FSAE 2006

[magicweed]

Starting this thread a bit early, but I've got a question for everyone.

http://perljam.net/google-satellite-maps/id/2484/United...Ford_Proving_Grounds

Where the hell are we gonna be??

The parking lots don't seem to be to the scope of the silverdome. I know it would be kick ass to run the endurance on the test track , but in reality, there doesnt seem to be the kind of space I was assuming. Any other thoughts?

[Neil S]

I would start by looking in Romeo, MI rather than Dearborn. Much larger facility, not hard to find on an ariel view of Romeo.

[mtg]

There's a huge black lake at the Romeo proving grounds- I'm pretty sure that's where it will be. The Romeo proving grounds is also much bigger than the Dearborn site.

[Dan G]

I present Romeo Proving Grounds...

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.843877,-83.067455&spn...1,0.085127&t=h&hl=en

[IsheeM]

Anyone found any hotels who will give us a discount? They havent listed any on the SAE website yet.

[magicweed]

My bad, but still, where are the pits gonna be?

Unless that blacktop lake is HUGE! From the satelitte photos it looks like its about 2000 feet long, and 500-600 ft wide at the widest point, which is a bit smaller than the Superdome parking lot, where we had excess space.

[Dan G]

Yeah, it looks like the black lake should be plenty big enough, although there's probably some ride roads over part of what we can see from the sat picture.

[drivetrainUW-Platt]

ha, spy pictures, gota love terraserver and the government

[magicweed]

Yep, terraservers pic of the black lake is higher res, and answered all my questions. Plenty of room for this years comp, and it looks like it'll be pretty fast too, given a layout similar to last years endurance.

[Dan G]

Wow, you're right. Terraserver has a much better view...