The Brief & Design Criteria
The Brief - You are the Formula One Team
commissioned to design, construct and race the fastest Formula One Car of the
Future, driven by new compact compressed air power plants.
In order to enter the championship, you must work in a team of a minimum of 3 to a maximum of 6 persons, allocating job roles to the members of your group. Ideally, one role should be allocated to each person. However, you may have to double up on your role and responsibilities, depending on the number of people you have available.
The following job roles should be covered by the members of your team:
- Team Manager (maximum 1 person). This person will be responsible for managing the team, ensuring that the primary and back-up cars are ready for the finals. The team manager works closely with all members of the team, offering assistance where necessary.
- Resources Manager (maximum 1 person). This person organises time, materials and equipment for design and making the cars. They are also responsible for developing ideas regarding team marketing (presentation). The resources manager will need to liaise with all members to check tasks are progressing on time and offer additional help, if needed.
- Manufacturing Engineer (maximum 2 persons). These people are responsible for advising team members on the manufacture of the car and the constraints of the machining process. Manufacturing engineers will need to liaise with the design engineers to report and help solve any problems with construction of the car.
- Design Engineer (maximum 2 persons). These people are responsible for the styling and aerodynamic performance of the car design. Design engineers will need to liaise with the manufacturing engineers to ensure their ideas can be realised.
- Graphic Designer (maximum 1 person). This person will be responsible for producing the colour schemes applied to the vehicle, including any special sponsorship decals, together with the final graphic renderings and any additional team marketing materials. The graphic designer will need to liaise with the design engineer to ensure any schemes will fit the shape of the vehicle and the resources manager for additional marketing development.
There are so many tasks that must be mastered, in order to design, manufacture, prepare and finally enter a car for racing, that teamwork will be vital to your success. A real F1 team succeeds because all the people learn to work together and support each other. Remember, no one person is more important than another.
Championship Criteria
- Your team must contain a minimum of 3 to a maximum of 6 students.
- Your team must use CAD (Computer Aided Design) software to produce your ideas and model them in 3D. We recommend SolidWorks. A free copy of which can be obtained from www.f1inschools.co.uk
- Your team must use a CNC machine, such as a Denford Router. Each car body must be manufactured either at your school/ college or at a designated manufacturing centre/partner.
- Your car body must be manufactured from a single block of balsa wood.
- D-TYPE Car bodys must be made from a single block of balsa wood. Note that in order to manufacture your car body, your team will be need to purchase an F1 car kit, containing a balsa wood blank, wheels and axles.
- R-TYPE Car bodys must be made from a single block of balsa wood, although the wings/aerofoils can be made from a separate piece of material (their are no restrictions on what material teams choose to use). Note that in order to manufacture your car body, your team will be need to purchase an F1 car kit, containing a balsa wood blank, wheels and axles.
- These items can be obtained from DENFORD Ltd. directly or by contacting a designated manufacturing centre. All cars entered into the Regional and National Finals should be manufactured using balsa blanks provided by Denford Limited.
- Each car body must be completed with a high quality painted finish. Note that only a limited amount of hand finishing to the body is allowed.
- Each team must bring two identical cars to the National Final - a primary race car and an identical spare back-up. Only one car is required at a Regional Final but we recommend you manufacture two in case of damage. F1 in Schools will keep one of the cars from the National Final for promotional use.
- Each team must produce a design folder including initial ideas, design development and evidence of testing - maximum 20 pages (A3 size).
- F1 teams are enouraged to develop partnerships and seek assistance from businesses and industry throughout this engineering process. However, all aspects of this engineering and industry partnership should be represented in the team’s portfolio. This includes CAD designs, painting of the cars, and the creation/production of the portfolio, which should remain the responsibility of the students in the team.
- Each team must supply (in the design folder) a dimensioned 3rd angle orthographic projection and a graphic rendering of their final design, both produced using a 3D CAD package.
- Each team must complete a specification sheet available on-line. This must be completed before attending a Regional or National event and must be handed in at registration.
