quote:

Originally posted by RacingManiac:
is that a rotary damper on that monoshock roll bar?

Sort of... it's actually a motorcycle steering damper, but it does serve the same function as a rotary damper, this one just works to damp roll.

James-

Very nice pictures. All of us that couldn't make it out there are grateful! Please keep them coming.

It looks like it may be a very exciting weekend indeed.

-Lucas

Ah, that's what it was. Very impressive.

And UTA's just as beautiful in person as I'd been hoping. Can't wait to hear it run.


Also, the monoshock roll damper that was being discussed:

Also, I just got off the phone with a friend of mine, and apparently the UTA car is in the parking lot of their hotel with the entire rear of the car taken apart. Hopefully those guys can take care of whatever is wrong; I'm really interested in seeing how a turbocharged 250cc would perform against the rest of the field.

Anyone catch the whole list of design semifinalists? The ones I remember are UTA, UMRolla, Cal Poly SLO, RMIT and Auburn, I think.

I was caught off guard by the announcement, so this was the list I got when frantically trying to write with a dead pen. Let us know if I'm wrong on any of these.

59 Oklahoma
54 RMIT
13 Chalmers
61 Auburn
62 Michigan St.
23 Cal Poly SLO
63 ETS
66 UTA
09 Ecole Polytechnique De Montreal
11 SDSU
35 Sophia University

I will reserve my comments until a later date...

-Kirk

No University of Washington? I'm suprised.

The west comp looks great, I would love to get over to a US comp some time.

Nice work by Colorado State team that car has some interesting packaging ideas, loving the Aussie colour scheme too

good luck to the teams over there, especially RMIT, nothing would entertain me more than an Aussie team winning both US comps.

cheers

Miko

Design Semi Teams
35 Sophia
59 Oklahoma
54 RMIT
13 Chalmers
61 Auburn
62 Michigan State
23 Cal Poly SLO
63 ETS
66 UTA
9 ET Montreal
71 Texas A&M

I hear that Sophia had a Tech Sticker removed by the end of the night. I can't confirm that.

I'll try to update some more later tonight.

About 300 more pictures are up here:
http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/HostedPics/2006_FSAE_West/Thursday_v1/index.htm

I'm surprised to see Wollongong absent from the design semifinal list.

quote:

I'm really interested in seeing how a turbocharged 250cc would perform against the rest of the field.

It will be nothing short of amazing if they get it going in time.

Design Finals:

RMIT
Auburn
ETS

Design results
4. Cal Poly San Luis Obis - 120
4. Michigan State - 120
4. UTA - 120
7. Ecole Polytech de Montreal - 105
7. Chalmers - 105
7. Sophia - 105
7. U of Oklahoma - 105
7. Texas A&M - 105
12. U of Washington - 90
12. Oregon State
12. Cal Poly Ponoma
12. UOW
12. RIT
12. Ohio State
18. Colorado State
18. WWU - 70
18. U of Victoria
18. U of Cal San Diego
18. U of Cal-Davis
18. U of Kansas
18. U of Akron
18. Clemson
18. UMR
27. USC - 50
27. BYU
27. South Dakota Mines & Tech
27. U of Utah
27. CSU - Northridge
27. Institudo Tec de Chihuahua
27. UT - San Antonio
27. U of British Columbia
27. Kettering
27. U of W Ontario
27. U of Toledo
38. Washington State - 30
38. U of Calgary
38. Lafayette College
38. U of Alberta
38. Montana State U Bozeman
38. U of Delaware
38. Escuela Sup De Ing Automotriz
38. U of Iberoamericana
38. Middle Tennesee State U
38. Faculdade de Engenharia de Sorocaba
38. U of Arizona

No other schools scored points in design.

