I'd like to say thanks to everyone who has contributed this year - all the members of our team who put in all the time and effort to make this year happen, our alumni, our sponsors, and everyone at the university who helped us out.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Thanks to everyone for a great year!
We officially finished competition Saturday, and we placed 12th overall, which ties our best finish ever, even against some really stiff competition this year.
I'd like to say thanks to everyone who has contributed this year - all the members of our team who put in all the time and effort to make this year happen, our alumni, our sponsors, and everyone at the university who helped us out.
I'd like to say thanks to everyone who has contributed this year - all the members of our team who put in all the time and effort to make this year happen, our alumni, our sponsors, and everyone at the university who helped us out.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
At competition
We're at competition right now and done with day 1.
It's been a rough ride so far, but we're weathering the storm. We arrived to find contents in the trailer had shifted, and war wagon had rolled back and put a dent in our car. The car rolled back, the chainguard hit a stand, and it hit hard enough to bend the chainguard (1/8" steel) and knock the drivetrain out of place. First thing we did was remove the drivetrain and check it over. It seems fine, but we'll see once we're allowed to run the engine.
Our bodywork also got hit. The nose cone got hit pretty hard, and was cracked along the front. We worked yesterday to patch the inside and fill the outside, so we'll have to repaint it today. We'll see how that works out.
We've almost passed tech - the tech inspectors are making us replace a tube and add another one, because they think that our rear wing loads require a 1"x0.049" tube for some reason. I don't agree, but I'm not about to argue with the rules committee about that right now. We've cut out what we need, notched the new tubes, and things should be getting welded back in right now.
Not an easy day, but not too terrible either all things considered.
It's been a rough ride so far, but we're weathering the storm. We arrived to find contents in the trailer had shifted, and war wagon had rolled back and put a dent in our car. The car rolled back, the chainguard hit a stand, and it hit hard enough to bend the chainguard (1/8" steel) and knock the drivetrain out of place. First thing we did was remove the drivetrain and check it over. It seems fine, but we'll see once we're allowed to run the engine.
Our bodywork also got hit. The nose cone got hit pretty hard, and was cracked along the front. We worked yesterday to patch the inside and fill the outside, so we'll have to repaint it today. We'll see how that works out.
We've almost passed tech - the tech inspectors are making us replace a tube and add another one, because they think that our rear wing loads require a 1"x0.049" tube for some reason. I don't agree, but I'm not about to argue with the rules committee about that right now. We've cut out what we need, notched the new tubes, and things should be getting welded back in right now.
Not an easy day, but not too terrible either all things considered.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Bodywork Photos
We went for one of the last runs before competition
today. After tuning the car, we did a few endurance and accel runs. Most things
are finalized, and we got a chance to check our fuel economy, which happens to
be fantastic.
Here are a few pictures from today. Check out the
bodywork.
And here's a comparison of the car to the CAD model:
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