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HÖHERE TECHNISCHE BUNDES- LEHR- UND VERSUCHSANSTALT
MÖDLING
Department:
Educational focus:
Mechanical Engineering
Machinery and Plant Engineering
DIPLOMA THESIS
Documentation
Christoph Mayer
Author(s)
Florian Scholz
Form
Academic year
5AHMIM
2012/13
Topic
Racetrack for Formula 1 in Schools
Assignment of tasks
“Formula 1 in Schools” is an international technology competition.
Students develop, design and produce their own miniature Formula 1
cars and finally present them at a race.
In order to compare aerodynamics of the cars and their rolling
resistance the model-cars are all driven by CO2-capsules over a race
track that is 20 meters long.
The HTL-Mödling would like to take part to participate in these
competitions.
Due to the high costs of the original race tracks it was our task to
design and produce a functional, economical race track including the
measuring equipment, a starting device, a braking system, and a test
car.
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Realization
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Results
Information about the original racetrack was collected. A new
Racetrack, including time-measuring equipment was constructed.
A starting-device, with the original functionality, had been
constructed and produced.
The time-measuring equipment consists of one microcontroller,
four light barriers, two magnetic-controls and a starting signal.
A test-car was constructed and CNC-milled according to the rules
of Formula 1 in Schools.
The starting-device, which opens the capsules, was reconstructed.
A Circuit diagram for the measuring equipment was developed.
A flow-chart for every step during a race was worked out.
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HÖHERE TECHNISCHE BUNDES- LEHR- UND VERSUCHSANSTALT
MÖDLING
Department:
Educational focus:
Mechanical Engineering
Machinery and Plant Engineering
Starting-device
Illustrative graph, photo
(incl. explanation)
Cross section of the race track
CAD-Drawing of the test-car
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HÖHERE TECHNISCHE BUNDES- LEHR- UND VERSUCHSANSTALT
MÖDLING
Department:
Educational focus:
Participation in competitions
Awards
Accessibility of
diploma thesis
Mechanical Engineering
Machinery and Plant Engineering
Jugend Innovativ
AV Hörlesberger
Examiner
Approval
(17.5.2013GereonHenkes, e.h.)
Gereon Henkes
Head of Department / Head of
College
OStR DI Günther Hörlesberger /
Ing. Mag. Harald Hrdlicka
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