Chassis Progress 12/09

Since the last update, the chassis has been completed, with only small mounts left to be added. The finished chassis came together just after Christmas, then suspension and engine mounts were added. The complete frame weighed in at 30kg, with mounts, an decrease of 8kg over last year.
The process of welding the chassis continued, with a number of different jigs being used:

With the frame complete, the suspension mounts had to be added. These were set at angles specified by the suspension team and welded to the frame.

And then engine mounts.

The next stage for us is to paint the chassis once the final mounting points are on, and then assemble the car

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The mock chassis is complete (as of the 25th) and we will be starting the finite element analysis to asses the quality of the design soon.

Also the web site has had an overhaul this month, with updated graphics and an updated gallery section. A lot of the code has been re-written to aid compatabilty with browsers such as Firefox. The host servers have also been changed as somw people were reporting deificulties accessing the site.