ATELIERS MOTORS - Motocross RuleBook
ATELIERS MOTORS - Motocross RuleBook
ATELIERS MOTORS - Motocross RuleBook
RULEBOOK
ATELIER MOTORS
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CONTEXT
I. INTRODUCTION
II. ABOUT US
III.GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
1.ELIGIBILITY
2. AGE
3. DRIVERS LICENSE
4. FACULTY ADVISOR
5. INSURANCE
6. LIABILITY WAIVER
7. RIGHT TO IMPOUND
8. RULES VALIDITY
9. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
10. REGISTRATION FEE
11. OFFICIAL ANNNOUNCEMENTS
IV.DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
1.TOTAL VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS
2.FRAME
3. ENGINES
4. TRANSMISSIONS AND PRIMARY DRIVE
5. EXHAUST SYSTEM
6. FUEL TANKS
7. SUSPENSION
8. BRAKES
9. STEERING
10. WHEELS
11. PROTECTIONS OR SHIELDS
12. FASTENERS AND SAFETY ISSUE
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V. VIRTUAL ROUND
1. VEHICLE DESIGN
2. KNOWLEDGE OF RULEBOOK
3. MARKETING SURVEY
4. INNOVATION
5. PROJECT PLANS
6. VIRTUAL PRESENTATION FORMAT
VI. STATIC
1. TECHNICAL INSPECTION
2. DESIGN PRESENTATION
3. COST PRESENTATION
4. MARKETING PRESENTATION
VII. DYNAMIC EVENT
1. ACCELERATION TEST
2. BRAKE TEST
3. NARROW PATH
4. AUTO CROSS AND SUSPENSION TEST
5. HILL CLIMB TEST
6. ENDURANCE
7. COMMAND FLAGS
8. SAFETY REQUIREMENT
9. VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
10. FACILITIES AT EVENT SITE
11. TEAMS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCE
VIII. IMPORTANT DATES
IX. SCORING SYSTEM
X. AWARDS
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I. INTRODUCTION:
INDIAs FIRST STUDENT MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP:
Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on rugged muddy circuits. It first
started in the France, presently making its craze all around the world. A group of
motorcyclists will compete with their highly performing race bikes to run on off road track
running over different kinds of tracks like rugged surfaces, small hills etc., and finally the
riders are scored on style, level of track difficulty, best use of the course and frequently,
crowd reactions.
III.GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. ELIGIBILITY
All the Members of the Team must be Undergraduate / Graduate / Diploma Engineering
students.
2. AGE
All Team Members must have minimum 18 years of age by the time of the Competition.
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3. DRIVERS LICENSE
Team Members (at least 2) must have a valid Driving License and the License may be
verified at any time during the Competition.
4. FACULTY ADVISOR
Each Team is expected to have at least one Faculty Advisor, appointed by the College or
University, and Organizing Committee will consider Him/ Her as an Official University
Representative.
5. INSURANCE
A minimum of 2 DRIVERS must have an Individual Medical or Accident Insurance
coverage and is the sole Responsibility of the Participants.
6. LIABILITY WAIVER
All-on-site Participants and Faculty Advisor are required to Sign a Liability Waiver upon
Registering on site.
7. RIGHT TO IMPOUND
Atelier Motors and Organizing Committee of SMC 2K15 have the right to impound any
vehicle any time in event site.
8. RULES VALIDITY
Any Changes / Modifications in rules, will be immediately brought to the notice of
participating teams through mails and changed rules will be uploaded in website and
Facebook page.
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9. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
a. Teams are required to Register for the event at our website www.ateliermotors.com
b. Registration link will be opened on 9th December, 2014 and will be closed by
31st January, 2015.
c. Once the Team is Registered in the website, the Team Captain will receive a
confirmation mail containing all the Information.
d. A minimum of 6 to maximum of total 20 students are allowed for a team to Participate
in the Competition.
