of a snowmobile’s performance through the use of computer programs and given
data related to the snowmobile and its environmental conditions. Through the
development of an accurate model, it has been possible to tune a snowmobile to
maximize its performance in the 2004 SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge without
wasting valuabletime and money doing so with the physical medium itself.
Furthermore, through the use of the model it was discovered that the tracks
moment of inertia had an enormous effect on the snowmobiles performance.
In order to further ensure the accuracy of the model, a lab experiment was
performed to calculate numerical data pertaining to this aspect of the snowmobile.