2014 FSAE Michigan

[mech5496]

As the competition is about to begin, would be nice to have a place to post links/updates/photos/stories. Will there be any live streaming available? Any lists to follow? Keep it coming guys!

[Mbirt]

Thanks for kicking the thread off, Harry.

Is there a 2014 Program Event Guide to be found anywhere? The 2013 guide is still linked here: http://students.sae.org/cds/formulaseries/fsae/

Twitter, https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FSAEmichigan&src=hash, hasn't been all that exciting today. The only substantial news I've seen is that McGill has cancelled their trip. Let's keep the news flowing!

[mdavis]

Cincinnati posted this on their facebook page yesterday:

"We here at BCMS regret to inform everyone that the team will not be competing in this years Michigan Formula SAE competition. Due to last minute complications with the car we determined that we cannot bring a competitive vehicle to the contest are thus officially withdrawing and focusing on getting next years team a jump start.

We would like to thank everyone that has supported us thus far and all of our sponsors that help make this great organization run.

We look forward to next year!"

-Matt

[Dash]

Hey guys, Mississippi State University is here! Unfortunately I forgot our driver suits at home! I am having them overnighted to our hotel, but I would like to ask if anyone would let us borrow one for the take a number tech tomorrow?

If you can, please call / text Dash Robinson (team captain) at 601-497-5583 in the morning.

Thanks for any help you can give!

[Mumpitz]

As a first year FSAE alum after 5 cars I find myself twitching into comp mode at my desk. My chair is never going to make it through tilt table and I can't see the fasteners on my desk to verify two threads or safety wire. Oh man Claude is going to drag me over the coals for not having a lap time simulation on for my shoe choice... I may have to zip tie up all the cables at my desk just for old times sake.
Best of luck to everybody out there!

[Mbirt]

I'm with you John! This is the first Thursday morning in 5 years that I haven't had to carry that 8 mm wrench in my pocket to remove the throttle for a restrictor check. This cubicle is missing the sound of Mitsuba starters having the epoxy burned from their armatures as teams mercilessly crank their engines on a cold, wet morning.

[GianVioli]

For the past couple of years (ever since I stop attending the Michigan Competition) I've develop a Twitter list with most of the teams official twitters account and some other important personalities in the F-SAE/FS enviroment (such as Tobias Michaels).

You can find said list here:

https://twitter.com/gfvioli/lists/f-sae

[Alumni]

Has it stopped raining yet?

[Michael Jones]

Been dormant for a bit - was doing research on FSAE a while back, got derailed for a host of reasons, some of my own creation, many because you should never, ever do doctoral research in a toxic environment. Cornell Racing is an exemplary organization - my home department at that institution, not so much. There are some seriously nasty people there.

So, returned home, got a real job, and hit the grand reset button to try the whole PhD again with a far better support structure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vimZj8HW0Kg&feature=kp

As LL puts it, don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years. Within a couple of weeks of FSAE.com starting up, if I remember ancient history right.

Looking forward to hanging out again, learning about how the series has changed, and talking to people about information and knowledge management challenges in the peculiar space that is FSAE.


Will be posting some questions here on this forum when the new ethics forms get approved, but you're free to read the study rationale and sign up for updates at http://www.yafle.ca/fsae. Will be equally interested in talking to alumni, faculty advisors and competition judges/officials as well as current team members/leaders.

Will be handing out networking cards to anyone who's willing to talk tomorrow and Saturday, as well as dropping by Lincoln in June. Happy to chat via email, Skype, smoke signals or passenger pigeon as well.

[Sormaz]

anyone know if there is live audio of autocross?