NOTE:-Teams failing to clear virtual need not pay the 2nd Phase Registration Fee.
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IV.DESIGN REQUIREMENTS:
1. TOTAL VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS:
a. The overall Dimensions of the vehicle should not exceed Length 85",Width 35", Height
48" and Wheel Base 60".
b. The vehicle should be capable of carrying a driver of height 6ft 3"and Weight 100kgs.
c. Ground clearance of the vehicle should be minimum of 8".
2. FRAME:
a. The Main frame must be Tubular ALLUMINIUM or STEEL Alloy Materials, with Pipe
Outer Diameter minimum of 1"and 1.5mm Thickness.
b. The Frame must contain Engine mount location, steering head location and angle,
swing arm pivot point, and rear suspension linkage.
c. There can be a side stand but no other stands are allowed.
d. Footrests may be raised or lowered, but cannot be lower than the bottom frame tube.
e. Strengthening Gussets and Cross Tubes may be added to the frame if necessary.
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3. ENGINES
a. Engines are restricted to a single cylinder.
b. Engine Displacement should be 180 C.C or less.
c. Supercharging or turbo charging is not permitted.
d. Type of Cooling System (water, oil or air), Ignition System, Carburettor and Quick Start
Button are mandatory.
5. EXHAUST SYSTEM
a. Exhaust Pipes or Mufflers must fulfil all requirements concerning sound control.
b. Must be securely attached together and bolted to the frame.
c. The Exhaust Pipes or Muffler of the vehicle should be supported to the frame.
6. FUEL TANKS
a. Fuel Tank must be placed on above the engine with a sufficient and proper shielding.
b. Capacity of Fuel Tank must be minimum of 10 Litres.
c. Carbon fibre or carbon composite fuel tanks are not permitted.
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7. SUSPENSION
REAR SUSPENSION:
Swingarm :
a. Swingarm with Mono Suspension and materials used must be of alloys of aluminium or
steel.
b. Strengthening gussets or tubes may be added.
FRONT SUSPENSION:
Forks and Shocks:
a. Double shocks must be maintained using 2 telescopic hydraulic shock absorbers.
8. BRAKES
a. All motorcycles must be equipped with adequate and operating Front and Rear Wheel
Brakes.
b. Disc brakes or Drum brakes may be used.
9. STEERING
Handlebars and Controls:
a. Cracked or broken handlebars are prohibited.
b. Control levers must have minimum 1/2-inch diameter ball ends.
c. All motorcycles must be equipped with a functional mechanical engine kill device or
ignition cut-off switch or button, mounted on the handlebar within reach of the riders
hand when placed on the grip.
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10. WHEELS
a. Wheels and all wheel components i.e., Spokes, Hubs, constructed exclusively of
carbon fibre or carbon composite are not permitted.
b. Both the wheels must be assembled with only spokes, no alloys are allowed for the
wheels.
c. It is mandatory that all the teams should use only dirt tires (i.e. off-road tires only).
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EVENT DETAILS:
PHASE 1:
V. VIRTUAL ROUND:
a. Each and every team has to be qualified in the virtual round, to move on to the static
and dynamic events.
b. In virtual round, the teams should make a CAD model of their vehicle in design
Softwares along with the required calculations.
c. It will be a 30 minutes session, where 5 of team members will be given chance to
present in front of the judges in first 20 Minutes ,and in the next 10 Minutes, the judges
will be evaluating the team based on the performance of the team.
2. KNOWLEDGE OF RULEBOOK:
a. During the design process, teams have to thoroughly follow all the rules that are
mentioned in the RuleBook.
b. Judges will be verifying all the rules in the respective vehicle designs.
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3. MARKETING SURVEY:
a. Teams have to do the market analysis so that they can analyze the major points
during design considerations like Cost, market availability, materials used .
4. INNOVATION:
a. An engineer will be so effective to the outside world if his engineering thought would
apply making a new thing.
b. Teams can make a good score by making an innovation.
