BAJA 2009 ISSUES

BAJA 2009 ISSUES	Department	Personnel in Baja 2010
Weight reduction, driver foot space, 3” clearance at sides, design did not incorporate all systems well, steering went below bellypan, had to make changes after fabrication for incorporation of certain issues	ROLL CAGE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS	Karthikeyan, Sathish, RamKumar, M.Karthick, Veerapadmanaban.
All rules followed, roll cage 3” inches clearance only not followed, steering stop not done	RULES Verification	Amritha Kulasekharan
Too much of weight and target wheelbase was too small, weight distribution was almost 50:50, weight reduction needed	LAYOUT	Pravin, M.Karthick, Lakshmi
Semi-trailing arm very heavy, ball joint came off during race, use better ball joint next time, wishbone and trailing arm force analysis not optimised, weight reduction	SUSPENSION	Senthil Krishnan, Ranjith Kumar, G.Vinoth Kumar
Tie rods got bent, no force analysis done, cotter pin problem, bell crank very heavy, steering knuckle to be fabricated	STEERING	Arun Kumar, P.Preshanth
Problem in brake test, passed in second attempt, tire pressure to be considered, braking force distribution	BRAKES	Lakshmi, Pravin
For innovations award as well as to assist driver and vehicle, value addition	ELECTRONICS	E.Madhumitha, E.Preshanth, V.Karthick
Lots of patta (L angle and bar) used as brackets for supporting components, fuel tank bracket was around 7mm thick, too heavy, no account of patta weight	WEIGHT OPTIMISATION, MATERIAL SELECTION, MANUFACTURING METHOD SELECTION	Krishnakumar, G.Vinoth Kumar, T.Rajkumar, S.P.Chockalingam
Very late due to delay in funding, have to start early this time, get sponsorship earlier	PROCUREMENT	Vikram, Krishnakumar, Sriram, Pravin, V.Karthick
Has to be done very quickly	SPONSORSHIP	Rahul, P.Preshanth, E.Preshanth, Pravin, Madhumitha, Vijay, Vikram, Krishnakumar, Shivant Krishna
Gear shift problem, only one selector received, therefore lots of slip in gearcable, handbrake handle not attractive	POWER TRAIN ANALYSIS AND MANUFACTURE /PROCUREMENT	P.Arulvel, Ramkumar
To be done well before fabrication starts	LAB ESTABLISHMENT	Vijay, Rahul, Preshanth(E+P), Pravin, (V+M) Karthick, T.Rajkumar, Ranjith Kumar, Krishnakumar
Very late, no time for testing, procurement and sponsorship major bottlenecks	PROCESS PLANNING	P.Preshanth,Pravin, Rahul Sakhamuri, Vijay