Archive for the ‘Building the Ferrari’ Category

Racing!

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Well the days have ticked down and it is time to race, we headed out the door to go to RedRocks with a slight detour. We had to try out the car at a faster pace than we have so far, (32mph was our max speed) So we swung up to Lookout mountain and dropped Matt off just below the big switchbacks. ...Read More

Step 4: All the details

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Well, the vehicle is shaping up and now it is time to really make it a Ferrari. What do we need to do in order to make it a Ferrari? Well, to start how about some bumpers? We have two sticks of 1.5 inch aluminum tubing that we are going to polish up to make the front and rear bumpers. We ...Read More

Step 3: Body Fabrication

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Body fabrication was a much anticipated part of our build. We knew we needed to make a mold, we knew that we needed to lay up fiberglass and we knew some basics of the process of each. What we didn’t know was what exactly to do. This is part of the reason why we are doing this build. None ...Read More

Step 2: Chassis Fabrication

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

We figured that the chassis needed to happen first, but the body was probably going to be the most work. We were fortunate that the fine folks over at Display Devices allowed us access to some of their machinery after hours. This access meant that we had the ability to water jet cut some parts. ...Read More

Step 1: Brainstorm and Design Process

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

In June an email was sent out to our dream team. Who wants to enter flugtag? The response came back that each member was excited about it. With more and more discussion about the idea we decided that we should start with the Red Bull Soap box race however due to the proximity. So we started the ...Read More