The 2006 Formula SAE comeptition rules state:

Site will open daily at 6:30 am for the teams. The site will officially close at 8:30pm and all teams must be offsite by 9pm. If you must take your car offsite, you will have to line up starting at 7pm and ready to leave by 8pm following an escort out of the event site.

Please have one member of your team sign this petition if you would like the rules to allow for teams to stay on site overnight to be able to work on their cars.

We understand that this rule will not likely be changed for the 2006 competition, but signing this petition can help change the rules for future years.

Here is the Link to the petition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/FSAE_Rules/

Any word on cameras being allowed at competition? And I mean real cameras, not sissy point-and-shoots.

Seriously though, I will be basing my attendance at comp on whether or not I can take pictures (since I don't really know anything about cars to be useful) and I'll have to use vacation time and buy a plane ticket.

Since the original document on the SAE site first had two items - venue closing time and cameras -, and now it only concerns venue time, I'm fairly certain that they've solved the camera issue and they will be allowed in any shape or form, as usual.

They will be allowed.

See page two of the March 2006 Collegiate Design Series newsletter.

http://www.sae.org/students/cdsnewsletter0306.pdf

2 weeks

yeah 2 weeks, and a lot to do. Our fsae will leave the workshop by friday, what about other's int teams?

Our car left to Detroit last Thursday.

Antti Mikkonen
Helsinki Polytechnic
www.formula.stadia.fi

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Originally posted by Antti Mikkonen:
Our car left to Detroit last Thursday.

Antti Mikkonen
Helsinki Polytechnic
www.formula.stadia.fi

Awsome, Looking foreward to droolin all over it yet again. thank god were only 9 hours away cuz ours isnt done yet, no time for overseas shipping

Yeah, ours is going out for its second drive today. However, we still need to deal with some things on a very basic level. Full race alignment, then a track day on tuesday, chassis dyno tuning wed, finalized bodywork, etc.

Hopefully it all comes together without anything too serious happening.

Edit: Destroyed our diff in the process, but it makes for a cool looking spool. Replacement Torsen being located as we speak.

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USP's (brazil) car is already in detroit i think - it's the only race car sized box that's been shipped to our lab this month. I'm just patiently waiting for our brazilian friends to arrive. anyone else in the detroit area hosting an int. school?

Truck with the car just left with its escort. Wave 2 from UNH will be headed out the middle of tommorrow. Very (all emotions in the world) right now.

See everyone and their cars in a couple of days.

[quote Magicweed]Edit: Destroyed our diff in the process, but it makes for a cool looking spool. Replacement Torsen being located as we speak[/quote]

If you can't, just get as much caster on as you can drive and some wheel spacers to give you some extra scrub. You might be surprised!!
Good Luck
Pat