Cool New Car Designs

(Michael Graham)>>Hey Everybody, we’ve got some new news, the team plans to attend the 2011 Formula Sun Grand Prix track race in early May, (provided that we attain the necessary monetary support).   We will be taking our current solar car, cougar cruiser II, which we haven’t professionally raced with yet. This will be a great opportunity for the team to test their engineering skills by having to make sure the car will pass all of the engineering scrutinization or ‘Scrutineering’ for short.  It will also give our team members a chance to get hands-on experience with competitive solar car racing.  The race date is actually scheduled during finals week of the spring semester.    The race will be particularly good news for our sponsors because the car with their logo’s on it will be going to an event and getting a lot of attention!     Speaking of our sponsors, the D&R Machine Co, who has generously offered to machine our hubs and spindles for us, will get the chance to start work soon because the large aluminum stock we ordered is due very soon!  Below are a couple pictures of the hubs and spindles, and below that is some cool solar car concept art, drawn by our mechanical director. Be on the lookout for some 3D models of the new chassis coming soon!

Spindles (below)