Team members continue to work hard to get Car 12 finished; relinquishing their personal lives in order to finish fabrication. Take a look at the various areas that are currently works in progress.
Archive for April, 2009
Side pods are back!
On April - 20 - 2009
Tonight the plugs came back for Car 12’s sidepods. Team alumni Jon Luckhardt’s uncle was kind enough to offer up the services of his business to do the machining based upon Aero Team Leader James Guitar’s design. In record time, the plugs went from blocks of Huntsman Corporation Renshape to the sculpted plugs that you see here.
Thanks to Jon and his family for their generosity and support of our program!
Hours of Operation
On April - 20 - 2009
Team members continue to leapfrog from class to the race car shop each day to work on Car 12. In case some of you aren’t familiar with the average work schedule of an MSU Formula SAE Team member, it goes something like this:
Monday, 5-6 pm: arrive at shop
Monday, 12-3 am: leave shop, barely still awake
Tuesday: Repeat Monday’s schedule
Wednesday: Repeat Monday’s schedule, include General Team Meeting at 7 pm
Thursday: Repeat Monday’s schedule
Friday: Repeat Monday’s schedule
Saturday, 10 am: arrive at shop
Saturday: 10 pm-3 am: leave shop, barely still awake
Sunday, 10 am: Team Leader’s meeting
Sunday, 11 am: fabrication starts
Sunday, 10 pm-3 am: leave shop, barely still awake
Additionally, all procurement of supplies and sponsorship relations, plus any shipping and receiving of outsourced components, are handled during business hours each weekday.
Here are a few pictures of some of the fabrication that has taken place during these hours and more. Enjoy!
Most Dedicated Team Members: January & February
On April - 20 - 2009
A tonight’s general meeting, the first Most Dedicated Team Members 2009 were announced. As has occasionally happened in the past with this award, we had a tie. Both Scott Smith and Brian Smith worked extremely hard during January, seemingly never leaving the shop. Though this was the case with many people, it was felt amongst senior team members that both Scott and Brian had really distinguished themselves over and above everyone with the time they put into the team and their constant positive work ethic during this month. Congrats to both!
February was a busy month for the team and for Mike O’Brien, the March 2009 Most Dedicated Team Member. Consistently throughout this heavy build month, Mike was at the shop fabricating. His work ethic and productivity set a good example for both new and old team members alike and helped motivate others to work harder. A huge thanks to Mike!
Progress on Car 12 continues
On April - 20 - 2009
It’s been a little while since we posted up pictures of what team members spend the vast majority of their time doing: fabrication. Here are a few pictures highlighting the many late nights that have carried through into early mornings for team members of the past few weeks.
Uni: Part V
On April - 20 - 2009
Car 12’s molds are back from their second cure at Pratt & Whitney AutoAir’s autoclave, and are currently being prepared for the third and final section prior to being able to being able to be used to actually manufacture Car 12’s chassis. A huge thanks to Pratt & Whitney and team alum Kevin Mead for generously providing the autoclave usage to make Car 12 possible!
