The space frame has been constructed from 32mm Cold drawn, electric resistance welded steel tube. This material has a a yield strength of 250Mpa and a tensile strength of 350 Mpa. We had difficulty in bending this material and had to use a radial tube bender to succesfully achieve a satisfactory bend without defects.

The chassis was welded by Chris Hanifan, who has experience in constructing full chassis drag-cars. All notching was done by the team and the tube was welded using a TIG welder.

The chassis was designed using 3D solid modeling methods under ProEngineer. These models have been tested using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) under the ANSYS software package. Using 3D models to design the chassis has allowed the team to easily visualise the design. As more components were added they can be assembled in ProEngineer. This allows us to visualise the entire car and to verify our design. Non-destructive testing has been used to verify the results gained from our theoretical analysis.