It looks very good....it sure is wide though. It sucks they kept the rule the same, but changed the interpretation....it's way too strict. One tech judge didn't want us to pass because our fingerTIPS could pass the roll envelope.
I'm at Villanova University, and we only compete in the east event which was a few weeks ago. We ended up 19th overall with a 2nd place finish in water manuverability, 11th in land manuv (should've been 7th, but they tacked on a 10 second penalty for no reason, and we didn't notice until the finial results were posted....so double check your times after every single event!), and something like 10th in log pull. We just did pretty poorly on reports, and they bashed us in design judging....especially in the water propulsion system. You can see we got 2nd, and hopefully they noticed they were complete fools after that. They seemed to not even listen to what I was saying in design judging. They seemed to go by first appearance, not what you say, and it was really pissing me off.
Anyway...enough of my rambling, it was my last competition, I'm graduating in May. So good luck at your competition guys, it should be a fun one.
Have tons of spare tires....out of 4 years of competitions, we never god a flat, but we got 4 flats during the endurance race this year. That's my little advice.
Here are some pictures of our vehicle, if you ahve any questions, feel free to ask.
Land Manuverability - tightest course in the 4 years I've done this, tons of teams jsut got DQ'd from hitting trees
Suspension and traction-amazing course this year...again, tons of teams got DNF. The jump here caused northeastern to nose dive, full forward roll, and land back on their wheels and finish. It was a good sight. Our CVT starting busting out here, and were having trouble making it up the steep hills...we palced 19th I think. If you use a polaris CVT, check inside the driven clutch for the plastic "rollers" (they arne't really rollers)...well, they tend to wear out, or melt over time
) Just some advice.
and obviously, water manuverability
again, good luck, and let us know how it goes.
_nicko_
