FAILED

there is an article about darpa in the new car and driver.

maybe next time we could use a civic

2/27/2008 4:59:24 PM

I wonder what the resale value of a hacked up and thoroughly ruined lotus is.

2/27/2008 7:39:54 PM

we came in 19th. not bad at all.

And really, it was a freakin scam. the GM SUV that won it, BLATENTLY violated the rules multiple times including running into another car that the rules state is an auto DQ.

2/27/2008 7:46:50 PM

^well they BLATENTLY won... and we BLATENTLY FAILED

2/27/2008 9:13:17 PM

eh the school that have done well are pumping way more money into it than NCSU. we just got the bling car

2/27/2008 9:23:54 PM

Quote :

"I wonder what the resale value of a hacked up and thoroughly ruined lotus is."

Thought I heard that Lotus was going to take it back after all was said and done, and take a look at what was done to it/how it affected the car. Probably be crushed after that.

2/28/2008 12:14:09 AM

We failed because of another team.
A different teams car broke down on track, and they stopped everything.

The NCSU car was under a high voltage line when they were told to stop for a minute. That minute turned into half an hour, and the magnetic field scrambled some of thier sensors.
With their sensors screwy, they didn't do nearly as well.

Through all its testing, it performed nearly flawlessly.

2/28/2008 10:38:18 AM

I'm glad someone knows whats going on & isn't just screaming FAIL

2/28/2008 11:37:22 AM

fail is fail AMIRITE? sucks it was under those conditions though.

where is the original thread about that thing? i can't find it...

2/28/2008 11:39:35 AM

should have used a civic

2/28/2008 11:39:39 AM

wow that sucks...

Automotive Actuators are subjected to a 400V/m efield as one of their qualification tests... requires putting lots of chokes into the circuits and those cause oscillation from time to time...

I never really thought about why until I read that the car got screwed up by power lines... makes perfect sense now.

2/29/2008 10:15:37 AM

OWWWW WTF!

2/29/2008 10:30:11 AM

thats how your shoulder grows back when you have a grade3(full) seperation of your Acromion from clavical

http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/shouldersurgery/a/separation.htm

snowboarding on icy NC mountains isn't recommended

2/29/2008 12:00:05 PM

^where at?

i got roughed up (broken femur) from hawks nest

2/29/2008 12:42:31 PM

that happened a year ago on the 8th at Sugar

2/29/2008 12:44:07 PM

Ahhh..I had to take someone to the hospital for that a few weeks ago, but I couldn't see it because he had on a hoodie. They sedated him, lifted his arm parallel to the floor, pulled it back, and it slipped right into place.

[Edited on February 29, 2008 at 1:52 PM. Reason : l]

2/29/2008 1:51:09 PM