KETTERING FSAE TEAM IMPROVED AS SEASON PROGRESSED

Lowest priced may not mean the best, but certainly not the worst.

This year brought many new challenges to the Kettering University Formula SAE team. Since the team's previous chief engineer had left and other core members had graduated, members knew that it was going to be an uphill battle coming into this competition season.

Additional challenges arose when the team decided to switch to 10-in wheels from the old, heavy thirteens that GMI2014's predecessors wore (GMI is a reference to General Motors Institute, the former name of Kettering University). With new members coming aboard and a redesign of key parts such as the chassis, uprights, suspension, and brakes, this year tested not only the team's engineering skills, but also its patience.