And the scruitineer said............

It's a pass!!!

And we're of!

The first launch of Scooby down the car park.

A new coat for Scooby

Scooby gets a coat of black speed enhancing paint. Go faster stripes will follow for the ultimate in speed enhancement.

On four wheels.

For the first time, on four wheels. Basic testing was undertaken. Laps of the car park were successfully completed with only a binding brake and a small amount of play in one steering arm to deal with. Not bad for first time out.

Working at the speed of light

To drill one small hole, the entire rear subframe had to come out. To get this out, the roll bar had to come off. Also much of the high current cable had to be removed. This was all striped out, the hole drilled and fully reassembled in one lunch time. Speedy work by the mechanics.

New helmets have arrived.

New matching helmets. That is all!

That's the first batch finished.

The first ten are done. Not a bad nights work.

The chain guard is coming on too.  Now, do we vacuum form it, or build up out of Carbon Fibre???  Let's check the budget........

Work done tonight

Well, two jobs progressing tonight. The first brass battery contact has been turned on the CNC lathe. Now we just need another 19 more!
The pit board got its first a coat of paint as well.

Fitting the roll bar.

Today saw me and the other guys fit the roll bar. This was quite easy but we had to shorten it slightly before bolting it in. This is an important safety feature so we used self locking nuts.

Handle bars and sub-frame

Today we have been fitting the handle bars and the rear sub-frame on the car.

Geoff.

Finished lightening.

Students finally finished milling slots on all four sides of the heavy steering sub assembly. Amazingly it came out at exactly 1kg. A saving of over 300g. Next job. Paint!!

Reducing the weight.

Milling out some of the steel in the front axle to reduce the mass.