Many of the common issues with FSAE halfshafts stem from these problems:

• Extreme misalignment between differential and wheel hub

• Tripod housing depth too shallow or too deep on either or both ends

• Contaminants in grease
  

• Travel, Backlash, Deflection

• Bearing Stiffness, Contact Area, Degrees Of Freedom

• Link Stiffness, Strength, Weight

• Engineer a strong battery lifespan

• EV Efficiency is as important as mass, downforce, drag, power, and mu.

• Create tools for drivers to manage energy

• Add regenerative braking later

The most common barrier between your team and your performance goals is reliability. These design best practices are intended to help you create strong, stiff, and light mechanical designs. Every design requires tradeoffs, and this list is not intended to be a set of absolute rules; but it will help you identify common design strategies to follow, pitfalls to avoid, and will inform your design decision making.

This is a logic path for understanding the performance of your car in straight line acceleration. Understand the impact of gearing and power and torque curves.

Definitions of limited slip differential types and performance, focusing on yaw moments due to combined cornering and acceleration or braking.