Team Details

WHZ Racing Team

University	Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau DE Zwickau UAS short 81
Location	Zwickau, Germany
Homepage	https://www.whz-racingteam.de
EV Team	WHZ Racing Team
Short Link	tid.fsg.one/84

Team Description

Zwickau is already known as a city of automotive engineering. The students of the UAS Zwickau wanted to continue with it and that’s the reason why the WHZ Racing Team was founded in 2006.
Our Team consists of nearly 50 engaged and determined students from divers branches of study.
Every student is a part of a specialized sector, e.g. electronics, engine, marketing or finance, but all working together to design and produce our racing car.
The FP 107 was our first car, assembled in June 2007. In Mai 2008 followed the FP 208, with it we have taken part in every European contest (Silverstone, Hockenheim and Fiorano). Being really successful, we got some awards, e.g. “Most Innovative Use of Electronics” and “Best Loom Award”.
In April 2009 followed our third car, the FP309. Last season, we got the "Best Chassis Award" and the "Best Use of Adhesives Award". Our last combustion car was the FP410. It was the most successful car from our team with a 3rd place at the FSC Event in 2010 and a 10th place out of 477 teams in the world ranking list.
Currently our team builds the 2nd electric car and will not participate in FSC 2011.

Event Profile

Past Events

2010

Car #96

Info

Innovation meets Tradition: If you look at Zwickau’s automotive history you can easily find out why we picked this slogan for our team. Zwickau is the birthplace of Horch and Audi, and furthermore in the 1930s, it was the home of the Auto Union race cars which dominated the race tracks in Europe. Almost 70 years later, our WHZ Racing Team was founded. Now in 2010, we bring our fourth car, the FP410, to the tracks. The FP410 is based on our last year’s car. This time we concentrated on weight reduction, calibration and driver training. We created a fast and reliable car for the Formula Student. Nowadays, our team consists of about 40 members from different departments of the UAS Zwickau. This team has worked hard and efficiently to upgrade its results for the season 2010. If you would like to know more about our car, we are looking forward to meeting you at the competition. For more information visit our homepage www.whz-racingteam.de

Car Specifications

General

Frame Construction	tubular spaceframe with bolted rear assembly
Material	25MnCr4, outer diameter 25mm, wallthickness 2,5/2,0/1,5/1,0mm
Overall Length (mm)	2695
Overall Width (mm)	1440
Overall Height (mm)	1120
Wheelbase (mm)	1550
Track Front (mm)	1200
Track Rear (mm)	1140
Weight Front (kg)	123
Weight Rear (kg)	150
Suspension	Double unequal length A-Arm. Push rod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper
Tyres	20,5 x 7,0 - 13 Hoosier
Wheels	8 inch wide, 1 pc carbon fibre rim
Drive Type	single 428 chain, self developed sprocke
Differential	Drexler limited slip differential
Cooling	210mm powerful SPAL fan, Davies Craig electrical water pump, restricted water outlet
Brake System	4-Disk system, self developed 4-piston callipers, brake discs and floaters, adjusable brake balance
Electronics	Self designed driver information system, Sensors and electrical central unit including TCU

Powertrain

Engine	optimized Honda CBR600F - PC35
Bore (mm)	67
Stroke (mm)	42,5
Cylinders	4
Displacement (ccm)	599
Compression Ratio	13,5:1
Fuel System	student designed and built Carbon tank / Bosch fuel injection fully sequential
Fuel	ROZ 100 unleaded
Max Power (kW)	9973
Max Torque (Nm)	8660

2009

Car #96

Info

Innovation meets Tradition – if you look at Zwickaus automotive history you can easily find out why we picked out this slogan for our team. Zwickau is the birth place of Horch and Audi, and furthermore in the 1930s, it was the domicile of the Auto Union race cars which dominated the race tracks in Europe. 70 years later, our WHZ Racing Team was founded.Now in 2009, we bring our third car, the FP309 to the tracks. Learning a lesson from the last two cars, concentrating on weight reduction and chassis dynamics we created a fast and reliable car for the Formula Student. The FP309 has innovative technology like carbon-magnesium hybrid rims, fast removable shaft drives and traction control. All these technical aspects, combined with friendly and motivated people result in a team. This team has worked hard and efficiently to upgrade its results for 2009. Zwickau has waited long to regaining race-car strength. Now its time to transfer tradition into reality: FP 309 – it`s coming!

