Race Engineering Academy in Prospect | Education
Race Engineering Academy
Locality: Prospect
Address: 1/14 Stoddart Road 2148 Prospect, NSW, Australia
Website: http://raceengineeringacademy.com
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23.01.2022 We welcome Dr Sammy Diasinos from Dynamic Aero Solutions to the REA AW01 - Advanced Workshop. Get ready to be blown away.
20.01.2022 DATA ANALYSIS: Without logged data a race engineer is only making educated guesses. Successfully predicting the effect of tyre degradation on race strategies starts from carefully managing information and presenting it clearly so that the desired performance indicators stand out. Sound interesting? Are you determined to be the next Ross Brawn or Adrian Newey but need to get your foot in the door as a data analyst in a racing team to kick start your career? Or do you simply w...ant to learn how to read logged data to make your own track car or own driving better? Check out this FREE 1 hour data analysis webinar recorded live during our Advanced Data Analysis course in 2018. You need to download Racelogic Circuit Tools and email us ([email protected]) to receive the data files if you want to follow along. If you are serious about learning about racing car Data Analysis, register for our Advanced Workshop February 11 - 22 in Sydney and check out the rest of the course schedule. https://www.raceengineeringacademy.com/advanced-workshop---
18.01.2022 Live session with Paul Ceprnich. Q&A from the Kinematics course. Full videos will be made available soon in our Race Engineering Academy Vimeo page. https://vimeo.com/353122904
13.01.2022 Announcement: Dr Sammy Diasinos from Dynamic Aero Solutions will be presenting Aerodynamics of Racing Cars on February 19 & 20 as part of our Advanced Workshop in Sydney. Learn from the designer of the RP968 World Time Attack Challenge winner and SMP lap record holder. Below is a short video from Sammy’s previous presentation if you are interested in a preview: https://vimeo.com/309224915... For more information or to REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE follow this link: https://www.raceengineeringacademy.com/advanced-workshop---
12.01.2022 If you love hearing how the races were ACTUALLY won by the engineers and drivers that did all the winning, then you need to check out this podcast with "Uncle" Bobby Unser. Settle in for a 1:45min bean-spilling, curse-infused account of some of his greatest achievements as a driver and, more-importantly, as an engineer. It gets technical, even the walnut shells get techy! Really?! Check it out here: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kp7ci-a1e05a If you like to hear more awesome interviews, like and follow The Marshall Pruett Podcast or get them from iTunes and Podbean. Best way to spend the commute to work if you are a true motorsport fan.
10.01.2022 I have tried for decades to master the performance of a racing car, but as this podcast explains, the driver is the key to unlock the performance. Enjoy the interview and make sure to get the book - it's a game changer... Listen to "Hamilton, Senna, Vettel and F1 in the zone" on Spreaker.
09.01.2022 We welcome Paul Ceprnich from PACE Innovations Pty Ltd as a guest speaker. What an amazing career!
09.01.2022 Ready to roll at Bathurst 12hr 2019. Join us at our Advanced Workshop in a fortnight if you want to learn about race strategy. https://www.raceengineeringacademy.com/advanced-workshop---
08.01.2022 !!SPECIAL DISCOUNTED PRICE OFFER for our Advanced Workshop!! Valid for all students in Formula SAE, Formula Student teams. *Course fee only $150/day/person.... *No minimum number of days. *This offer will only be available until 5pm, January 25th Get in quick before tickets sell out! . To access this offer you must register by email only. Do not use the online form. Email your Name, Formula Student team, telephone number and dates you wish to attend. Payment by credit card or bank transfer will be accepted. [email protected] Got a group together? Here's a better deal: We are offering group rates of $125/day/person, *3 students or more in the group. *Minimum of 5 days. Email us and give us the details of all of the students in the group. . ADVANCED WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Mon 11/2/19 - Ricardo Divila Introduction and Deltawing Project Tues 12/2/19 - Dr. Dejan Ninic Lessons Learn and Tyre Management Wed 13/2/19 - Ricardo Divila Lessons Learnt and Race Strategy Thurs 14/2/19 - Guest Speaker 2 Lessons Learnt and Suspension Kinematics Fri 15/2/19 - Ricardo Divila Lessons Learnt and Brake System Design Mon 18/2/19 - Guest Speaker Damper Technology and Tuning Tues 19/2/19 - Dr. Sammy Diasinos Lessons Learnt and Aerodynamics of Racing Cars Part 1 Wed 20/2/19 - Dr. Sammy Diasinos Aerodynamics of Racing Cars Part 2 Thurs 21/2/19 - Dr. Dejan Ninic Introduction to Data Analysis Fri 22/2/19 - Dr. Dejan Ninic Advanced Data Analysis
05.01.2022 Dampers, Shock Absorbers, Shocks. So often we get confused with their role on the racing car. Let's have a quick look at them here and see if we can shed some light on their main function. We dedicate a whole day to damper technology and tuning in our upcoming two week course if you are interested in much more detail. (https://www.raceengineeringacademy.com/advanced-workshop---)....Continue reading
