Vehicle Design & Dynamics
Efficycle three-wheeler
A first-year team's three-wheeler, through every inspection at the first attempt
Lead design engineer for Team Swift's first SAE Efficycle entry, a motor-assisted three-wheeler the team built itself.
- Organisation
- Team Swift, Parul University (SAE)
- Period
- Feb 2019 to Oct 2019
- Role
- Lead Design Engineer
The vehicle
Architected the platform across chassis, suspension, steering and drive, and built it with the team. The platform became the base for the team's later vehicles.
Inspections, events and documentation
Scheduled the work packages, wrote all competition documentation, and managed the bill of materials and procurement paperwork with the university.
Every event run, finishing 36th of about 70 teams.