January 05 2013
Happy new year from all of us at UBC Supermileage! We’ve had our first meeting of 2013 and we’re stepping up our game as competition approaches. Our priority for the next couple of weeks will be building the aero shell. We’ve joined and assembled the mold pieces that Vorum carved for us and have coated the entire thing in fibreglass so as to create a smooth female-mold surface for carbon fibre lay-up (check out our facebook page for pictures). Our new engine will also be up and running within the next 2 weeks, and when it is the engine division will use our newly functioning dyno to tune the engine to optimal running conditions. We haven’t been able to perform engine tuning in previous competitions, and having this ability now should give us a significant increase in fuel efficiency.
We have a lot to do before the Shell Eco-marathon this April, but thanks to our expanded team we have the numbers necessary to get it all done. Good work everybody and keep it up!