{"id":31317,"date":"2017-01-10T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=31317"},"modified":"2017-01-03T13:55:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T18:55:59","slug":"palatov-motorsports-revs-high-performance-auto-design-solidworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2017\/01\/palatov-motorsports-revs-high-performance-auto-design-solidworks.html","title":{"rendered":"Palatov Motorsports Revs Up High-Performance Auto Design with SOLIDWORKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Palatov Motorports<\/strong><\/a> is a specialty car manufacturer that designs and produces high-performance cars that are primarily used on recreational tracks across the country. The Portland, OR-based manufacturer has built a business around not only designing cars but also designing and supplying components, such as suspension parts, for custom car applications, ranging from individual builds to low- and medium-volume specialty vehicles.<\/p>\n


\nPrior to founding the company, Dennis Palotov evaluated several design solutions before choosing SOLIDWORKS because he found it very intuitive to use and didn\u2019t require an expensive workstation to run it. \u201cThe software is very intuitive\u2014it behaves the way my brain works\u2014and allows me to productively transfer the ideas in my head into reality,\u201d says Palotov. \u00a0\u201cI design complete cars, featuring tight tolerances, from scratch by myself, and we assemble the cars with a team of four. Most specialty cars are developed by teams of 20 to 30 people or more. We would not be able to do what we do at Palatov Motorsport without SOLIDWORKS.\u201d<\/p>\n

SOLIDWORKS helps Palatov cars go with the Flow<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another advantage of SOLIDWORKS was its integrated Flow Simulation software, which enabled the design team to gain important insights into how airflow, drag, and downforce affect car performance. By validating its vehicle designs using SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation, the designers were able to not only improve the aerodynamics of the cars, but also to adjust aerodynamic elements to match specific driver preferences.<\/p>\n

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For example, the firm used SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation during development of the D1PPS (Pike\u2019s Peak Special), which was specifically designed to compete in the Pike\u2019s Peak International Hill Climb (IHC), a 12.42-mile race up 14,110-foot Pike\u2019s Peak in Colorado\u00a0that has 156 turns. \u201cWe ran flow analysis on the D1PPS using SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation software and then compared the results to real-life data obtained through physical tests,\u201d Palatov explains. \u201cWe found a 98 percent correlation between SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation results and what actually happens, which gave us the confidence to rely on the software to improve aerodynamic performance. We still maintain 400 pounds of downforce on that car at 100 mph, but used the results to optimize front\/rear distribution of force and allow for aerodynamic adjustments.\u201d
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\nRead the entire case study “Palatov Motorsport LLC: Advancing High-Performance Automobile Development with SOLIDWORKS Solutions<\/strong><\/a>”\u00a0to learn how SOLIDWORKS solutions played a key role in the development of an innovative, patent-pending suspension design, which completely eliminates the need for antiroll bars and aero-assist third spring, while also improving handling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Palatov Motorports is a specialty car manufacturer that designs and produces high-performance cars that are primarily used on recreational tracks across the country. The Portland, OR-based manufacturer has built a business around not only designing cars but also designing and<\/p>\n... Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":235,"featured_media":31321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,18,88],"tags":[2251,2081],"class_list":["post-31317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-stories","category-solidworks","category-solidworks-flow-simulation","tag-customer-case-study","tag-solidworks-flow-simulation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/235"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}