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This car is a Formula Three car from 2007, manufactured by the Italian company Dallara. As such it is referred to as the Dallara F307. As with all F3 cars from the last twenty years it is a carbon monocoque car, using a stressed engine on which the gearbox and rear suspension is hung. At both ends of the car, suspension is double wishbone, using slick racing tyres to provide grip. A full aerodynamic package, with wings, diffusers and airflow conditioners is used front and back to enhance the grip of the tyres. The rear suspension uses three springs (one in roll, two in ride) and two dampers to provide compliance, but at the front a single damper and coil spring is used for ride (a monoshock arrangement), with roll stiffness (compliance?) provided by the monoshock assembly sliding laterally against a stack of belleville washers.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 January 2012 11:10

As the process of preparing for 2012 continues, I’ve been having the odd play with the Magneti Marelli system in the F307. This setup comprises a ECU with integral datalogger and a steering wheel mounted display, as developed (apparently) specifically for this application.  As such, there is little or no documentation or support, so it’s next to impossible to add sensors (e.g. brake pressure sensors), it doesn’t have modern luxuries like GPS (and hence it doesn’t have lap time deltas), the software is truly appalling, even by the standards of 10 years ago.  So that got me thinking – what would I like to see in a datalogger/digital display?

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 December 2011 02:00

A brief overview of fuel by Martin, originally written for and published by Startline (Monoposto’s e-magazine) in July 2009, and now published here for all to see. It was in response to this article on the same site. Click “Read More” below to see it…

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Last Updated on Friday, 20 August 2010 03:48

The car is a Formula Three car from 1998, manufactured by the Italian company Dallara. As such it is referred to as the Dallara F398. As with all F3 cars from the last twenty years it is a carbon monocoque car, using a stressed engine on which the gearbox and rear suspension is hung. At both ends of the car, suspension is double wishbone, using slick racing tyres to provide grip. A full aerodynamic package, with wings, diffusers and airflow conditioners is used front and back to enhance the grip of the tyres. The rear suspension uses three springs (one in roll, two in ride) and two dampers to provide compliance, but at the front a single damper and coil spring is used for ride (a monoshock arrangement), with roll stiffness (compliance?) provided by the monoshock assembly sliding laterally against a stack of belleville washers.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 January 2012 11:09