Duality

It’s late and tomorrow I need to do some HW, go to the lab, and go to sleep early for my 7-hour, “it was the longest day ever (said Jay)” interview on Monday. So just gonna post links to the picts with a few comments. May tidy it up another time.

Our car taking it easy before the demo. The eye? Yeah, Li drew it on there… instead of like figuring out our other problems. From left to right: bumper, sensor / interface board, CPU board, power / motor drive board.

Stan’s (TA) car. Notice the wooden sensor mounts? While demo’ing learning on Wednesday, his car slammed into the wall and that wooden rod cracked. Today, it totally broke off. He had to replace it.

Last year’s winning car. Group: Fred, Joshua, Donovan (<– in 240). Yeah, we used leftover material from their bumper. It’s styrofoam wrapped with carbon fiber. Rocks. We’ll also be using the same material (epoxy tubing from TAP Plastics) for our next sensor mount.

Team 3’s car on the track. You know, I don’t really know their names. But anyway, it’s also a good shot of the track.

Our car crosses the finish line: 62 - 66 seconds per lap. That’s a little under 1.5 m/s.

Apparently, it’s too slow to really get the crowd going. The guy to the left of the trash can is Professor Fearing.

Luckily, Charlie and Quan’s car knows fast. So fast that I couldn’t frame it correctly. Their car maxed out at 31 seconds per lap—well over 2 m/s. (Track is 80 m long).

Charlie and Quan’s car races Stan’s car. And Stan’s car gets a bump in the rear.