So I promised to post more photos from the work I did Sunday, but unfortunately I only took one photo and it doesn't even show the rear cage supports very well, which was mainly what I worked on. My buddies weren't able to help me on Sunday so I was working alone and progress was slow.
We've run into another speed bump in regards to the rules. The weight limit on the cart is 175lbs without driver and we've just hit 132lbs. I found that our seat is 15lbs (without it we're at 117)! So we've got to ditch the seat and find a lighter alternative. The sad part is that before I did the weigh-in I cut a whole bunch of metal sections out of the chair and cleaned off all the rust for over an hour and it looked really awesome. Again wasted effort. My OCD nature kicked in and I spent most of my time cutting and grinding away all the excess metal bumps and junk that were on the frame to make it sleek and maybe even to shave off one or two pounds. It's not much but it's easier to do it now before the fiberglass gets applied.
In all my metal grinding glory I managed to get a tiny piece of metal in my eye and had to go to the Eye Emergency Room at Jefferson Hospital today.
They removed the metal and I'm fine now after they "abraded" the minor "rust-ring" that was left on my cornea. I was wearing safety glasses, but a spark must have hit my cheek and bounced up into my eye somehow. I'll be wearing safety goggles from now on out. The ironic part is that I'm the most safety conscious guy on our team.
Other updates: I'm going to try to finish the plasma cannon cutouts this week working after work etc. My buddies are looking for a new seat. We found a cheap solution for the disk brake rotor --> Bicycle chain ring/sprockets. We've decided to use metal flashing for the wing flaps. I've mapped out the dimensions of the wings and we'll add them next weekend. All three of us are going to spend the whole next weekend working on the project (spending the night in an old Winnabago) just to catch up on lost time. Hopefully we'll make substantial progress then.
We've run into another speed bump in regards to the rules. The weight limit on the cart is 175lbs without driver and we've just hit 132lbs. I found that our seat is 15lbs (without it we're at 117)! So we've got to ditch the seat and find a lighter alternative. The sad part is that before I did the weigh-in I cut a whole bunch of metal sections out of the chair and cleaned off all the rust for over an hour and it looked really awesome. Again wasted effort. My OCD nature kicked in and I spent most of my time cutting and grinding away all the excess metal bumps and junk that were on the frame to make it sleek and maybe even to shave off one or two pounds. It's not much but it's easier to do it now before the fiberglass gets applied.
In all my metal grinding glory I managed to get a tiny piece of metal in my eye and had to go to the Eye Emergency Room at Jefferson Hospital today.
They removed the metal and I'm fine now after they "abraded" the minor "rust-ring" that was left on my cornea. I was wearing safety glasses, but a spark must have hit my cheek and bounced up into my eye somehow. I'll be wearing safety goggles from now on out. The ironic part is that I'm the most safety conscious guy on our team.Other updates: I'm going to try to finish the plasma cannon cutouts this week working after work etc. My buddies are looking for a new seat. We found a cheap solution for the disk brake rotor --> Bicycle chain ring/sprockets. We've decided to use metal flashing for the wing flaps. I've mapped out the dimensions of the wings and we'll add them next weekend. All three of us are going to spend the whole next weekend working on the project (spending the night in an old Winnabago) just to catch up on lost time. Hopefully we'll make substantial progress then.
