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Ways of improving the Race pace of the Poly U FS Car (Areodynamics (If the…
Ways of improving the Race pace of the Poly U FS Car
Areodynamics
Creating a greater number of wings and wiglets
A greater number of wings and wiglets would create a much greater amount of down force which would allow the car to corner at a much greater speed.
Ways of creating and using the Venturi affect to increase the down force of the vehicle.
Using the venturi will increase the pace of the car as it can provide a large amount of down force meaning that the car can corner at much greater speeds.
Reducing the Overall Drag of the vehicle
This would entail simplifying the areo package of the car, to something that is similar to 2019 indy cars
If the rules and regulations allow it encapsulating the driver
This would have two benefits one of the them being that the driver would be safer since there would be a protective screen that would prevent debris hitting the driver. It would also stream line the body meaning that less turbulence is produced increasing the overall race pace of the car.
The design would be something similar to one that red bull has produced for the indy car racing series
Creating a testing apparatus
This would allow the team to test scale models of the vehicle which would in turn allow them to improve the aerodynamic efficiency of the vehicle.
Electrical
Improving the efficiency of the electric motor
This would mean, if the rules and regulations allowed it, to take apart the current electrical motor and to look for areas where extra power or efficiency could be made.
Increase the size of the battery pack
A larger battery pack would allow the race car to run at a higher speed for a greater amount of time due to the fact that there is a greater amount of power available
Weight of the vehicle
Reducing the overall weight of the vehicle could have a big performance gain as F = ma meaning that a less force would have to be used to get the vehicle up to speed. In turn meaning that less energy has to be used to speed up the car