| Team Name | : | Formula Student Team Delft |
| University | : | Delft University of Technology |
| Class | : | Class 1 |
| Car Number | : | 1 |
| Country | : | The Netherlands |
The DUT16 is Formula Student Team Delft’s 16th car. Almost 80 creative, smart and passionate engineering students from the Delft University of Technology have worked on developing the DUT16.
The students have backgrounds in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Design and Applied Physics. The team set a clear goal: ‘Win all Formula Student competitions the DUT16 team attends by focussing on the performance on dynamic events, through systems engineering, good organisation and maximum use of car and team potential.’ The DUT16 is designed to provide the highest vehicle performance.
The main design objective is to have high accelerations in longitudinal and lateral direction as well as high yaw accelerations. To realize that, the DUT16 is an electric powered, 4 wheel driven car with aerodynamic devices. Unique to the DUT16 is the packaging of the electric motors inside the wheels together with the transmission and brake system to create a lightweight and efficient drivetrain. The eccentrically placement of the motors allows so much removal of material from the upright that it is possible to see through the wheel itself.
| Length, width, height, wheelbase | 2800mm 1030mm 1420mm 1530mm |
| Track (front/rear)1200mm/1100mm | 1200mm/1200mm |
| Weight of car (no driver) | 159kg |
| Weight distribution including 68kg driver (front/rear) | 109/118 |
| Suspension (front/rear) | Double unequal length CFRP A-Arms. Front pull, rear push rod actuated springs & dampers with adjustable ARB’s. |
| Tyres (front/rear) | 14.5” Apollo Custom Tyres |
| Wheels (front/rear) | In wheel drivetrain with CFRP rims. |
| Brakes (front/rear) | Metal matrix composite aluminium brake disks with modified brake calipers. |
| Chassis construction | Single-piece CFRP monocoque with honeycomb core. |
| Engine (Electric motor for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | 4 x AMK DT5-14-POW motors. |
| Bore/stroke/cylinders/cc (Electric motor spec for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | – |
| Fuel type (Type of Energy Storage for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | Electric. |
| Fuel system (Accumulator Spec for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | Lithium polymer accumulator. |
| Max power/max torque | 4x 32.5kW @ 11000rpm 4x 28Nm @ 0rpm |
| Transmission | Single-stage double-spur transmission. |
| Differential | Electric Differential |
| Final drive | 1:10.8 |
