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Control arms have the important task of connecting Camber is the angle between the wheel plane and the
the uprights to the chassis. The control arm also plays vertical, perpendicular to the pavement. Negative
a key roll in determining the camber and roll stability. camber is when the top of the tire leans inward. If the
The 2002 Formula Car utilizes rear control arms tire leans outward that is considered to be positive
constructed of 19mm O.D. x .7mm wall thickness camber. Camber is used to maintain the maximum
round 4130 chrome-moly tubing. This material was tire contact patch The QCA system will allow the
used on the 2001 FSAE and proved to be lightweight, driver to adjust the camber quickly for varying driving
strong, and easy to manufacture. conditions.
SPINDLES
The suspension mechanism is commonly called The Pullrods oppose the pushrods, during a bump the
the bellcranks. The bellcrank aides packaging, it allows pullrod pulls the bellcrank and compresses the shock.
the pullrod and the shock displacement to be aligned in The force experienced by the pullrod is mainly tensile,
different directions. Unlike the 2001 FSAE car, this year however during jounce the pullrod experiences minimal
the front shocks were positioned vertically in the same buckling which consists of the weight of the wheel.
direction as the force, to stress. The motion ration in the Because the buckling force is minimal the buckling
front was a 1 to 1 ratio. This means the shock moves the analysis can be ignored. The Pullrod allows the shock to
same distance at the wheel. be positioned in any geometry needed for packing
issues. The pullrod has allowed the shocks to be
The bellcranks were manufactured out of 7075- positioned at a low center of gravity.
T6 aluminum due to superior strength to weight ratio.
Similar to the 2001 car roller bearings were used in Finite element analysis was used to analyze the pullrod
between two bellcranks and thrust bearings were used using a tensile force of 1445.7 N resulted in a maximum
at the pivot points. stress of 118.89Mpa A safety factor of 2.6 was
determined.
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS