"RLS has been supporting the team here at UoN throughout our journey over the last three years. RLS supply us with a range of angular position sensors which we use in our pedal and steering assemblies, and they have a wide selection of options available for various sizes, applications, and high speed operations.
We managed to not only fly through an incredibly difficult EV scrutineering (the first EV to have cleared in the pit lane), we finished the most difficult dynamic event (22 km endurance drive) and that too with a very competitive lap time.
The other two EVs (Warwick and Bath) also got on the endurance track but could not finish the entire distance. Both teams have been extremely helpful, Bath gave us the flame retardant zip ties which we needed to clear Accumulator scrutineering, Oxford Brookes Racing has been amazing to us, gave us the winning brake cylinder (the third one worked!) that let us basically compete!
This demonstrates the camaraderie different competing teams have which only fosters collective development for all the teams. Overall, we came 1st in Business presentation among 100+ competing teams, 1st EV overall, 2nd car among 1st year car teams, and 3rd overall (including the repeat entry teams). When we finished the endurance event, all EV scrutineers gave us a standing ovation, which goes on to show how well we’ve done. We were incredibly and fantastically surprised, it’s a high I’ll never forget.
It’s an understatement to say that your help contributed towards this win.
RLS sensors were used on our accelerator pedal (two sensors per pedal) and our steering column. Especially for a wheel-hub twin-wheel drive system, we needed accurate information of the steering angle to enable us to implement torque vectoring and e-diff which allowed our drivers to drive the car with confidence. The drivers have fed back, the thing drives like a train on a track, it goes exactly where you point it to, and its rapid!
RLS have been outstanding in helping us with application demands, and their support has been instrumental in helping us succeed. We look forward to continuing our partnership in 2021 and beyond!"
About UoN Formula Student Team
Formula Student is an engineering competition where the brightest engineering students from across the globe design, manufacture and race a Formula style car against other universities on the tracks at Silverstone. It is the most established educational engineering competition and a testing ground for the next generation of world-class engineers.
University of Nottingham Racing Team was formed with big ambition. In 2017, its electrically powered super bike became the 2nd fastest electric bike in the Isle of Man TT history.