Our Cars

The FT02 evolved on Formula Trinity’s first outing, taking the lessons the team learned from the first car built by this team and this college and building on them. With the experience from the previous year at their back, the team thrived, and it showed in the results; from 22nd to 2nd, and we had much more of an understanding of how to extract performance from the car. We honed the car’s package down from a midfield runner to a contender for the win. When it came time to deliver, the car absolutely delivered, with the lessons we learned last year kicking into the successful design. To the last car we fielded in Class 2 before we moved on, we bid a fond farewell, saluting the first taste of success it brought us.

The FT01 was the team’s first attempt at designing a race car. Many challenges have had to be overcome, namely the lack of knowledge and experience. The FT01 was used as a vehicle to promote learning, experimentation and integration among the team. It was important to get the basics right and to explore the subsystems which make up a race car. Thus the core design principal was to design a simple race car which will work and could be manufactured in college. Systems and materials were to be kept manageable. Overall mass and speed had little influence in design decisions, although it was paramount to design a highly derivable vehicle which could be manufactured at low cost.