Steve,
We didn't catch on fire. We just suddenly stopped a couple laps in and the car wouldn't refire. I don't know which school caught fire, but I did see the cloud of fire extinguishing chemicals.
Steve,
We didn't catch on fire. We just suddenly stopped a couple laps in and the car wouldn't refire. I don't know which school caught fire, but I did see the cloud of fire extinguishing chemicals.
OHH bobby how could you forget.. shame on you.
congrats though on the 3rd place. Good job guys!
also congrats to Missouri S&T on a string of great finishes
2nd and 3rd at west.. surrender the booty!
University of Oklahoma alum
Sooner Racing team...sae.ou.edu
" I see no point in being the richest man in the cemetery."
"Bail!! Bail!!"
GO TERPS!!!!
"you'll never win without swaybars..."
Fail
Congrats to all the winners, especially Maryland with such a simple vehicle. Me and the others from San Jose State learned a lot just by visiting this years comp even without a car this year. We'll be back next year with our first.
We a had a ton of fun taking in everything from watching tech to listening to Claude's jokes (oh, and design feedback too!). I bet he thinks I'm a stalker now because I just kept hovering around him with a notepad.
Hope everyone travels safely!
Formula SAE: When you just can't get rid of a girlfriend.
any audio/video of the design feedback or design finals?
RiNaZ
I can't believe it didn't sell....
I didn't see the contact between WWU and Toledo, so I can't comment on that, but there is the "Intent of the rule" that was probably invoked in the decision to allow WWU to finish endurance with only a black flag penalty.
Best pushbar at west?
The only part of the competition I'm still confused about is how Cal Poly won endurance by that much. Not taking anything away from them, they were running fast, but not 30 seconds of raw time faster than everyone else.... I don't recall ever seeing them pass anyone. I might have missed it though.
What is a ringer?Originally posted by mtg:
CSUN on track with ringer
CSUN's ringers pay for their rides
2nd CSUN ringer doesn't pay as much for his rides
UD
This is the gist of what I got from the design finals review,Originally posted by RiNaZ:
any audio/video of the design feedback or design finals?
The level of the top teams has come down (not many at this comp) and the level of the startup teams has improved. They liked Westerns eccentrics over UW ( / ) )
Legacy cars are only as good as the current knowledge on the team.
2 of the teams had one person that knew everything and everyone else was...for lack of a better word, average.
The part that stuck out in my mind was:
Each car had a great suspension, BUT the engineers are not great design engineers, rather they are great race engineers. Which I would have to agree, for UW this is true. Myself and Ryan put getting the car done early and doing ~1200 miles of testing over things like optimizing the drag force from the unladen front tire. However being the "design" event not the best stuff. The race engineer is for the dynamic events.
The one thing I will take away from this comp is, I wish there was a fast lap award and most passes award for endurance.
John "Jack" Vinella
University of Washington Alumni 06' 07' 08' 09'
This is the gist of what I got from the design finals review,Originally posted by J. Vinella:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RiNaZ:
any audio/video of the design feedback or design finals?
The level of the top teams has come down (not many at this comp) and the level of the startup teams has improved. They liked Westerns eccentrics over UW ( / ) )
Legacy cars are only as good as the current knowledge on the team.
2 of the teams had one person that knew everything and everyone else was...for lack of a better word, average.
The part that stuck out in my mind was:
Each car had a great suspension, BUT the engineers are not great design engineers, rather they are great race engineers. Which I would have to agree, for UW this is true. Myself and Ryan put getting the car done early and doing ~1200 miles of testing over things like optimizing the drag force from the unladen front tire. However being the "design" event not the best stuff. The race engineer is for the dynamic events.
The one thing I will take away from this comp is, I wish there was a fast lap award and most passes award for endurance. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yep, I agree with you, the design final review was kinda sub-par. and i really disagree with WWU's car looking the best of all 3. Sorry WWU, it's a good looking car and fast, but michigan state's car just looked awesome.
and isn't the fast-lap award called autocross?
Steve, can you post those pics please? I'm curious which team that was.Originally posted by Steve O:
Biggy... I am assuming by that post you guys were the team that caught fire on the start line? If so, I've got some good pictures of your driver airborne in egress and your car getting extinguished.