KTH Racing

[News] Formula Student Electric

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:48:27 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Formula Student Electric
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:48 pm

A couple of days ago we recived an e-mail from the FSG-competition in Germany that we had a place on the grid in the new class for electric cars. KTH Racing will by that be the first swedish team to ever race an electric car at a competiton. According to the rules we are going to use and rebuild the driveline on the KTH R5 for 100% electric drive for the competition.

[News] Registration completed

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:38:09 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Registration completed
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:38 pm

Today we have succesfully registred and completed the questions in time to ensure our place on the starting grid at the Formula Student Germany-competition. We have also submitted our application to the Formula Student-competition in England, we will know if we are selected when the selection process will is over, on the 22th January 10:15 GMT.

[Part of the Day] Limited Slip Differential

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:47:20 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Limited Slip Differential
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:47 am

Limited Slip Differential

The first part for this season’s build has arrived. It is a part for the drivetrain, a limited slip differential from Drexler that is custom made for the Formula Student application. In the car a sprocket and chain will connect the engine to the differential and then from there, driveshafts will connect the differential to the wheels. It will allow one of the wheels to move controlled slightly faster through corners depending of the setup of the differential.

[News] KTH Racing is looking for new members!

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:11:54 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: KTH Racing is looking for new members!
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:11 pm

If you are interested in being a part of one of the largest student-driven projects at KTH, now is your chance!

KTH Racing is now taking in new applications. We are looking for students who want to work with engineering of a new racecar, team management, design, electronics, webdesign/management, media, and so on... You are also welcome give us your own ideas of what you want to work with.

An info meeting will be held on September 23 at 5.30 p.m., in room M3 (Brinellvägen 64).
Applications can be sent in by using this form, please send your applications before September 25. We will let you know if you have been selected for our interview process.

We look forward to recieve your application!

[Public Relations] Formula Student Clinic

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:14:44 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Formula Student Clinic
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:14 pm

2009-08-05
KTH Racing together with 3 other Swedish Formula Student teams will participate in a conference in order to make Formula Student competition known in Sweden.
Article in "Ny Teknik": http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/fordon_motor/bilar/article613270.ece

[News] Formula Student Clinic

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:42:32 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Formula Student Clinic
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:42 pm

Friday, 14th of August, KTH Racing together with 3 Swedish Formula Student teams (LU Racing, Chalmers Formula Student and Clear River Racing) showed up at STCC event in Karlskoga. During the day we had a seminar with famous personalities in Swedish motor sport, such as Tony Ring, Jonas Jarlmark and others.
The day ended up with an Endurance race on Karlskoga track (also known as Gelleråsen), the oldest track in Sweden. The track was modified with cones so that it was suitable for Formula Student Cars, but it was bigger than usual and truly fast as well. There were 5 cars on the track and safety was prioritized since the cars reached speeds of nearly 150 km/h. Clear River Racing’s car lost one of its wheels, but nobody got hurt. KTH R6 has been repaired after the breakdown at Hockenheimring and performed well. The race was spectacular for all the visitors, who had a good chance to see what Formula Student is about.
Big thanks to Pialill Ring from Swedish Motorsport Industry, who helped us to organize the event!

Our next challenge will be Baltic Open, a Formula Student competition, which will take place in Helsinki, Finland during 20-21 of August.

[News] FSG09 - Summary

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:14:32 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: FSG09 - Summary
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:14 pm

The German Formula Student competition for this year is now over and the team is back in Stockholm, with yet another experience of great competition and hard work.

The team arrived to Hockenheim on wednesday as scheduled. This year, the registration to the competition has been changed, and the queue order is given by the arrival of every team. KTH Racing recieved number 72, which was later shown to be critical to the success of the team.
This also meant that KTH Racing was in place number 72 in the scrutineering line. Since every team that needed to re-scrutineer up to three and four times went before us in the line, we did not get a chance to scrutineer until friday. This is the day when all the static events take place, and we had to pause the scrutineering to participate in the events.

On saturday morning, we continued scrutineering. Unfortunately with only the brake and noise test left, we missed the acceleration and skidpad events! At least after lunch, we passed the scrutineering and were able to run in the autocross event with two drivers.

Sunday is the day when the endurance race takes place. During the evening of saturday and early sunday morning, the car was prepared for race. At about 10.30 a.m. we started to race. The car worked great, but right before the driver change, the pneumatic shifting system was overheated and the pressure regulator broke. This meant that the second driver was stuck in second gear! The race could continue, but in a slower pace. After about 7 laps, the chain wheel mounting to the differential broke, and sadly we had to quit the race.

The team is still satisfied with the competition, and we sure have learned a lot. Now, we are aiming to take the R6 to Silverstone in 2010!

[News] Scrutineering Completed!

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:45:36 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Scrutineering Completed!
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:45 pm

In the last moment, the team managed to complete the scrutineering with help from team TU Graz who let us borrow a new muffler. The car ran in the Autocross event and worked real well, our best time was around 65 seconds. Right now, we are preparing the car for the endurance race which will take place tomorrow!

[News] Design Event, Cost Event and Business Plan Presentation

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:36:36 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Design Event, Cost Event and Business Plan Presentation
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:36 pm

Today we have attended the main static events at the FSG competition! At 11:00 we rolled our car into the Cost event, where judges go through the cost report with some teammembers. About an hour later, the Design event started. This is when experienced engineers from the motor industry go through and judge the whole design of the car. We can't wait to see the results...

