13 October 2015

Respected Sir,
After going through the project proposal, following observations have been made as per my understanding.

1. The stated project is to be part of National competition, however, the similar project is already been
reported in GO KART CHAMPIONSHIP-2013, one can see that in following url.
https://www.academia.edu/11427639/210560529-GO-KART-Design-Report-pdf
2. Furthermore, there is no discussion or hint about proposed structure of 'model, its design aspect, whether
model was modified and further retested. If it has been done, how final and frozen design looks like . A
necessity to validate the claim in relation to develop the prototype. There are so such design calculations,
analysis. The structural properties of the chasis is vital, there is no discussion on which type of SAE material
will be used. There is also need to verify weight to strength ratio and factor of safety is needed to be
determined.
2. What are the aspects of safety or comfort.
3. By which mechanism the performance will be increased. What are the performance parameters?
4. If design process is iterative, design process should focuses on few vital dimensions such as Serviceability,
ruggedness, ergonomics, or Aesthetics. This aspects also lacks.
5. The second project objective is safety. So there should be discussion on frame safety analysis, front and side
impact analysis to be assured of design before initiating assembly of such prototype.

These are my impartial comments for your kind consideration.

Regards

Subrata Das