Road arrow announces high placement – Racing car of the Belgrade University presented

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While we are still waiting for our driver in Formula 1, the students of the Belgrade University took care that we have whom to support in the fastest sport in the world. The Road arrow team which gathers 26 talented students made a racing car on their own completely which will this summer present our countryat the Formula student competition.

- Last night, in front of the crowded hall of the Faculty of Mechanical engineering, the racing car constructors presented the product of their effort and hard work and expressed hope for success in the upcoming races which will be held in August in Italy and Austria,. Everybody heard of Formula1, 2 and 3. Nobody heard for these young people and they, with minimal budget and a lot of energy, succeeded in achieving a miracle. Serbia cannot fail because it has fantastic engineers –Milorad Milovancevic, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical engineering said.

The Road arrow team leader, an assistant at the Faculty of Mechanical engineering, Predrag Mrdja, showed to the gathered ones an extensive book of rules which students had to stick to during the racing car construction, adding that even the smallest deviation from the rules would cause elimination.

- This season’s objectives were to decrease car mass, increase motor power and develop distant monitoring of all car systems as well as to decrease costs. We succeeded in everything. We are very tired but we hope for good results –Mrdja said.

The Formula student is a prestigious international competition in racing cars construction which gathers students from more than 500 world universities. International races are the top of the competition where it can be seen who was successful and to what extent. The Belgrade University Road arrow team has been competing since 2010. The team comprises students from the Faculty of Mechanical engineering, Faculty of organizational sciences, Faculty of Trafficand Faculty of Electrical and Technical engineering.

Racing car performances

Motor: Yamaha R6

Power: 85 KS

Volume: 599 cm2

Torque: 53 Nm

Mass: 245 kg

Gear: a six-degree