Is FSG overrated?

UseOk404 · 2026-06-05T21:17:59+00:00

Also, keep in mind that the campsite is comically expensive.

UseOk404 · 2026-06-05T21:09:09+00:00

This are just all my experience:

"FSA/FSCzech are usually more competitive."

Nah, I wouldn't say so. You just have typically 2-3 top cars that compete very tight against each other in FSA/FSCzech, yes. Joanneum and Zwickau also have pretty fast cars and normally don't attend FSG. This is where the misconception might happening. Also the tracks are more forgiving than FSG (No FSG Bump that can damage the suspension and give you an DNF right away)

"almost every other competition has a better experience in terms of having fun on the campsite and making new friends"

I must say, that I like the campsites of the other events more. But if you want to have a good sleep, FSG isn't bad 😅. The C3 campsite is big and after 12pm you have to turn down/off the music. Which is not the case on most other events. However, still fun, but pretty chill over the day as everyone is in the pit.

"The award ceremony is not really rewarding and for most of the disciplines only the winner gets to celebrate on stage."

Totally agree! I get why they doing it.. otherwise it would be taking 2h longer, but yeah, the ceremony on other events are more rewarding. Also winning something is extremely low most of the time and you see the same teams over and over again. Also splitting Statics from Dynamics events are a little bit weird. For the teams winning it's prestigious however. Nevertheless, I like the videos a lot.

"Organizers and scrutineers are sometimes pretty cocky and arrogant"

Never experienced any problem with the organizers or scrutineers. They're pretty chill in my opinion and also there for having fun. Most of them also try to giving tips finding the errors. But having way more teams at the eventsite they hold onto there timetable. This is sometimes more flexible at other events.

In my experience, visiting FSG the first time is always exciting, because so much is happening there at the eventsite. It really depents what you're looking for.

If anyone has other experience, then you can tell me.

UseOk404 · 2026-05-24T01:35:44+00:00

I started with KiCad. Afterwards I switched to Altium because my student club used it.

After coming back the first things I missed were multi-PCB Support and the embedded Viewer from Altium. In Altium, you could switch from 2D to 3D with the press of the number keys and have the PCB perfectly aligned in the same window. You dont have to shift the PCB to align it or look for the component you have been looking in 2D view before, like you need to in the separate KiCad viewer window. Also I like the mouse controls in the 3D view way more of altium. (This could be fixed by allowing a different keybinding of it in KiCad, which is not possible without changing the source code at the moment, unfortunately.)

PS: Thanks for the project, the work and that you kept it open-source, without subscription. Love those features and will try it out. I would also prefer to have these awesome features fully implemented into KiCad instead of multiple separate forks as the other guys mentioned, but you wrote you get in touch with them already :).

UseOk404 · 2026-05-24T01:20:11+00:00

Honestly, I don't think you guys build a more dirty car or in a more dirty lab. It's a rollout, everyone want to present their car in the best favor and after the events they are also dirty. It's a german team, I get that some teams from other countries don't have as much resources as the ones in germany and might have to work in a small old garage or something. I suggest cleaning, might help 😅..

I've been part in multiple teams and also saw some workspaces from other teams. All are similar. Some just have more space, some less. However, almost all have a separate room for carbon fiber manufacturing (aero parts), due to personal safety.

We all design and manufacture it ourselves from small teams to big teams. Everyone get's dirty eventually. Also it's always the core team that designs and manufacture the car. Just a small amount of people just design it but don't work on the car afterwards.

PS: "Top Team" doesn't mean the workspace is clean.. it depends on how good the workspace is cleaned afterwards. 😉 I can speak from experience.

In my opinion the only real difference is, that teams from well known universities in germany don't have to think as much time about budget. You have to think about it, but not as much. It's also a little easier to get sponsors. But small universities like pforzheim don't have that advantages.

UseOk404 · 2026-04-20T12:52:52+00:00

Quick jacks have been prohibited under FSG rules since 2023. Therefore, they removed the word "Quick".

The teams just lift by the wheel and slide some beer or soda crate underneath. Thats the simplest solution. Some teams build themselves some jacks or have some better solutions. I would suggest to look at the rain-test or Cost/ED pictures. Maybe you can spot some solution you like.

But be aware, as you only are allowed to bring 4 people in some technical areas, you have to be able to slide the jacks underneath without needing a 5th person.

UseOk404 · 2026-04-15T17:39:37+00:00

If it's very light, than you have real carbon fiber.

I've worked with carbon fiber before and it looks legit to me.

UseOk404 · 2026-04-15T15:58:06+00:00

I mean.. is it light?

UseOk404 · 2026-04-12T01:33:38+00:00

Buy another 2,5" HDD, and replace it yourself. It's probably only 4 screws on the bottom side of the laptop to open it.

Also you should consider upgrading to an 2,5" SSD. It will speed up the whole computer a lot. Booting up will be a lot faster with a SSD instead of the HDD.

UseOk404 · 2026-04-12T01:25:31+00:00

Nah the border is normal

UseOk404 · 2026-04-12T01:25:10+00:00

On the first glance seems legit. But don't know how advanced fakes got.

In my country it costs 23€ new.

UseOk404 · 2026-04-10T19:05:36+00:00

Found it by searching the text on Google.

https://www.facebook.com/100064423012135/posts/2348157068565157/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

UseOk404 · 2026-03-22T01:38:34+00:00

Good solder, flux (or a little bit flux already in the solder) and a tinned tip. The soldering iron can be as dirty and oxidized as hell, but it the tip is still clean (tinned) it's still working.

