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Originally posted by Wes Johnson:
I think the Missouri S&T photo gallery will keep Pat Clarke's design errors of the month in business for a while.

Yeah, we found that column after we had built the control arms... Unfortunately, it was not the rod ends that caused the wheel to separate from our car, it was the spindle breaking in half. This was a great event though, and given time, will be a lot better.

Quote Wes.. "I think the Missouri S&T photo gallery will keep Pat Clarke's design errors of the month in business for a while".

Hi Wes, there is never any shortage of inspiration for the DEotM part of the FSG website, but I di have to admit I chuckled a bit asi I scrolled through and saved several pix. Their turn will come =] =] =]

Pat

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Originally posted by GSXR05K:
Anyone know what troubles Lehigh was battling?

From what I saw Lehigh did decently up until endurance. They came in the the driver change and their left rear wheel nut was rather loose and the weren't allowed to go back out again.

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Originally posted by Matthew Bell:

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Originally posted by Wes Johnson:
I think the Missouri S&T photo gallery will keep Pat Clarke's design errors of the month in business for a while.

Yeah, we found that column after we had built the control arms... Unfortunately, it was not the rod ends that caused the wheel to separate from our car, it was the spindle breaking in half. This was a great event though, and given time, will be a lot better.

Yeah, no worries. FSAE is such a great place to learn about racecars with minimal arse on the line (except maybe your driver...).

It was kind of nice to just skid to a halt once the wheel fell off... but the brake rotor shattering and flying every which way was kind of un-nerving.

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Originally posted by 2BWise:
Got to love the added ground clearance of the "Mudders" They give the perfect opportunity to start rallycrossing a formula car.

Bill...that looks absolutely rediculous...

But the added ground clearance was amazing. No problems bottoming out in the grass paddock, or in the gravel, or the edge of the street. They were perfect.

We had a bunch of team members taking pics and they finally all got posted to flickr. You can find them here: UC pics