Embedded Files
CO2 Rail Car
CO2 Rail Car
Body Construction
Body Construction
Steps of construction for the body of the car.
Steps of construction for the body of the car.
Front Wheel Construction
Front Wheel Construction
Steps of construction for the front wheel.
Steps of construction for the front wheel.
Rear Wheel Construction
Rear Wheel Construction
Steps of Construction for the rear wheel.
Steps of Construction for the rear wheel.
Template Drawing
Template Drawing
Draft drawing of the CO2 car.
Draft drawing of the CO2 car.
Chart & Spreadsheet
Chart & Spreadsheet
Flow Sim Data Chart
Graph for Flow Sim
Animation of Flow Sim
Animation of Flow Sim
GIF of flow sim isometric view.
GIF of flow sim isometric view.
GIF of flow sim from the side.
GIF of flow sim from the side.
Picture of Flow Sim
Picture of Flow Sim
Thumbnail Sketches & Research
Thumbnail Sketches & Research
Thumbnail Sketch
Thumbnail Sketch
The design of the car is basic looking like a regular car.
Research
Research
My explanation for this was so that the air can move smoothly up the car and then get faster as it goes down the back of the car.
Design & Flow Sim Data
Design & Flow Sim Data
First Design
First Design
Steps of constructions in order to the final assembly.
Redesign
Redesign
Steps of Construction for Redesign
Drawings of Designs
Drawings of Designs
First Design
First Design
As you can see I did make some mistakes of my first design, my car was not tall enough, it was below the minimum.
Redesign
Redesign
Everything as far as measurements go were fixed, I made a few changes to the cars shape, and added vents to help with air flow.
Flowsim For Both Cars
Flowsim For Both Cars
First Design
First Design
Redesign
Redesign
First Design
First Design
Redesign
Redesign
Flowsim
Flowsim
As you can see with my first design there is too much air going under which is making a positive lift, so its like a plane. Then my drag is significantly higher at about -100 p.
Flowsim
Flowsim
In my redesign I had way better stats I had about half the drag of the first design, and my ar is no longer a plan with a negative lift and its closer to zero.
Raceday
Raceday
Final Car
Final Car
First Race
First Race
Scoreboard
Scoreboard
Slowmo
Slowmo
End of Race
End of Race
Second Race
Second Race
Scoreboard
Scoreboard
End of Race
End of Race
Third Race
Third Race
Scoreboard
Scoreboard
Mid View
Mid View
Calculations
Calculations
Final Velocities
Final Velocities
My fastest run was 43.89 mph with the v8 cartridge.
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