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BMW CCA Tour- 2/16/08 The BMW CCA Tour started at 11:00am Today in the VRI. The tour involved demonstrations from all of WWU's Extra curricular teams; Baja SAE, Formula SAE, and The Hybrid Team. The FSAE Team Leader, John Furtado, gave a brief yet in depth presentation of what the FSAE team was about and what we are up to. The BMW CCA showed up in great numbers and filled our back parking lot with some unique BMW's! Thanks to the BMW CCA for coming out and showing great interest in all of the programs here at the VRI at WWU! |
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Chassis Mockup - 2/12/08 A mockup of the chassis and basic track and wheelbase were presented to the team for inspiration and for mockup of other items. We are all excited to finish the car and finally have a car that is functional and aesthetically pleasing. |
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Week of - 2/11/08 A prepreg nose cone was pulled at the beginning of february, and the chassis team is currently in the process of laying up and curing the top and bottom halves of the chassis. Meanwhile the engine team has calibrated the engine dyno and created the dyno chart, which shows stock F4i power. The CNC team has completed manufacturing of the uprights, live axles, and the brake rotors. |
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Upright Success - 1/18/08 In the past few days a handful of team members have been working out the coding to CNC the uprights for V43 and have been working very hard. Today they successfully machined the first upright and it turned out flawless, now only 5 more to go and the next part can begin! |
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Test Splash - 1/17/08 With a little more work the test splash that John Furtado has been working on will be ready to be taken to Fiberworks to be cured. The 3k prepreg and nomex honeycomb core part will be very stiff and light and will be used to test the side impact of our chassis. |
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Ready To Test - 1/15/08 After swapping ECU's the team fired up the engine to hear a great sound. the F4i runs great and sounds excellent! The Engine Dyno room is now he cleanest part of the shop, and is ready for the F4i to be tested thoroughly. |
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Engine is Alive - 1/10/08Today the Engine Team managed to gain some life out of the CBR F4i and had a crowd of spectators as the engine fired for the first time.Meanwhile, the Chassis Team added 6 layers of carbon fiber to the lower chassis mold and debulked the layers. Debulking helps compress the layers down before added the final 6 layers of carbon fiber. Check out the V43 Progress page for more detailed info! |
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Viking 26 Runs Again! - 1/8/08Viking 26 is alive and back in action! After several weeks of on and off machining Kevin Shoenmaker, with the help of others, successfully redesigned and remanufactured the front hubs for Viking 26. Matt Kelly, along with help from Kevin and others checked out the car, fixed a few more issues, and fired it up. The car runs like a champ, especially after not running for about 5 years! It starts up smoothly, now it needs new tires and you may be able to see it at a local autocross in the near future! |
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Winter Quarter Begins - 1/7/08A fair amount of progress was made over winter break. The upper chassis and nose cone tooling were made successfully, with the first nose cone attempt failing. They turned out to be the some of the, if not the best molds the VRI and the FSAE team has ever produced. Once the lower half is successfully produced all three tools will be taken to Fiberworks to be fully post cured to above 350°F. Thanks to Charles Coffey for his advice and help with the tools and post curing as well as a big thanks to Janicki for all of their help and support! Check out the V43 Progress page for more detailed info! |
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