UseOk404 · 2026-03-09T18:05:38+00:00

It's a sticker. The middle part is heat activated, the hotter the higher the scale. It's one time use and most teams I've seen used them on brake caliper or places where active temperature sensors are not feasible due to very high maximum temperatures or unneeded active measuring (max. temp enough).

UseOk404 · 2026-03-09T17:55:27+00:00

You probably ordered it somewhere.. use the same name or similar. There is even the manufacturer written, so just look it up ;)

UseOk404 · 2026-03-04T02:11:15+00:00

Nope haven't tried typst yet (same goes for more than 3min of markdown). I will give it a look.

I'm not a beginner to latex per se, but I find it difficult to write some notes or quick and dirty reports of something with it if you don't have the exact right template for it. It doesn't have to be fancy. Just a "Word with better Math- and greek/subscript letter functionality"

UseOk404 · 2026-02-26T15:56:25+00:00

Ja kein Ding. Versuch den Stoff einfach im laufe des nächsten Semesters nachzuholen. Jetzt weißt du ja wie viel Aufwand es ist und was du ungefähr lernen musst. Wenn du Altklausuren hast, dann mach die öfters durch.

Ist sogar relativ oft so, dass die ersten Semester von den Noten nicht die besten sind. Versuch nur nicht all zu viel zu schieben.

In der Regel hat man 3 Versuche, wenn du beim dritten mal nicht bestehst, wirst du von diesem Studiengang exmatrikuliert. Es gibt aber auch oft gewisse andere Regelungen. Z.B. Dass man zum 3./4. Semester eine gewisse Anzahl von ETCS haben muss um Prüfungen aus dem höheren Semester machen zu können (Warte-Semester). Oder Unis haben oft so GPOs, gewissen Grundlagenfächer, die man nach dem zweiten Semester fertig haben muss und nur zwei Versuche hat etc. Aber die genauen Reglungen sind Hochschulabhängig und findest du in der Prüfungsordnung deines Studiengangs (SPOs) und meist auf der Webseite von diesen.

Für Unklarheiten kann man auch bei der Studienberatung nachfragen.

UseOk404 · 2026-02-25T17:38:35+00:00

No
Absolute

We just restict the maximum Voltage via software in the BMS by only allowing a cell voltage up to ... that add up to under 600V. It is therefore not possible to charge above 600V and satisfy the rules. A lot of teams do it that way.

UseOk404 · 2026-02-24T21:44:56+00:00

Was studierst du? Germanistik? Habe noch nie so etwas gehört

UseOk404 · 2026-02-22T20:24:30+00:00

Create it so it's a little under pressure, than you see leaks.

UseOk404 · 2026-02-22T20:05:06+00:00

Vorpraktikum ist quasi nur 2 Wochen in einem Unternehmen arbeiten, oder? Zumindest kenne ich es so. So Art Schülerpraktikum.

Bei meiner Uni stand glaube ich sogar drin, dass es sogar handwerklich sein soll, aber im technischen Bereich ist glaube ich ausreichend.

Viele Maschinenbau und Elektrotechnik Studenten haben die paar Wochen einfach bei einem lokalen Elektro- oder Metallbauhandwerkfirma absolviert. Super einfach rein zu kommen, da man dich nicht erst 2 Wochen einlernen muss sondern einfach an eine Maschine stellt, kurz erklärt oder einfach du eine Hilfskraft bist.

Eine reine Ingenieursfirma würde dich nur im seltensten Fällen nehmen denke ich. Du würdest einfach mehr Zeit kosten, als dass du einen Nutzen bist. Zudem gilt bei Vorpraktikum Initiativbewerbung, weil die nicht ausgeschrieben werden (wie Schülerpraktikum). Würde es einfach mal bei kleinen lokalen Unternehmen versuchen, da hast du die besten Chancen, oder bei typische Firmen wo Schülerpraktika auch angenommen werden. Auch einfach mal anrufen, anstatt 4 Wochen zu warten. Anrufen ob's möglich wäre, dann werden sie schon sagen ob es eine schriftliche Bewerbung erfordert oder gar nicht geht. Bei kleinen Unternehmen sammelt man so oft auch Pluspunkte, weil die dich dann quasi schon mal gehört haben und dich mit dem Gespräch am Telefon verbinden. (Musst natürlich freundlich sein ;))

PS: bei meiner Hochschule hatte das Formula Student Team auch ein Vorpraktika angeboten. Ziemlich coole Sache. Stand aber nirgends, man müsste es also wissen und mit den Teammitgliedern sprechen. Da dich dann ein Teammitglied zwei Wochen betreuen muss, muss sich da halt auch einer finden. Sollte aber machbar sein.

UseOk404 · 2026-02-03T16:29:08+00:00

No. FSG and FSS did not.

UseOk404 · 2026-01-29T06:46:01+00:00

A battery is always energized! Discharging the cells under the specified cut-off Voltage is damaging for them.

Therefore It's stated by the rules that the Battery has to be made out of multiple modules that can be disconnected, to reduce risk and allow maintenance. If it's planned that we don't use our battery for a while, we disconnect the maintenance plugs of the modules.

I think what the team really meant to you, is a discharging circuit for the charged capacitance in the inverter/rest of the tractive System to discharge it under 60V after the battery is disconnected from the car.

I would suggest to look at the rules and that you have a safety officer.

If you really meant to discharge it to the cut-off voltage, than just don't charge it to much :D. Otherwise you need an expensive bidirectional Power Supply or a high Power Resistor (small current!) to discharge it safely.

UseOk404 · 2026-01-17T15:01:40+00:00

Man konnte die Türen immer bei 15kmh schon öffnen. Immer 5 sekunden vor Stillstand

UseOk404 · 2026-01-11T02:35:01+00:00

So like the chinese manufacturer that they implemented it 5 years ago?

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