Delayed

The lab was rather quite Tuesday night due to a lack of work to be done. The trip planned for last Friday to pick up the plug from Grand Rapids had to be canceled due to poor road conditions, and this has caused obvious delays in progress. We have rescheduled for later this week but the approaching storm may once again cause us grief.

The team members spent last night doing a few odd jobs around the lab. The table inside the sanding tent was cleared off. A few last solar panels were sanded down, washed, and boxed for the electrical team. (This time we really do have them all done!) A little more progress was made on the spray tent's frame. The major highlight of the night though was the installation of the ventilation duct for the sanding tent. Using 3 sheets of stiff, foam insulation, a few rolls of duct tape, and a wooden pallet, several team members built an impressive duct from the sanding tent to the nearby ventilation shaft. It is a perfect example of "duct tape engineering". It may not look pretty but it works remarkably well!

After that was all said and done, those few members that were still present gave the shop a quick cleaning. Some discussion was held about the cosmetic's of the new car, and the plans for the team during Winter Break. Since finals are next week, the team is not planning any more meetings for the semester. But work on the car will not stop by any means. Once finals week ends, some team members will return to the lab and make up ground by putting in longer work shifts over the break, but this will be discussed more in next week's post. Until then, good luck to all students on finals!

Bronco Pride,
Joshua