5. PROJECT PLANS
a. DVP (Design validation plan):Testing aimed at ensuring that a product or system fulfils
the defined user needs and specified requirements, under specified operating conditions.
b. GANTT CHART:
Gantt chart is simply a planning that shows how long a project
should take and helping to manage the process of design and manufacturing by laying
them out in the order in which the tasks need to be completed by dividing the work along
the team members.
c. Cost Estimation:
The cost estimation is a total cost of the vehicle along with all the in
detailed report shown in the design report. There should be no more than Rs70,000/Excluding all the driver safety things.
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b. IMPORTANT NOTICE:
1. Soon after the virtual results will be announced, all the qualified teams have to submit
their design report.
2. Selection of teams will be purely on the basis of merit
3.The decision of the judges will be the final
4.There will be no ranks or awards for the virtual round.
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2. DESIGN PRESNTATION:a. This event is totally about the design report imported in the vehicle manufacturing.
b. INNOVATION (If done) will be verified along with the design presentation.
c. Teams are strictly informed that there should be no changes, made in their vehicle
than those shown in the Final Design Report, which has to be submitted at the mentioned
dates.
d. The Presentation format for design presentation can be done on the teams own
approach such as posters or card boards or any other means.
e. Judging will be done under the design methodology, calculations, analysis, materials
used and ergonomics consideration.
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3. COST PRESENTATION:
a. The actual cost of all the components of vehicle will be compared with the cost report.
b. If judges seem that the cost of the parts are not relevant to that mentioned in cost
report, direct penalty will be given to that team ,by the order of the judges.
4. MARKETING PRESENTATION:a. Marketing Presentation helps the students to design a managerial strategy of
establishing a firm which can produce a production rate versus time versus money and
giving a best sale in the market.
b. The judges will examine the presentation as a customer or as an investor or a
managing head, depending on the intension of judges.
c. Presentation format of the marketing presentation should be less than 15mb in size not
exceeding 15 slides and in MS power point format containing all the required things
that describes the vehicle and the teams marketing strategy.
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d. PENALTY:
A 2 sec penalty will be added for false start.
A 5 sec penalty for leaving the course.
e. SCORING FORMULA
Acceleration score = 50 ( Tlongest-Tyours ) / (Tlongest-Tshortest)
Tshortest is the fastest time by any team.
Tlongest is either
a. the slowest time by any team or
b. 2 times the fastest time,
Whichever is the shorter interval.
Tyours is the best time of your team.
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2. BRAKE TEST
a. Break Test is conduct on a break test course along with Acceleration Test, the Vehicle
is allowed to Accelerate along 100mts flat and straight surface and then Apply brakes
and Vehicle must Stop within a Distance of 5 mtrs after Applying Brakes.
b. A maximum of 3 Attempts are given to pass the Brake Test.
c. It is mandatory for all the vehicles to pass the Brake Test.
3. NARROW PATH
a. NARROW PATH is a narrow way where driver has to drive the vehicle along the path.
b. it is to measure the vehicles balancing capability and to ensure the driving capabilities
of drivers.
c. Each team may take 2 attempts with same driver or with different drivers.
d. Scoring will be based on the best of 2 attempts.
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e. PENALTY:
A 1 seconds will be added for every cone down.
A 2 seconds penalty for leaving the course.
f. SCORING FORMULA:
score = 100 ( Tlongest-Tyours )/ (Tlongest-Tshortest)
Tshortest is the fastest time by any team.
Tlongest is either
a. The slowest time by any team or
b. 2 times the fastest time,
Whichever is the shorter interval.
T yours is the best time of your team.
d. PENALTY
A 1 seconds will be added for every cone down.
A 2 seconds penalty for leaving the course.
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e. SCORING FORMULA
Auto Cross and Suspension score = 150 ( Tlongest-Tyours )/ (Tlongest-Tshortest)
Tshortest is the fastest time by any team.
