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We stopped by Texas for breakfast then departed for Oklahoma. We are now currently in I-44 headed towards Missouri. Did you know that Yukon, Oklahoma is the hometown to Garth Brooks? We didn't; and there's a street named after him:  The tow rig is getting an average of 6 mpg, for those wondering.
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I am updating this on the road via 3g wireless internet, consistent news feed may be difficult. We departed from SJSU late on the 26th and have been on the road since. Having passed through California and most recently Arizona, we are now currently in the middle of New Mexico, hoping to arrive in Ohio in the next few hours. Everything so far has been good, no major snags or accidents. Here's a few pictures from our stop in Flagstaff, Arizona:  Team captain Matt quite dead after his long driving stint.  We got our own sleeper cab, just like those big semi's.  Found in a nearby parking lot. More updates coming soon. Alternatively you can follow SJSU's twitter feed for additional location updates.
http://fhsjsu.com Updates for the Formula Hybrid 2011 competition will be posted in this blog.
Here's a small update to make up for the previous lack of updates. This video was shot at Kleenspeed Technologies Inc. They graciously invited us down to use their facility to do some testing and also loaned us their fancy video camera. The video was made in response to the 2007 UC Davis Formula SAE recruitment video. The cars are the same chassis, different powertrains, but both were equally successful. The 2007 recruitment video used a song from Prodigy (Firestarter, to be exact). This video was made around a remix of Prodigy's song, Voodoo People, done by Pendulum. Hope you enjoy. We have had a few setbacks and breakthroughs; I have changed our schedule accordingly and as you can see we are at the panic stage.
There are a lot of things happening but I can confidently say that our car runs. Expect a large blog update and a number of website updates in these next two weeks before we head out to the East Coast for competition. As some may have already noticed, we are on the way to New Hampshire, hauling two cars, ours and SJSU's. Be sure to check out the FH-2011 link above to keep up to date on our journey across America and our competition at Formula Hybrid 2011. Here's our car a few days before we headed out: 
Don't forget to check out our latest video, located on the front page, of our car testing at Infineon Raceway. Many thank yous to Infineon Raceway and AFM for making that event possible.
Finals this week for UCD students, which is good and bad. Good for us because no one is in the machine shop because they're studying. Bad for us because our members are studying and we can't utilize most of the open machine shop time. Regardless, with enough parts fabricated, we were able to piece the car together into a roller.  Steering knuckle machined and attached. This was this week's biggest project as it was the final and most crucial piece to get the car into 'roller' status.  HVE progressing even further.  Lots of elbow grease and one late night later, the car is now rolling.  HVE fitted into place for testing.  Car packed up and ready to head down to the bay area for a presentation. Team captain Matt Klein was invited down to give a presentation to the Electric Auto Association - Silicon Valley chapter, hence our big push to bring the car together. The presentation went very well and the car gathered much interest from the members of the EAA Silicon Valley chapter. They even graciously gave the UCD Formula Hybrid team a donation and treated the presenters to lunch! Thanks guys!
Week 10 marks the end of winter quarter 2011 lectures for students at UC Davis. Here's this week's progress: 
 Further progress on the High Voltage Enclosure.  Rear suspension just about ready to go.  Front suspension started.  Old and new, side by side. Chassis has been finished and is now being painted. Focus has now switched to the vehicle's powertrain systems.  New chassis next to old chassis.  Upper half of our seat, minus final prep work.  Chassis sanded down and prepped for paint.  Few coats of primer.  High voltage enclosure and its components almost ready to go. Here is the long delayed week 7 and week 8 recap. I will let the pictures do the talking:  IC Engine back in place for now.  Steering assembly has been cut to length, machined, and detail-worked. All that is left is for final fitment and welding.  E-stop buttons and shoulder harness bar are tacked into place.  Rear cross braces and brake light tabs are welded in place.  Differential/chain tensioner mounts are tacked in place.  Shifter linkages fabricated, awaiting final fitment and welding.  Cockpit cross braces fitted in place.  Gasoline fuel filler cap fitted in place.  Differential disassembled, awaiting rebuild/service.  Front bell cranks bored and bearings are fitted in place. | AuthorDiego Garcia, third year Mechanical/ Aerospace Engineering University of California, Davis ArchivesMay 2011 Categories |
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