Sorry if anything is wrong here, I typed it off a photo which I have nowhere to upload to. I am at the event now

Presentation Results

1. Oregon State 75.00
2. Michigan State 72.63
3. Texas A&M 70.72
4. Sophia 70.60
5. Ecole de Tech Superieure 70.25
6. RMIT 68.74
7. BYU - 67.95
8. U of Oklahoma - 66.25
9. UOW - 64.70
10. Cal Poly Pomona 64.64
11. U of W Ontario - 62.54
12. Auburn 61.49
13. UMR 60.30
14. U of Arizona 59.84
15. U of Kansas 58.56
16. Colorado State U 58.14
17. U of Toledo 57.75
18. South Dakota Mines & tech - 56.10
19. UW - 55.56
20. Chalmers - 55.27
21. U of ALberta - 54.08
22. Cal Poly San Luis Obis - 53.67
23. RIT - 51.97
24. Akron - 47.52
25. UTA - 47.16
26. CSU Northridge - 45.53
27. U of Delaware - 44.86
28. U of British Columbia - 44.68
29. Kettering - 41.07
30. Clemson - 40.62
31. Ohio State - 39.09
32. U of Cal San Diego - 38.51
33. Facuidade de Engenharia de Sorocaba - 36.81
34. Instituo Tech de Chihuahua - 36.01
35. U of Cal Davis - 35.98
36. U of Texas San Antonio - 34.27
37. U of Iberoamericana - 34.05
38. Ecole Poly de Montreal - 32.94
39. Lafayette - 29.78
40. Montana State Bozeman - 29.01
41. U of Utah - 28.75
42. U of Cal Irvine - 28.36
43. Polytech U of Puerto Rico - 27.93
44. U of Calgary - 27.92
45. Middle Tennessee State - 25.09
46. Washington State - 24.77
47. WWU - 23.79
48. U of Victoria - 23.61

No other schools scored in Presentation Event. Scores are subject to my screwing up typeing them in

Results for Cost Event

1. Faculdade de Engenharia de Sorocaba - 94.02
2. U of Arizona - 90.26
3. Ohio State - 90.09
4. U of Alberta - 89.83
5. U of Toledo - 89.40
6. Auburn - 89.28
7. Ecole de Tech Superieure - 89.01
8. RMIT - 87.51
9. U of Oklahoma - 87.45
10. Polytech U of Puerto Rico - 85.92
11. U of Cal Davis - 84.81
12. UOW - 82.51
13. Akron - 82.45
14. Chalmers - 81.91
15. U of British Columbia - 81.48
16. Texas A&M - 81.28
17. WWU - 81.13
18. UW - 80.95
19. RIT - 80.82
20. Ecole Poly e Montreal - 79.40
21. U of Western Ontario - 78.79
22. Cal State Northridge - 78.77
23. UMR - 78.71
24. Oregon State - 78.22
25. Instituto Tech de Chihuahua - 78.20
26. Clemson - 77.41
27. Sophia - 77.03
28. Montana State U Bozeman - 76.33
29. BYU - 74.25
30. UT San Antonio - 74.15
31. U of Delaware - 72.04
32. U of Calgary - 71.27
33. Cal Poly Ponoma - 68.89
34. Kettering - 67.61
35. Washington State U - 67.18
36. U of Victoria - 66.73
37. U Iberoamericana - 66.69
38. U of Cal San Diego - 65.69
39. Kansas - 64.73
40. Cal Poly San Luis Obis - 63.89
41. South Dakota Sch of Mines & tech - 62.47
42. UTA - 62.07
43. U of Utah - 61.64
44. Colorado State U - 56.30
45. Michigan State - 52.44
46. Middle Tennessee U - 52.07
47. Lafayette College - 48.34
48. U of Cal Irvine - 12.72

No other schools scored positive points in cost

And apparently UTA is down and out for the count. I think they're coming home tonight.

bummer

Didn't see UTA run anything other than the brake test early this morning. Too bad.

Props to Kansas for being the only team under 40s in autox. Super smooth and pure speed.

quote:

Originally posted by Alex Kwan:
Didn't see UTA run anything other than the brake test early this morning. Too bad.

Props to Kansas for being the only team under 40s in autox. Super smooth and pure speed.

Yeah, Nick is a show off. Why can't he drive craply(is that a word) like the rest of us. =]

Hey guys, here's my photos. My new zoom lens isn't going to work. I took a gamble and its just too fuzzy, not a right fit.

http://evilallianceracing.com/ipw-web/gallery/FSAEwest06/

I'm not sure if I'll have any more shots than this, visiting more of SoCal is hard to decide against.

This venue is awesome, I expect its going to be the "big dog" race in just a few years.

Maybe we can get Erich to teach him how to drive slow and make mistakes.

Now its time to go see F&F3...

THREE THAST! THREE THURIOUS!

Here's some of the better shots...



















Also, really too bad about UTA, hate to see a team have trouble like that.