Tlongest is either
a. The slowest time by any team or
b. 2 times the fastest time,
Whichever is the shorter interval.
T yours is the best time of your team.
b. PENALTY
A 2 seconds penalty will be added for false start.
A 5 seconds penalty for leaving the course.
c. SCORING FORMULA
Hill Climb score = 100 ( Tlongest-Tyours )/ (Tlongest-Tshortest)
T Shortest is the fastest time by any team.
T Longest is either
a. The slowest time by any team or
b. 2 times the fastest time,
Whichever is the shorter interval.
T yours is the best time of your team.
NOTE: There will be no more extra chance given for the teams, for any of the
dynamic events other than the mentioned.
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6. ENDURANCE
Endurance Track will be closed circuit which contains the Hill Climb, Lots of Turns
etc. The endurance event assesses each vehicles ability to operate continuously and
at speed over rough terrain containing obstacles.
1. Endurance run is based upon total Distance covered in 2 hours.
2. Vehicle must line up according to the Position Declared by the Organizers on the
basis of all the Dynamic Tests.
3. If a Vehicle gets Break Down it will be removed from the course Immediately,
Vehicle may appear again on the track after completing repairs and with the
Permission of Judges on the Track.
PENALTY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Failure to stop for Black Flag will be allotted with 2 seconds penalty.
Failure to slow down on Yellow Flag will be allotted with 1 second penalty.
Moving out of course will be penalised with 1 seconds.
Driving in Unauthorized area adds up 5 seconds penalty.
Wontedly Vehicle to vehicle contact, will lead to disqualification from endurance.
Over speed or Aggressive Driving will lead to orange flag then the driver should
proceed to penalty box and Judges will decide the penalty time depending upon
the Offense.
NOTE:- At the Time of Endurance only the Fuel is provide by the organizers.
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7. COMMAND FLAGS
Command Flags are those Flags which must be Followed by the Participates
Immediately without Fail.
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GLOVES
CHEST PROTECTOR
NECK PAD
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MOTOCROSS HELMET
6. All safety Equipments must be Fire Resistance*.
7. A Two 2kgs Fire extinguisher are mandatory, with the team mates who are
allowed at Dynamic site.
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9. VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
a. All vehicles are required to have proper display of identity of vehicle. Vehicle
identification includes Vehicle Number, Team Name and College Name.
b. Vehicle number must be 5" Height 2"Width and 1"Line Thickness, It must be
protrusions or cut-outs or reflective stickers. The number must be clearly
displayed on all four sides of the vehicle.
c. Drivers of teams will be attending Drivers training session on event day.
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REGISTRATION OPEN
REGISTRATION CLOSE
VIRTUAL ROUND
MAY 20TH
DYNAMIC EVENT
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TYPE OF EVENT
1.
VIRTUAL ROUND-
SCORING
250
STATIC ROUND2.
TECHNICAL INSPECTION
100
3.
DESIGN PRESENTATION
100
4.
COST PRESENTATION
50
5.
MARKETING PRESENTATION
100
DYNAMIC ROUND6.
ACCELERATAION TEST
50
7.
NARROW PATH
100
8.
AUTOCROSS AND
SUSPENSION TEST
150
9.
HILL CLIMB
100
10.
ENDURANCE
500
TOTAL
1500
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X. AWARDS
S.NO
EVENT TYPE
AWARDS
1ST PRIZE
2ND PRIZE
STATIC ROUND1.
BUILD QUALITY
2.
DESIGN PRESENTATION
3.
COST PRESENTATION
4.
MARKETING
PRESENTATION
DYNAMIC ROUND5.
ACCELERATAION TEST
6.
NARROW PATH
7.
AUTOCROSS AND
SUSPENSION TEST
8.
HILL CLIMB
9.
ENDURANCE
10
OVER ALL
CHAMPIONSHIP
TOTAL
15 AWARDS
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