Recent content by carsy7

Assuming we only want the lightest components and do not care about cost. ..I believe it comes down to density and volume. Making components with the smallest volumes possible out of materials with lightest densities are the major properties. Keep in mind components are also dependent on...

I think you need to provide more info with your drawing and how it works. remember Torque = Fdsin(x) I believe you need to consider the angle as well, but I'm not entirely sure how this works either

I bought some great tutorials a while back off a site. I can send them to you if you want. They helped me get used to all the features really quickly. PM me if you're interested.

Hey I'm new to PF, so be gentle if my first few posts aren't gold. Assuming the car stops on impact... Have a spring or elastic that releases its stored energy upon impact of the car via quick-release mechanism. From this, you could calculate the stored potential energy and use that to...