Khamsin Virtual Racecar challenge 2013 (CFD model racing)

[AlpineF1]

Yeah, thank god i thought i would have to design new sidepods

[N12ck]

Yeah, thank god i thought i would have to design new sidepods

exciting times, looking forward to seeing the cars, we also have exciting news just put up on the website

[AlpineF1]

Wow thats really impressive Sabalcore!! what advantages will they bring.?

[N12ck]

Wow thats really impressive Sabalcore!! what advantages will they bring.?

Sabalcore supply High performance computing to the challenge, so that means faster turnaround of results and also means that we can cope with a larger volume, (in a nutshell) - it means more but they are the immediate advantages

[AlpineF1]

Brilliant!

[N12ck]

Just updating with a bit of news:

Sabalcore are sponsoring the challenge supplying on-demand HPC services to the challenge.

Tasman Machinery are sponsoring the challenge supplying a scaled 3D printout of the winning design.

Enjoy, that's all for now

[astracrazy]

Just updating with a bit of news:

Sabalcore are sponsoring the challenge supplying on-demand HPC services to the challenge.

Tasman Machinery are sponsoring the challenge supplying a scaled 3D printout of the winning design.

Enjoy, that's all for now

scaled 3d print out? awesome.

any news on the suspension/wheels, fuel tank and conditions?

[RicME85]

:O now thats incentive to get the car up to scratch!

[Paul]

Now you just need a wind tunnel to chip in and sponsor a free test for the printout! Good luck to everyone, this project sounds very interesting and I will certainly be following it!

[astracrazy]

:O now thats incentive to get the car up to scratch!

its a massive. I was gonna post my car up to launch spec - i wont be now lol have to wait till Jan/Feb

I wonder if any teams will recognize it? The person who wins will obviously have some design skills. you should e-mail teams nick, get them to follow.

Its great to know some companies are seeing reason to donate/sponsor. Would be fantastic if a team saw reason to have some involvement too. even if its some open advice on aero with an engineer.

[RicME85]

Bung HRT £20 to get KVRC on their car for some exposure

[astracrazy]

HRT will prob use the winning car as there next car

[RicME85]

Then who needs a scale model

[N12ck]

Hello,

As you may notice we are working extremely hard to make this a success, we have another big announcement coming up soon as well so keep an eye out.

The suspension will be added after the car is sent, however I can supply a simplified suspension just to put on your cars for images which will not be as detailed as the actual suspension,,, the wheels are ready, I am just waiting to find a big chunk of time to send all this out as both mine and Juliens lives are extremely busy currently.

We will be finalizing the first 3 races in the next 2 weeks.

The scale model we imagine will be around 1:18 scale, so if you have a 1:18 collection and you win, you can put your car alongside your other models

Also we are looking at other things all at the same time to simplify the whole process.
Best of luck with the cars.
Nick

[AlpineF1]

Ooh fancy, could you email or PM me the exciting news cant wait to start