UCI Anteater Racing is Back!!! Getting Ready for 2019

FSAE Wraith

FSAE Internal Combustion 2017-2018
Phantom

FSAE Electric 2017-2018
Joule 

FSAE Baja 2017-2018
Marauder

UCI Anteater Racing is back again for the 2018-19 school year. All three teams have their goals set high shooting for a top 5 placement at each of their respective end of the year competitions. We will be keeping you updated on each of the 3 teams throughout the year here on the website and if you have any questions or interests you can get in touch with us through our contact page. Go Eaters!

Thor Week 6 Update

For this week, we are still focusing on electrical system design as suggested by the professor. I have been working on the battery box sub-team. For those that who do not know, the battery box is where we are going to keep the high and low voltage system within the racecar. The battery box must meet many requirements, such as withstanding 40g from all directions and certain insulation and minimum steel thickness. Pretty much they want to make sure that if the racecar gets into a crash or something crazy, that the batteries will not be thrown out or combust or kill the driver. I personally have been working on designing brackets that will allow us to mount the battery box to the chassis (actual mounting locations still undecided until we design the chassis). Designing the brackets may seems simple, but we must take into consideration many details and double check that it will satisfy the rule requirements. For this design process, we use the SolidWorks CAD program. We first build the CAD model and then we can run simulations to see if it will be able to withstand the requirements.

-Maritza Anaya

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Electra is Coming Together

After several weeks of hard work getting the chassis fabricated, the Electra team has started cutting and shaping aluminum sheet metal for their car’s body. Each panel is being rolled on our English wheel and once all of the panels meet the team’s body design specifications, the panels will be riveted together. In the meantime, the rest of the team is making progress on other critical components of the car. The suspension is nearly complete with the spindles, tie rods, and hub adapters all ready to be installed. The drivetrain is on the home stretch with only the chain needing to be installed. Manufacturing and assembly of battery and control systems are still in the works and will all start coming together in the near future. You can stay up to date on Electra and the rest of our fleet by following us on Facebook and Instagram!