Continuously Variable Transmission in Formula Racing Cars

Company: RWTH Aachen, Germany
Published: dSPACE NEWS 2004/3, Sep 2004

Formula SAE and Formula Student are international design competitions for engineering students. The students design, build, and drive small formula-type racing cars according to fixed rules. The members of Ecurie Aix, the Formula Student team at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany, have given their car an innovative continuously variable transmission. They used a MicroAutoBox from dSPACE to develop the controller for it.



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  • German: Stufenlos schalten im Formelrennwagen PDF, 260 KB

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