04.01.2022 TYRE TEMPERATURE -- Infrared imaging vs probe measurements -- I've been using an infrared camera since 2011 to measure tyre surface temperature. Approximately half of the people who see it in action thinks the image provides a huge amount of useful information and the remainder say something like, "you need a probe to understand what's happening under the surface to see how the tyre is actually working". I would argue that both are correct, so it's not uncommon to see me usin...g both. However, if time is limited I tend to revert to the thermal imaging - firstly because it provides more information than just three points, and secondly because it's also faster to take four photos than it is to take twelve probe measurements. There's also one other important matter here: you can't unsee what you have already seen. Have a closer look at this image. If we had taken three probe measurements we would get something very similar to the following data: Outside = 55.8C Middle = 63.0C Inside = 62.5C Based on that data we would say that the tyre is working well. Pressure and camber are pretty good. But if we have a look at the thermal image, we find that we have two hot bands on the tyre, which we probably would have not known about unless we rapidly probed multiple spots on the tyre - and then we would need to expect such a characteristic to start looking for it. We now can see that the inside wall edge of the tread band is 67.5C and that, approximately 1/3rd across the tread band we have a peak of 66.1C. With this new information we can now predict that the tyre pressure is possibly high and that the camber is slightly high also. You can't unsee what you have seen. If you are keen to learn more about tyre temperature and camber, come along to our Advanced Workshop, Feb 11-22, 2019. Register here: https://www.raceengineeringacademy.com/advanced-workshop---
04.01.2022 The VEHICLE HANDLING MODEL Did you know that any condition of Vehicle Handling can be categorised into the following simple headings? STABILITY - RESPONSE - BALANCE - GRIP Any state of vehicle handling (eg. wheel spin, snap-oversteer, turn-in understeer, brake-turn instability, etc.) will fall under one of these headings. Doesn't that make it easier to start solving handling problems of a racing car?... We will be teaching how to use the Vehicle Handling Model at our Advanced Workshop in Feb 11-22 in Sydney, but let's have a quick look at it here. We represent the categories in a diamond shape, as per the image. This shape is chosen intentionally because it highlights that Stability is the most important (and should be adressed first) and Grip is the least important (and should be adressed last). As for the other two, Balance and Response, you can choose depending on which you need to achieve the required Stability. STABILITY is the most important because an unstable car is one that occupies the driver and reduces a driver's confidence. It's also risky. A stable racing car is one that maintains its direction despite any external disturbances (bump on the road, wind, bump from another car). You can imagine how difficult it would be to drive a rally car down a hill if every bump on the road caused the rear of the car to come around?! RESPONSE is usually the next important because when we chase STABILITY it's almost always at the cost of RESPONSE. A car that responds well is one that gives the desired change in state in the required time, eg. a car that turns-in well gives the desired amount of direction change as quick as the driver needs it to happen. BALANCE is the general understeer/oversteer characteristic of the car. Interestingly, some people mistake poor response with turn-in understeer and instability with exit oversteer. However, this mistake has a positive in it - they are indeed related! GRIP is the last on our agenda, but once we have solved our other issues, grip will gives us performance. Again, people often confuse BALANCE with poor GRIP, by saying they are lacking front Grip (understeer). Using the VHM we can see that they are indeed related and should be treated as such. The take-away from this post is this: vehicle handling can be simply categorised. Importantly, the categorised are ranked on their importance and are INTERELATED. Making a change to one will result another and this is the key to knowing which change to make to the car. To understand how the car's setup affects each category, join us at the Advanced Workshop in Sydney Feb 11-22, 2019. As a special offer, if you have made it this far down the post, here's a video from our Vehicle Handling section from our RE01 course in 2016: https://youtu.be/F7r6nD3cw9w
03.01.2022 Tick-tock. Time is running out. If you are sitting on the fence about attending or Advanced Workshop next week you have until Wednesday 6th of February to reserve your spot. Don’t miss out on a rare chance to meet Ricardo Divila and our other presenters.
01.01.2022 The Advanced Workshop is go! The legend Ricardo Divila is in the house.
