08.22.06 - New Sponsor and More
We've just acquired a new sponsor! Nite Rider
(www.niterider.com) has generously
provided our team with a sponsorship, and we are proud to be one of the elite few.
Watch out for our HellFire HID lighting system on the 2007 car! Nite Rider offers lights
for several other applications, including mountain bikes, ATV's, motorcycles, and much more. For
motorzied off-road applications, visit www.niterideroffroad.com.
If you haven't already, check out our 2006 Spring Newsletter, which gives a look into
the competition and the year. 2006 Spring Newsletter
07.12.06 - Video Up
This year's video is up - check out the media section. A special thanks to our sponsors who made our 2006 car possible, and Peter Kuhn for putting together the footage we managed to caputre during the year.
04.16.06 - Competition Complete
And we're back. The bottom line? 47th overall, which is better than last year. Our car performed fabulously when it wasn't breaking, and we got an award for persistence. Full race report up shortly.
03.14.06 - It's Alive
The car ran for the first time in the wee hours of today. We weren't
able to really exercise her capabilities due to a missing transaxle
bolt, but that will be remedied soon enough. What's the verdict?
Much smoother than last year's car, quicker, and WAY more fun.
Check out a brief video clip (6mb, wmv format):
First Run
02.27.06 - On four wheels
This weekend we got the suspension finished and the car's on four wheels. Hopefully sometime in the coming two weeks you'll see it going and stopping.
01.22.06 - Progress
Coming right along, the front of the chassis is finished and the parts for the rest of the car are coming together nicely. We are still on the lookout for funding, however, so if you're interested let us know.
01.14.06 - Construction Begun!
We've made an excellent start in putting the car together. Currently we have most of the major parts of the frame tacked up and ready for final welding. We've also moved into a new space, a canopy graciously purchased for us by the department. It's situated outdoors and while not always cozy is miles better than working in the hall. Seeing the product of hardworking team members combined with the backing of our sponsors is very rewarding.
09.06.2005 - Orientation Outing
We took the car out today to show for orientation. After a few too many laps around a populated quad we had to stop, but it was great fun while it lasted.
08.29.2005 - Lynn Rides Again
We took some time lately to fix up last year's car for the purpose
of promotion, since last year was our first year. The way our car
looks, this will be no easy task.
But the real reason was just so we could tear around in it anyway.
06.20.2005 - Video up
The video is finally finished. Check the media section to see this year's build and event.
06.01.2005 - We're Done!
After a lot of work and little sleep, we're done with this year's competition. Video should be up soon, everyone had a blast. A writeup of the event is here.
04.06.2005 - More Media
New pictures have been posted, check out our chassis in the early stages. Lots of work will be done this weekend, stay tuned for major developments.
03.28.2005 - Design & Cost Reports
Design and Cost reports have been mailed and are complete! We are hunkering down and readying ourselves for the competition, May 5-7.
02.16.2005 - Fabrication
Please check the forum for information on what needs to be done on the Chassis.
02.12.2005 - Realization
Friday, February 11, 2005 Marks the first official build day of
Mini Baja at JHU. For all our hard work, we have gotten this far
but there is still quite a bit to go. Steering, brakes, flotation
all need to be finalized. My goal is to have this chassis mostly
done by the end of next week. Go team! There is definitely going to
be a meeting this coming Sunday night to assign out tasks to be
done!
New pictures up! Check the Media section
for the latest.
01.30.2005 - Development
The site still needs to have its sponsorships page up. I will work on that, it will look similar to the Members page. I may need some help with turning our sponsorship packet into html later.