Nitte: NMAMIT students design Formula One racing car

Nitte: NMAMIT students design Formula One racing car

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, Feb 3, 2014 (DHNS): The Nitte Racing Team comprising of 22 students of Mechanical Engineering and Electronics and Communication branch from Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya Memorial Institute of Technology have developed an innovative Formula One racing carThe vehicle with 10 hp and 305 cc engine, is 82 inches in length and 62 inches track width, will move at a maximum speed of 55 kilometre per hour. It is built at a cost of Rs 4.5 lakh.

 

 

Speaking after the unveiling the Formula One racing car, Nitte Education Trust President Vinay Hedge said vehicle named ‘All Terrain Vehicle’ (ATV).  It Weighs  250 kg and is designed in the campus which includes assembling of clutch box and even welding of the chassis, he added

A final- year mechanical engineering student Mruthyunjaya H S demonstrated a drive at Nitte Open Auditorium.

The All Terrain Vehicle is developed under the guidance of Electronics and Communication department director Dr M K Parashuram, for the BAJA 2014, an inter-collegiate design competition run by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

Team Nitte Racing is one among seven teams qualified to participate from Karnataka at the national level of ‘SAE BAJA’ competition. The competition is held on February 20 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

The journey of Team Nitte Racing started on August 25, 2012, when the then final year students first participated in the virtual rounds for the ‘SAE INDIA BAJA- 2013’. However they failed to qualify. On the other hand, the inputs acquired from the team was blessing in disguise for the upcoming batch. Accordingly on August 26,  2012 ,a team of then the third year engineering students chalked out plan for the SAE INDIA BAJA-2014. Plans were also chalked out to form a new team to aid the design for the formula one racing car.

The team worked on design processes like CAD design, FEA, ergonomics, multi-body analysis, product optimisation, cost report preparation, project validation, project planning and management aspects like sponsorship, logistics etc.

 

Courtesy: Deccan Herald