February 4, 2010

Hello again World,



It's time for the update on the Powerdrive Team and Bellevue East.

We have been working through the weather though

some of our team mates are our sick for illnesses unknown.



But we are still working through this weather.



We are getting more snow today.



It doesn't really affect our work in the shop but it does affect how we
can

or cannot get to the shop and some of the supplies we need.



The shop smells bad today. The epoxy we lay on our car smells
bad really close.



But we use it anyway.



And it works.



That's pretty much all for today.

School group photos were today.

Because of this the entire day has been hectic.



Sincerely,

-Sean

-Kay

February 3, 2010

Well Hello Folks,

Today is a rather slow day again here in the shop,
Kelen is sanding down the FRP,
Mr. J and Nekuda are cutting out our brakes from a solid piece of metal (using the plasma cutter),
We (Kaylene & Sean) are blogging so our follower(s)(<-- hopefully more will follow!)
know what it takes to make a great racing vehicle! (battery powered of course)

Here is SiYon to tell you about what makes a great team here in the shop...

"hugs"

(Hugs don't make a great team. Hardwork, determination, and perseverance makes a great team. -Sean)

Well that was kinda weird...

Some of our teams members are out today due to various reasons. This would be the main reason of the slow day.

We can't get much done without the people here to do the work.

But yea... We will update you on more around here when we have a faster, more productive day:).

Your PD students:
Kay:) & Sean
Also, some help from SiYon

February 2, 2010

Hello World,

Time for an update on the First Year Bellevue East Powerdrive Team at the one and only Bellevue East Senior High School in Bellevue, NE.

Today consist of the usual:

grinding*

sanding*

welding

building

hacking**

chopping

and other things

Today is actually alot slower than most days.

We working on a way to make our ackerman as perfect as possible, for better performance.

Sincerely,

-Sean

and

-Kay

*mostly done by Kyle, Again

**not the computer kind

February 1, 2010

IT'S FINALLY FEBRUARY.

Okay, today involves:

sanding (Kelen & Gage)

welding(Nate, Thomas, & Ben)

designing(Sean)

building(Greg)

grinding(Kyle)

Spying(The rest who are not listed)

Blogging(Sean, Kay, & SiYon)

There seems to be a reoccuring theme with Kyle and some sort of grinding or sanding?

I think so!

Kelen is sanding the car body, again.

Nate & Thomas are welding random items that Greg builds,

(they're practicing to get better at welding)

Sean is designing the frame,

Greg is building things for Nate & Thomas to weld,

Ben is welding the roll cage,

Sean, Kay, and SiYon are working on the blog,

(Kay is typing, Sean is correcting Kay every five seconds for some typing or grammatical error, and SiYon is offering input)(thank whomever invented spell check -haha very funny-kay)

Everyone else is just spying on the others to see if they have some other input on whatever they think needs or could be changed.

We are using FRP for the body. It is used for making showers. It is like a plasicy, fiberglass material. We chose this because it is flexible enough for our needs. We were originaly going to use fiberglass, instead we chose FRP because its expensive to make and we are on a tight budget. Fiber glass by itself is a pain in the rectum... (Sean chose that vocabulary word for today! instead of one that was much less appropriate)

Yours Tiredly,

-Sean & Kay-

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 :)

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!

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