Thursday, January 28, 2010

January 28, 2010



Hello World,
Kyle finally finished the helmet and it looks like it did when he started...
Except its got a more of a pink color. lol!


Today Kyle and Kelen are sanding down the body.

Kyle on the left and Kelen on the right.


Ben and Sean are finishing the roll cage.





Then comes the fun part: we get to put our work to the test!
We get to roll Sean over and see if the roll cage meets the specifications of a racing car.



WE MIGHT GET TO ROLL HIM DOWN THE BIG HILL!!!!!!





Now if you have ever been to East, in the back there is a giant hill that everyone, EVERYONE, sleds down when the first snow comes down from the sky. It's really, really, really, really, really big.

This is the BIG HILL.
I'M SO EXCITED!! -Kay


(I'm not so much excited, though I trust our work. -Sean)



I will update you on how that went tomorrow because we got started a little late today, because some people were late to class, not going to say any names *cough cough* Thomas & Nate *cough cough* but yeah.


Hope you enjoyed today's post

Your excited student,
-Kaylene :)
And one scared pantless student,
-Sean :)

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

January 27, 2010

Hello World,

It's time for an update on the First Year Powerdrive team at Bellevue East Senoir High School.

Today involves the work of Kyle in his attempt to make one of our helmets more presentable (getting rid of the numerous scratches from getting dropped on the floor from the shelf that holds it)

Also for today is Ben, Sean, and Kelen's work on the rollcage to finishing construction of the front half of the body/frame work of the car.

And Kyle is still sanding away at the helmet.

This is Sean in our test helmet. He was getting fitted for the car because our main driver was out and they are roughly the same size. This was before he got in the car to test the size of the roll cage.

More work is being done on the car body to make it work into the principles of aerodynamics, friction, and to make it just look totally awesome.

And Kyle is still sanding away.

The car has come along way from once being an idea to being the half constructed skeleton it is now.

Obviously a lot more has to be done to make it race worthy.

Our plans for many of the various parts of the car are in their final stages.
These involve the steering, electrical, gear ratios, rear development, and other parts.

Another coat of fiberglass is being added to the body mold to make it stronger. There are likely more coats to follow.

And Kyle is still sanding away.

Well that is all for today.
-Sean and Kay!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

January 26, 2010

Hey guys,
Its January 26,2010 and we are now measuring to see if everything fits right, like proportion wise. We have had a blast working here in the shop. We hope you are having fun reading about what we are doing around here and inspire you to do the same at your school if its able to be taken!

I am hoping to get pics of Sean getting fitted into the car with a smelly helmet from years past.......EEEWWWW!!!!!!! That thing smells like ball sweat!! (Most of our drivers are guys -Sean) Yeah but some (im not sayin all) are pretty cute! -Kaylene (just as a girl im sayin' that

Monday, January 25, 2010

January 25, 2010





In order of pics:
This is Craig's groups half scale model. "it seemed right at the time." -Craig


This is Andrew's groups model. it was designed it after Evan's(the older design) and Ben modified it to fit all the work on how we wanted to. -Andrew


This is Sean's groups half-scale "tank" model. It was very very sturdy but very heavy aswell. Its an overall good design. It only weighs too much to be a competition racer. -Sean


Alright well that was my assignment for today. I hoped you enjoyed the pics from today.
sorry for the delay again.
-Kaylene :)
(and Sean.)














Friday, January 22, 2010

January 22, 2010

Hey guys,

Sorry for the delay on the updates, we have been having a couple of technical difficulties here in the shop, mostly of the computer variety. We have done a lot since the beginning of the year, everything from scale models to welding to vehicle body design.

Our crew consists of 15 separate individuals, who each do their own part in the building and design process. Names stretching from Andrew to Kelen to Siyon.

We will update you on more around here when we have more time in class and we get used to this computer glitch thingie. That is all for today folks!

Sincerely your PD students :)
-Sean and Kay!


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

January 20, 2010 post

Hey, I'm Kaylene and I will be updating you on what is going on here in the BEAST PD shop
get to know me, the crew and the awesome PD teacher Mr. J.

Enjoy our posts while I'm being controlled by the grammar police! (Sean):)
The actual posts will be starting tomorrow, January 21, 2010.
Thanks for reading this first post and feel free to comment on anything you have.

Ex: we should have done (your comment) instead of the way we did it!
We will do our best to accommodate all of your comments.

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