Hypercar thesis part 3: done(for now)

I am writing this as more of a informal documentation of the project rather than a blog post. I have defended the thesis in late January 2021 and since then finished my other Bachelors (Computer Science), with thesis also focused on motorsport aerodynamics, so it will also be described here. The full text can be downloaded here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o1KS-KUtfVfkCbLEPruvO6RI8QBfevaM/view?usp=sharing

Hypercar thesis part 2: exterior design

The project has moved on since the last post - I have given up on repairing the NX assembly and just copied the new powertrain part into older backup assembly. Lost some progress, but most importantly lost a lot of time. That also left me without my academic NX license and I had to download a "Learning Edition", which on one hand was nice to have when I had nothing else, but it seems like it has less features than a full version.

Aerospace Engineering hypercar thesis, part 1

After my previous project there finally comes the time to write my undergraduate thesis. Somewhere around three months ago, I was pouring over the details of Aston Martin Valkyrie, trying to best understand its design and reason for every shape's shape. While I am, admittedly, an aerospace engineering student, I am also a manqué automotive design student. I was really serious about this during my middle school and even got in touch with a very supportive professional designer, but with a weak English and lack of parent support the dream withered with time. I still have a high interest in design and follow many designers on Instagram. A project that combined aerodynamic (my other interest) and aesthetic design would be a both amazingly interesting and maybe a way of finding a job in the industry, as well as a symbolic middle finger to life. You can't stop me.

From left to right: Adrian Newey's initial Valkyrie drawing, my whiteboard sketch, my paper drawing and finally the NX model at the current stage.

Helicopter model-stitching simulation, part 1 (and last for now)

I've been working on a helicopter simulator as a university interim project for some time. I'm actually doing only an implementation - the concept has been defined by Eric Tobias and Mark Tischler in their paper (and it seems like they also have handled the implementation themselves, but since they're working for the military, you can't download the software).

Left: Top level simulation architecture from Tobias/Tischler paper, right: my final top level simulation architecture in Simulink.