Snowmobile Traction Control

The University of Idaho Clean Snowmobile Challenge Team is in it's fifteenth year of operation, having competed at the last 14 clean snowmobile challenge competitions. The current competition platform is a 2014 Ski Doo MXZ-X 800 E-Tec snowmobile, with extensive modifications to better suit the requirements of the competition. =ETC=

Previous Work
The snowmobile has an ETC system built by a previous design team. The system worked at the last competition, but it has room for improvement. Our design process started with some conceptualization of control methods and learning about the embedded controller currently being used in their ETC system. We then characterized the current ETC system. Our next design phase will include selection of a mechanical actuator and controller, along with other data collection devices/methods. This will allow us to complete the ETC portion of the design and move on to the TCS system.

Current Work
=Launch Control=

Implementation
=Traction Control=