Car Specifications

General

Frame Construction	Steel tube space frame with aluminium rear assembly
Material	25MnCr4, outer diameter 25mm, wallthickness 2,5/2,0/1,5/1,0mm
Overall Length (mm)	2785
Overall Width (mm)	1402
Overall Height (mm)	1165
Wheelbase (mm)	1625
Track Front (mm)	1200
Track Rear (mm)	1200
Weight Front (kg)	142
Weight Rear (kg)	142
Suspension	Double unequal length A-Arm. Pull rod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper
Tyres	20.5 x 7.0-13 Hoosier R25B
Wheels	20.5 x 7.0-13 Hoosier R25B
Drive Type	GATES PolyChain GT2 belt, width 30mm
Differential	Drexler limited slip diffential, 3 adjustable ratios
Cooling	210mm powerful SPAL fan, Davies Craig electrical water pump, restricted water outlet
Brake System	4-Disk system, self developed brake discs and floaters, adjusable brake balance, AP designed calipers
Electronics	Self designed driver information system, data aquisition (sensors), transmission control unit and electrical central unit in one

Powertrain

Engine	Modified Honda CBR600F (PC35)
Bore (mm)	60.0
Stroke (mm)	42.5
Cylinders	4
Displacement (ccm)	599
Compression Ratio	13,5:1
Fuel System	stud. des./build with quickconnectors in pressure lines
Fuel	100 octane unleaded
Max Power (kW)	11500
Max Torque (Nm)	10000

2008

Car #96

Info

The style of our 2nd car - the FP208 - refers to a long tradition. We transfered distinctive elements of the famous Auto Union racing cars to the FP208: a slender form and small side cases. Of course, the style has been advanced – more modern, dynamic and racy. Especially the colour scheme differs completely from the former Type C legends and even from what today's racing cars usually look like: our car has striking colours with unique foil stickers added. Undoubtedly, the technology of the FP208 is innovative. We succeeded in producing a car body of special plastic comb structure between the laminated plies of GRP, as light as made of CFRP but at a much lower cost. We designed an ECU customized to our particular needs and a transmission CU that is completely electronic. An central electrical system is applied which supersedes any fuses and mechanical switches. Furthermore, we implemented a progressive drive train concept that uses a belt drive and an electro-pneumatic clutch system.

Car Specifications

General

Frame Construction	tubular steel frame
Material	26Mn5
Overall Length (mm)	2783
Overall Width (mm)	1400
Overall Height (mm)	1068
Wheelbase (mm)	1650
Track Front (mm)	1100
Track Rear (mm)	1100
Weight Front (kg)	140
Weight Rear (kg)	172
Suspension	Double unequal length A-Arm. Pull rod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper
Tyres	175/505R13 C55XX 425 Dunlop
Wheels	6x13, 10.8mm offset, 3 pc Al Rim
Drive Type	belt drive with POLY CHAIN GT2 tooth sys
Differential	limited slip differential from Drexler with six setups
Cooling	twin side pod mounted radiators with thermostatic controlled electric fans
Brake System	4 discs, selve developed floated rotors with OD/ID 220/168mm, AP Racing Master cylinders and calipers, adjustable brake balance
Electronics	selfdesigned ECU, Transmission Control Unit,Telemetry System, Semiconductor Supply System and Multifunctional Steering Wheel with

Powertrain

Engine	2002 Honda CBR 600 FS
Bore (mm)	67
Stroke (mm)	42,5
Cylinders	4
Displacement (ccm)	599
Compression Ratio	11,0:1
Fuel System	student des/built, fuel injection, half-sequential, injectors Honda CBR
Fuel	ROZ 100 unleaded
Max Power (kW)	11000
Max Torque (Nm)	8600

2007

Car #107

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