Recent content by cn1323

The thing is, we're a first-time team and need to get all our components, so calculating the force would help us pinpoint which calipers and cylinders to get; we couldn't afford to get them wrong as we're looking to source them right from sponsors. I just wanted to see if there was any other...

The braking test for the competition we're entering requires the karts to go from a minimum speed of 40 kmph to a stop inside the braking zone of 5 metres. This would result in a deceleration of over 1 g, and many places I've seen calculate braking force without reverse calculations tend to...

That's great! Thanks, I'll check these out. Also, I was sorta confused about where exactly the BOT switch should be attached, since behind the pedal may cause damage to it during a large push in case of failure right? Or is the number of times it happens not enough for the switch to be damaged...

This is all that's mentioned in the rulebook about these two systems. I simply cannot think of a way to get a travel limiting device to also fail in case of brake failure. The two mechanisms together sound almost oxymoronic.

First-timer here, this karting race my team is taking part in requires each kart to have a mechanism to limit brake pedal travel during normal functioning of the brakes, and also a brake-over-travel switch in case of brake failure to shut the system down. The pedal lock must be made such that it...