We finally have a practice track! Thanks to Professor Walter and the school, team Marauder has a place to use as a practice track again. A group of team members were up bright and early today at Shady Tree (behind the ARC) to get some ditches and logs set up to put Marauder through its paces once it’s tech-ready. Since …

We’re back from spring break with our noses to the grindstone for the final leg before competition! Over spring break we cleaned up the welds on the body and taught some members how to do torsional rigidity testing; we’ve also implemented a different way of securing the belly pan to the cars. Once all the tabs are in place again …

We have a running car! At long last, Marauder is up and running. This Saturday we borrowed Lot 16H to determine its turning radius and get an estimate of its top speed. We have a lot more work to do to improve both values, but we accomplished a lot in preparation for testing at the track: we fixed the brake …

We’re very close to achieving running car status! The chassis has been fully welded and so have all the suspension components. Powertrain has mounted the engine, gearbox, and fuel tank. Human Interface has installed the steering wheel, seat, and brake light; they have also started on installing the harnesses and kill switches. Most significant, however, is the fact that Human …

This week we started working on one of our biggest milestones: fully welding the chassis. We want to have a running car as soon as possible. Team lead Andres Olmedo is in charge of welding, but the team has helped a lot in prepping the chassis for the welding process, as well as prepping the subassemblies. Stepping into the welding …