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Guide To 2025 FSAE Frame Rule Changes
Ride Height, Impact Attenuator, Impact Structure Heights
Use Eyes For Harness Clips
EV Rear Diagonal Requirement
Get External Items off the Main Hoop and Main Hoop Braces
Guide To 2024 FSAE Frame Rule Changes
High temperature knockdowns for composite and structurally bonded accumulators
LV Batteries and Pressurized Cylinders must be inside the chassis
No engine mounts on the Shoulder Harness Bar or Braces
Maximum static ride height should be <= 75mm
Outboard Motor HV Interlock Circuit
Methods for a detached wheel to disable High Voltage:
De-pin and separate outboard communication connector
Break communication cable
Mechanically pull apart inboard communication cable
Aero Placement And Mounting
Keeping aero parts from hitting the ground
Unexpected loads and directions
Stopping oscillation
Making or buying cables
Engineering A Lighter Chassis, Part 1
Comparing and engineering for different materials
Strength, stiffness, triangulation, load paths, gussets
Suspension loading
EV Accumulator mounts
Guide To 2023 FSAE Frame Rule Changes
Steering Rack Protection
HV Side Minimum Height
Half-Monocoque Attachment
Monocoque Details
Guide To 2022 FSAE Frame Rule Changes
Standard Honeycomb IA
FH Angle and Head Restraint Protection
Tougher Monocoque Modulus and Harness
Max 2 Accumulator Attachments Per Tube
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Overall Vehicle Priorities
To manage priorities, ask four questions about every design decision, in this order: 1. Is it legal or illegal? 2. How does the change affect reliability or repeatability? 3. How does the change affect overall vehicle performance over a lap? 4. What are the drivability effects?
Notes On Anthropometry
There is amazing variability in human bodies. Generally, vehicles are designed to reach from the 5th to 95th percentile, including any gender differences. But determining the measurements to use is complicated. Different countries or regions may have different ranges, and the gene interactions for any individual result in many different percentiles depending on the measurement.