FSAE-A wind down

Well it was hell.

We had too much to fabricate in Meblourne and too little time. As such our performance was not very good but we stil ended up with a decent car.

18th overall out of I think 21 so not much to say there.

The ar only passed tech inspection sunday arvo and so we only made it out for the last enduro. Managed the 1st run and then had driver change and only got in 3 laps beofre the car oveheated and the throttle cable also snapped.

The fan had been unplugged by someone, not sure who but it has most likely done a fair bit of damage to the engine.

Pretty sad considering the hope of a top ten showing, initial testing before comp in Melb at an outdoor kart track had showed very promising, with the car really amazing to drive.

Better luck next year I spose.

Now departing....CMT

Tonight the team jumps on the plane at midnight ready for battle ahead.

Pretty much everyone in the team is taking only carry on luggage with the check in baggage used for the boxes of parts that are needed for the car.

Engine was sent off to the airport this morning after some last minute tuning yesterday.

Race seat was just finished this morning after we had some delamination in the original.

Everyone that has been before is excited but slightly apprehensive and everyone that hasn't been has been briefed slash warned of the possibility of long nights again to fix problems.

Most of the team has been in the workshop past midnight everyday for the last 3 to 4 weeks but we are still in moderately high spirits and eager to show that we have come along way since last year....we hope.

We will be updating daily once comp comences December 13 so keep a watch out for how we go, should be interesting to get a look at all the other teams.

The Mo Bros

Now that we have a spare few minutes (not too mnay because it's still all go here) we thought we'd share a happy snap of two of our Mo Bros from our Movember team (Curtin Mo Team).

Errol Hassett on the left and Danilo Kitanovich on the right.

We had only limited members in the Mo team but we still raised a little money for mens health issues.

Thanks goes to those that supproted us.

We made it......

Well, if you ever thought we wouldn't make it NA NA NI NA NA.

WE DID IT !!

CMT '09 is now on it's way to Melbourne after a huge effort by some of our more dedicated team members. Spending almost 3 days straight in the workshop with only a few naps here and there for some of the team in a hamock we set up in the corner, it's done.

We had to time to give the car a shake done and with a few hours of running done it's looking like a good package.

Some minor teething problems but we are glad that the bulk of it is out of the way.

We have sent the car off minus engine this morning so that we can spend some more time on the dyno getting a good tune and will fly the motor over air freight later this week.

We are now focusing on the admin side of the comp namely the designa dn presentation events where we explain the concept and approach behind our race car and try put on a sales pitch.

We are all pretty excited to get there and get this thing fully race ready. For those that were there last year all these sleepless nights are nothing out of the ordinary and for the newer guys it's a bit of a shock.

The only way to explain all this is, this is FSAE.