Designing F1 type upright/hub

[TudorMiron]

Hi All,
Working on design of F1/LMP/GT type upright/hub system. I plan it to be fabricated from titanium. I'm looking for drawings/pictures of this type of parts. Also looking for information about bearings used.
Can anybody help?

Thank You
Ted

PS: How can I post images here???

[RacingManiac]

http://supercarfreak.net/gallery/album728/PICT0026

I think they are made along the line of machined Titanium or something back then(circa 2004). these day they may be cast then machined from MMC. How do you plan to make yours, Titanium weldment?

Also from what I've heard F1 car uses ceramic wheel bearings. Though I have no idea of how they spec those...

[marcush.]

In one of the latest issues of Racecar Engineering mag this was covered quite nicely.They covered the example of Epsilon Euskadi.A lot of nice pics and CAD screenshots ,Ti Castings.
Fabricating uprights seems to be a thing of the past in these days.

[TudorMiron]

Many thanks guys!
Thanks for nice link, RacingManiac. Keep'em coming if at all possible. Welded Ti - simply because this is within our expertise. Rapid Ti castings like CRP technology srl are cool but fabrication is still valid. Main advantage of castings is lead time but structurally it is very possible to make upright lighter/stiffer using oldish tech.

Thanks Marcush, which exactly RE issue was that?

Thank You
Ted

PS: How to post an image here?

[TudorMiron]

RacingManiac, Just checked your website what a great collection! Nice work.

Cheers
Ted

[Ciro Pabón]

Ted, write the URL of the picture (that is, http://www.... etcetera), highlight it and click on the Img button on top of the page.

For example:

This is the URL of a picture:
http://tracksearth.googlepages.com/Auto ... rramar.jpg

This is what you see when you're composing your post, after highlighting the previous URL and clicking on the Img button (look at the line in gray colour):

Code: Select all

[img]http://tracksearth.googlepages.com/AutodromoTerramar.jpg[/img]

All the Img button does is to put the [img]...[/img] tags before and after the adress of the image.

If you have the picture in your PC, then you have to publish it on ImageShack, GooglePages or similar to "get" the URL (that is, the address of the image): go to one of these places and register, follow instructions to publish. After publishing the picture in ImageShack, right click on it and choose "Copy Image Address" to copy the URL. Go to the post and paste the URL into it, highlight it and click on the Img button.

[TudorMiron]

Thanks Ciro!

[Jersey Tom]

Why Ti and not say.. 4130? Miles cheaper, stiffer than Titanium, easier to fabricate, quicker to turn around, can be just as light.

[marcush.]

It w.s no7 of this year,july issue with lola lmp1 coupe on cover.

I´d prefer 1.7734.4/5(15CDV6/AIR9160 C) for steel ,but Ti is not any trickier than this to fabricate parts of,when you start doing uprights you just have to have the necessary incredients +equipment and capabilities.