Finished Day 1 of Scrutineering

Finished the first day of Scrutineering. CSRT was the first team to pass the Mechanical inspection! Saagar handled the breaking test very well, completing it on his second try. The only trouble we had today was with the Electrical inspection of the car, where a current was found in the frame of the car. After taking the car back to the high school, the short was found to be with the brake light switch and the problem was fixed. Tomorrow we finish scrutineering with an Endurance test, and then begin racing around 2:00. Finally, we get to race!

Scrutineering Day 1

Finally here at the hotel and just passed the slalom course. We've got all our drivers accepted and we're moving much faster than we expected. Can't wait til tomorrow when the race starts. Looks like it's going to be alot of fun!

The Motor is on

The motor has been mounted and the team is working on aligning the belt.  It's coming along.  We are also updating the website.  Should be live soon. 

Mounting the motor

We are finishing the motor mount.  Thanks to David Gill for getting it fabricated for us.

Putting on side panels

We are currently mounting some side panels for sponsor logos and to protect the electrical bay.

New Welder

I'd like to thank Greenscape Pump for their recent donation to the team.  Today we received a new welder.  The students are so excited.  It's fun to watch our students get so excited over equipment.  This will help the team tremendously.  Thanks!

Tomorrow's GAME PLAN - FIRST

GAME PLAN FOR TOMORROW:

Meet after school, add the last finishing structural changes

(After testing today, the robot was able to score the inner tube at the 9 foot level. But it was unstable and hit a few glitches...)

...and of course, this will be followed by testing.

And fixing, and testing, and testing, and you get the picture.

Stay tuned for more updates!

P.S. Did I mention our twitter? chs_engineering