximately 800 pounds with a driver, it is important to have suspension that is robust and strong.

The next step will be designing the push rods and doing a finite elements analysis to confirm the uprights are strong enough. A completed suspension design should be finished by the end of week five and be completely built and installed on the frame by the end of the winter quarter.

Anteater Racing Zotfunder Website is Up and Running!

 

Hello Anteater Racing Fans! As the years go on our FSAE, FSAE Electric, and SAE Baja become faster, lighter, and more efficient. This years vehicles are no exception; as we push towards engineering these cars to compete in the FSAE and SAE Baja competitions. These vehicles would not be possible without contributions from UC Irvine and our beloved Sponsors. Now, you have the chance to help push our project forward and aid us in engineering these Racecars! Anteater Racing has created a crowd funding site in order to help raise funds for our team. Donations of all sizes are appreciated and will help us create these works of engineering. Thank you for your contributions to our team!

https://zotfunder.give.uci.edu/project/3710