Team Details

Global Formula Racing (DE)

Team Description

Global Formula Racing is the first innovative global collaboration of its kind in the history of both the US-based Formula SAE and EU-based Formula Student programs. The former BA Racing Team from the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg-Ravensburg (DHBW-R), Germany, and the Beaver Racing Team from Oregon State University (OSU) have combined forces to compete as a single entity. The two universities share physical and intellectual resources to create a highly competitive vehicle worthy of international reputation. THe team exist since 2010 and from 2011 on the team is building cars with electric and combustion Powertrain.
Design, manufacturing, and testing occurs at both schools. The collaboratively developed eGFR19, cGFR19 and dGFR19 design will be used to manufacture three cars — one with a combustian motor at the OSU campus in Corvallis, Oregon, USA, and the other one with an electric powertrain at the DHBW-R campus in Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Event Profile

Past Events

2019

Car #469

Info

GFR was formed in the 2009 season from the two FS teams of Oregon State University and DHBW Ravensburg. Students from both schools work collaboratively to design, build and test two vehicles each year. Since then we have built one combustion and one electric car with shared chassis, aerodynamics and suspension packages. For the first time this year, GFR is competing with a third car in the Driverless category.

Engineering Design Priorities:

Reliability Simplicity High Downforce Lightweight NoDriverNoProblem TwoNationsOneTeam

Car Specifications

General

Frame Construction	CFRP/honeycomb monocoque
Material	Toray
Overall Length (mm)	2865
Overall Width (mm)	1350
Overall Height (mm)	1190
Wheelbase (mm)	1535
Track Front (mm)	1145
Track Rear (mm)	1145
Weight Front (kg)	79
Weight Rear (kg)	119
Suspension	Unequal length non-parallel a-arms, direct actuated shock, coil spring, adjustable caster
Tyres	6.0/18.0-10 Hoosier
Wheels	7
Cooling	Water Cooled Inverter and Motor
Brake System	Pneumatic actuator which pulls the brake pedal
Electronics	MoTeC ADL3

Powertrain

Number of Motors	2
Motor Location	Dual Inboard Motors
Max Motor Power	2*55kW
Motor Type	Brusa
Max Motor RPM	24000
Motor Controller	Brusa DMC514
Max System Voltage (V)	403
Electrode Materials	LiCo2
Transmission Ratio Primary	10.6
Transmission Ratio Secondary	n/a

Driverless System

Processing Units	Core i7-8559U, 512-core Volta GPU with Tensor Cores
Processing Units FLOPS	8562
Processing Units Power (W)	58
Cameras	Basler dart
Radar Sensors	n/a
LiDAR Sensors	Ouster OS1 64 Layer, 2048 samples
Other Sensors	n/a