Unfortunately, the car has not gone through scrutineering. It has not been our turn until this morning, and with all of the static events during the day we have been short of time to complete scrutineering. Tomorrow, the dynamic events will start!

[News] Arrival at Formula Student Germany 2009!

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:30:08 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Arrival at Formula Student Germany 2009!
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:30 pm

Today, the team arrived at a warm and sunny Hockenheimring. The car is now standing in the pit and some last preparations for tomorrows "scrutineering" have been made, so hopefully we will be driving it in the test area tomorrow evening!

[News] On our way to Hockenheimring!

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:17:02 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: On our way to Hockenheimring!
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:17 pm

At this moment, the KTH R6 is finally on its way to the competition at Hockenheimring in Germany!

During the summer, the car has undergone some serious testing. The engine has been tuned, many different suspension setups have been tried, and the drivers have had a chance get a feel for the car. The KTH R6 has also undergone a "facelift", pictures of the updated design will come shortly...

In the next few days we will keep you updated with pictures and news from the competition, so stay tuned!
You can also take a look at the competition website, http://www.formulastudent.de, and for live video streams visit http://www.formulastudent.tv

[News] Goteborg City Race

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:33:10 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Goteborg City Race
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:33 pm

5-6th of June, our team represented Formula Student and our own project at Goteborg during Swedish Touring Car Championship. The track was opened last year and called Eco Drive Arena. We had opportunity to show ourselves together with Swedish motorsport association, big thanks to them. The visitors were curious about our car and inspected it carefully. We’ve met our competitors from FS team Clear River Racing. The main topic of discussion was cooperation between us to promote Formula Student in Sweden by organization of racing events for FS teams.
KTH Racing Tour ’09 is over and we are preparing for the competition in Germany, 5-11th of August. After that we will show up at further places: starting with a test drive occasion for our partners!

[News] Prins Bertil Memorial

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:18:33 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Prins Bertil Memorial
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:18 pm

Sunday, 31st of May, members of KTH Racing represented the team at Gärdesloppet – a traditional race for vintage cars on the streets of Stockholm. Our “veteran” formula car – KTH R5 from the last year has got sufficient attention among other beauties from the last century.
Upcoming event this weekend is Göteborg City Race - STCC championship, see you there!
The Media section is updated as well!

[News] SLC Race at Barkarby airfield

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:12:47 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: SLC Race at Barkarby airfield
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:12 pm

Friday, 29th of May, KTH Racing showed up at Barkarby airfield just outside Stockholm. SLC racing arranged a competition for several series, a 12-hours endurance race among others. During the pauses between races our team showed up our cars KTH 01 and KTH R3 in action on the track. Despite KTH R3 had some trouble with the engine, KTH 01 was still going strong and could pull interested views to itself.

[Public Relations] Reportages

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:04:41 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Reportages
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 12:04 pm

2009-05-22
After revealing of the KTH R6, KTH Racing has been noticed by several reporters. Here are some of the articles:
Reportage from swedish newspaper “Ny Teknik”
Formula Student news site - FS Total.com

[News] The R6 is here!

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:26:01 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: The R6 is here!
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 6:26 pm

Last week we unveiled the brand new R6 before an eagerly awaiting crowd of 200+ people at KTH. Two of our senior designers also had the opportunity to show off our new car in a live show on TV4 earlier that same day.

You can now find photos of the event in the media section and also our press release and link to the TV show under Public Relations.

[Public Relations] Revealing of the KTH R6

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:42:28 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Revealing of the KTH R6
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:42 am

2009-05-08
KTH Racing showed their Formula Student car – KTH R6 for the first time. People from entire Sweden could see it in live broadcast made by TV4.
Nyhetsmorgon, TV4 Broadcast.
Here you can find the press release about the revealing and the new formula car. Please contact us for further information.
Press release Revealing of the KTH R6

[News] One week left!

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:47:54 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: One week left!
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 2:47 am

Next Friday, on the 8th of Maj, KTH Racing will unveil its creation of this year – Formula Student car KTH R6. The ceremony will take place in front of KTH’s Info Centre (Drottning Kristinas st. 4) and begin at 12 pm with a show of our previous cars. Our team members will be ready to answer your questions and explain the way we’ve created a racing car from scratch. Later this summer, KTH R6 team will represent Sweden on the international competition at Hockenheimring, Germany.
We need your support, you are very welcome!
The Media section has been updated with pictures from the KTH Racing's tour ‘09!
Take the opportunity to apply to the next KTH Racing team – R7 by filling out the application right now!

[Part of the Day] Seatbelt

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:08:32 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Seatbelt
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:08 pm

Seatbelt

The driver of a racecar needs to be firmly fastened in the driver’s seat. On the KTH R6, a 6-point, FIA-standard seatbelt will be installed. According to the rules, the driver has to be able to get out of the car form fully seated and strapped in only five seconds! This will be possible with lots of driver training and a quickrelease seatbelt.

[News] Motormässan in Malmö

info@kthracing.se (KTHRacing) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:30:33 GMT

Author: KTHRacing
Post subject: Motormässan in Malmö
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:30 am

KTHRacing always draws lots of attention and Motormässan in Malmö is not an exception. We had an opportunity to drive our car with spectators watching, showing people that the car is not just a beautiful piece of engineering but also an extremely well performing race car.

After the show we recieved a lot of positive comments and interesting questions about the car and our sponsors. Even our competitors at LTU were very intrigued by the car and wanted to know more about it and this years car.