Materials Update

So we now have the lumber for the mold boxes and a 10' piece of muffler tubing to use for our first prototype frames. So we can really get down to business and start designing the two prototype frames.

All Time Women's 200 Meter Flying Start

Here is a list of the All Time Ladies 200 meter flying start. Something for Meghan to shoot for in the future. :-)

Speed (mph)	Pilot	Bike	Location	Year
75.69	Barbara Buatois	Varna Tempest	Battle Mountain	2010
75.458	Barbara Buatois	Varna Diablo 3	Battle Mountain	2009
73.294	Barbara Buatois	Varna Tempest	Battle Mountain	2009
72.79	Barbara Buatois	Varna Tempest	Battle Mountain	2010
72.534	Barbara Buatois	Varna Diablo 3	Battle Mountain	2009
71.37	Barbara Buatois	Varna Tempest	Battle Mountain	2010
66.585	Lisa Vetterlein	Varna 2	Battle Mountain	2005
65.89	Ellen van Vugt	Varnowski	Battle Mountain	2004
65.628	Andrea Blaseckie	Varna Diablo II	Battle Mountain	2005
65.36	Ellen van Vugt	Varnowski	Battle Mountain	2008
65.293	Lisa Vetterlein	Varna II	Battle Mountain	2005
65.21	Ellen van Vugt	Speed Hawk II	Battle Mountain	2010
65.169	Ellen van Vugt	Varnowski	Battle Mountain	2008
65.046	Ellen van Vugt	Varnowski II	Battle Mountain	2005
64.91	Ellen van Vugt	Speed Hawk II	Battle Mountain	2010
64.74	Andrea Blaseckie	Varna Mephisto II	Battle Mountain	2002
62.924	Ellen van Vugt	Varnowski	Battle Mountain	2008
62.83	Lisa Vetterlein	Varna II	Battle Mountain	2005
62.677	Tanya Markham	Varna Mephisto II	Battle Mountain	2009
62.397	Ellen van Vugt	Varnowski	Battle Mountain	2008
62.27	Andrea Blaseckie	Varna Mephisto	Battle Mountain	2002
61.8	Ellen van Vugt	Varnowski	Battle Mountain	2004
61.71	Andrea Blaseckie	Varna Diablo II	Battle Mountain	2005
60.741	Barbara Buatois	Varna Tempest	Battle Mountain	2010
60.62	Andrea Blaseckie	Varna Mephisto II	Battle Mountain	2002
60.173	Tanya Markham	Varna Mephisto II	Battle Mountain	2008

The Cheetah HPV (1992)

One of my favorite HPV's ever. The Cheetah held the World Speed Record (68.73 mph) for about 9 years I think.

There is a short clip in the video showing the Cheetah team performing an aerodynamic tuft test. It shoes  the airflow over the Cheetah faring. The airflow seems smooth over the sides but then goes turbulent at the tail section.

Visiting Cal Poly, SLO

On Saturday, January 7, 2012 we visited Cal Poly "aero hanger" to pick up the molds for the Atlas HPV. It's always fun to go back to where I spent so much time as a student! :-) The current Cal Poly students working on the HPV are an impressive bunch. They were hard at work sanding their current molds. I wish them the best at this year's ASME HPV competition.