Sort of... it's actually a motorcycle steering damper, but it does serve the same function as a rotary damper, this one just works to damp roll.Originally posted by RacingManiac:
is that a rotary damper on that monoshock roll bar?
Sort of... it's actually a motorcycle steering damper, but it does serve the same function as a rotary damper, this one just works to damp roll.Originally posted by RacingManiac:
is that a rotary damper on that monoshock roll bar?
Engineers aren't boring people, we just get excited about boring things.
James-
Very nice pictures. All of us that couldn't make it out there are grateful! Please keep them coming.
It looks like it may be a very exciting weekend indeed.
-Lucas
Lucas Weidner
Colorado State FSAE: 1999-2003
'Real World': 2003-present
Also, I just got off the phone with a friend of mine, and apparently the UTA car is in the parking lot of their hotel with the entire rear of the car taken apart. Hopefully those guys can take care of whatever is wrong; I'm really interested in seeing how a turbocharged 250cc would perform against the rest of the field.
Engineers aren't boring people, we just get excited about boring things.
Anyone catch the whole list of design semifinalists? The ones I remember are UTA, UMRolla, Cal Poly SLO, RMIT and Auburn, I think.
I was caught off guard by the announcement, so this was the list I got when frantically trying to write with a dead pen. Let us know if I'm wrong on any of these.
59 Oklahoma
54 RMIT
13 Chalmers
61 Auburn
62 Michigan St.
23 Cal Poly SLO
63 ETS
66 UTA
09 Ecole Polytechnique De Montreal
11 SDSU
35 Sophia University
I will reserve my comments until a later date...
-Kirk
No University of Washington? I'm suprised.
Josh Gillett
Oregon State FSAE '04-'06
The west comp looks great, I would love to get over to a US comp some time.
Nice work by Colorado State team that car has some interesting packaging ideas, loving the Aussie colour scheme too
good luck to the teams over there, especially RMIT, nothing would entertain me more than an Aussie team winning both US comps.
cheers
Miko
Design Semi Teams
35 Sophia
59 Oklahoma
54 RMIT
13 Chalmers
61 Auburn
62 Michigan State
23 Cal Poly SLO
63 ETS
66 UTA
9 ET Montreal
71 Texas A&M
I hear that Sophia had a Tech Sticker removed by the end of the night. I can't confirm that.
I'll try to update some more later tonight.
About 300 more pictures are up here:
http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/HostedP...y_v1/index.htm
I'm surprised to see Wollongong absent from the design semifinal list.
Chris Davin
Cornell Racing
Engine Team '02 '03 '04 '05