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Racing by the Numbers - 2003 Development

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January

1. Exhibit at Autosport Engineering Trade Show in Birmingham, England.

2. Create three distinct 5-Link Independent suspensions with enhanced graphics for each type. There are suspensions with a Lower A-arm and two upper links (and a steering link). There are also suspensions with an Upper A-arm and two lower links (and a steering link). Then there are true 5-link suspensions with five mounting points on the chassis and five on the spindle.

February

1. Implement Watts Link for solid rear-axle suspensions.

2. Improve the Table with the ability to reduce and eliminate duplicate entries.

 March

1. Exhibit at the SAE World Congress in Detroit.

2. Add the capability to edit names in the Tables.

3. Add Reports like the DOS Display program. An example is shown below:

         ---- Camber ----    -------- Steer --------   --- Net Scrub --- 
         (in degrees)           (inch Pos. is left)     (change in track) 
Chassis   (Pos. leans out)      (Pos. Horiz Loaded)    (Pos. is wide track)
Ride in   Left/ Right/      Left/ Right/ Net 
inches   Unloaded Loaded    Unloaded Loaded Toe-In      NetScrub 
------   -------- ------    -------- ------  -----      -------- 
-2.000   -1.124   -1.124    0.072    0.072   0.143        0.058
-1.500   -0.810   -0.810    0.041    0.041   0.082        0.074
-1.000   -0.518   -0.518    0.018    0.018   0.037        0.070
-0.500   -0.248   -0.248    0.005    0.005   0.009        0.045
 0.000   -0.000   -0.000    0.000   -0.000  -0.000        0.000
 0.500    0.227    0.227    0.005    0.005   0.010       -0.067
 1.000    0.432    0.432    0.020    0.020   0.039       -0.155
 1.500    0.616    0.616    0.045    0.045   0.090       -0.265
 2.000    0.779    0.779    0.082    0.082   0.163       -0.397

April

 1. Draw Loads.

 May

 1. Formula SAE Competition in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

June

 1. Tables expanded to handle as many as 1000 entries.

 2. Improve blank input forms.

 July - August - September

 1. Work on Driving Simulator program.

 October.

1. Tables can be saved as Comma-Separated files (CSV) or Blank-Separated files (BSV) as well as text (TXT) files. Comma-Separated files can be loaded directly into Excel.

2. Add Solid Rear-axis analytical capability, including Panhard Rod inclination.

3. Add additional Analysis forms to the Advanced version of the program. 

 November

1. Add Side-View Swing-Arm calculations for solid rear-axles.

2. Add Compute: Solve for three Clearance points to the Premier/Data version of the program. Three points define a plane. Solving for three chassis clearance points (or frame rail points) is more accurate than solving for just two points.

 December

1. PRI Trade Show in Indianapolis.