"BJohnson11" (brettjohnson01)
02/27/2014 at 01:57 • Filed to: None
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"BJohnson11" (brettjohnson01)
02/27/2014 at 01:57 • Filed to: None | 7
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We drove the FSAE car for the first time last night. Didn't really put her through it's paces, but it was good to see her moving under her own power. I would've posted this up earlier, but I just finished a brutal day filled with midterms in Fluids 2 and Intermediate Dynamics as well as having a gnarly MATLAB code due. This is my life I guess.
DrJohannVegas
> BJohnson11
02/27/2014 at 02:00 |
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Congrats! Well done on the build.
Brian, The Life of
> BJohnson11
02/27/2014 at 02:02 |
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tromoly
> BJohnson11
02/27/2014 at 02:12 |
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Just remember to stay away from any and all objects before competition, nothing worse than ripping a wheel off in testing. Which reminds me of Manitouba, who spun out and destroyed an entire corner of their car (a-arms, upright, wheel, brakes) and killed a sidepod testing the night before tech opened at Michigan last year, all thanks to a curb and light posts.
Congrats on getting running, that is easily 75% of the total work.
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BJohnson11
> tromoly
02/27/2014 at 02:13 |
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Duly noted. Didn't know Manitouba did that. We partied with those crazy Canadians at Nebraska last year.
Singhjr96
> BJohnson11
02/27/2014 at 02:14 |
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Ok You need to explain FSAE a little bit more to me because I don't know much about it. I want to start working on cars, and if I can't pull through and get enough money to buy my owner project car, I would like to work on a car during college. Are there prerequisites for joining? I know how to use many machines, and know metal work, but I can't weld.
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tromoly
> BJohnson11
02/27/2014 at 02:17 |
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Yeah, they had a LOT of carbon work to do the next morning. Thankfully no one was injured, it was just a break in traction and a chain of events.
Side note, did you meet Garth from Manitouba? Super cool dude, also super tall.
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BJohnson11
> Singhjr96
02/27/2014 at 02:20 |
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What school were you thinking of going to? I'd say for the most part, there's a spot for anyone and everyone on an FSAE team. No prerequisites or anything like that. At my school for example, you can come in as a freshman knowing nothing, and as long as you work hard, apply yourself, and try to learn, in two years you can easily find yourself a design lead.
FSAE teams are generally made up of the people who work the hardest, not necessarily the ones who know the most. I'd prefer a not as bright but hardworking kid over an insanely smart lazy kid any day.
There's also no specific niche you have to fit in to. I'm a Mech E, but my knowledge base is in manufacturing, fabrication, and engine work, so that's what I gravitated to (I'm the Manufacturing Lead of the team). If you're into computers or business or aero or really whatever though, there's gonna be a spot for you.
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BJohnson11
> tromoly
02/27/2014 at 02:21 |
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Maybe. Name sounds familiar, but in all honesty, there were a lot of people at that party, and I was shitfaced, so I couldn't tell you for sure who I met.
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Singhjr96
> BJohnson11
02/27/2014 at 02:31 |
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I'm considering UW since I have 5 cousin that have gone through there for things like pharmacists, engineering, lawyers, etc. Unless I get accepted to a better college, that's probably where I'm headed to. I'm into physics and considering mechanical engineering, or particle physics myself. I'll say that I consider myself to be smart, and I know the parts of a car well enough. But i'm definitely not lazy when it comes to making things by hand. I'm willing to learn. I've done ALOT of wood work, and a little bit of metal work so i'm no stranger to things that can cut your fingers off either. I made things like foot stools, a plethora of boxes, etc. I've even made a chair that had no legs before.
YSI-what can brown do for you
> BJohnson11
02/27/2014 at 02:34 |
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I want to join my schools so badly! I am just super shy and incredibly uncomfortable, so I end up missing like 90% of the events for a club. Happened last semester when I tried to join. lolololololol
Montalvo
> YSI-what can brown do for you
02/27/2014 at 02:45 |
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Seriously join it, all the FSAE teams I met during competition were incredibly friendly. Take advantage while you can otherwise it will pass you by. After next year I will be graduating and I am going to miss being in such a tight group. There is something about joining together to build something greater than the sum of its parts that really brings out the best of people and creates a lot of good memories. You get to put what you want into it and that is the genius of it, there are no strings attatched. The most fun starts to occur when competition time draws near. If the team at your school is anything like mine they would be glad to have anyone interested, you just have to make the first move and stick with it.
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BJohnson11
> Singhjr96
02/27/2014 at 02:46 |
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UW is a great school. Won Nebraska's comp last year. They have a pretty big team too so there's probably a spot for you on it.
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Montalvo
> Singhjr96
02/27/2014 at 02:53 |
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There are no prerequisites to join, they take anyone interested. Knowing how to machine will be useful and can help you distinguish yourself as someone they can really rely on. The budgets for teams vary from as low as $6000 to sometimes close to half a million. The better teams to be a part of are from the smaller schools because you get to really be a part of the whole process. Some teams consist of 200 members and you can get stuck designing a single part trying to optimize it as much as possible.
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Singhjr96
> BJohnson11
02/27/2014 at 02:59 |
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There were rated one of the top 25 best schools in the world recently, so they're are a really good school. It'll be hard to find a better school than UW. But I bet I could do something useful on the FSAE team, if you say that you can walk in a freshmen without any knowledge.
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Singhjr96
> Montalvo
02/27/2014 at 03:01 |
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That would suck to be at a bigger school then. UW seems to have a little less than 100 people on their roster.
Mustafaluigi
> Singhjr96
02/27/2014 at 09:42 |
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If you are talking about University of Washington, I believe they were the team that designed their own 600cc V8 with Kawasaki inline 4 heads. Thing didn't do well but it was nuts to see.
Edit: Sorry it was Western Washington University. http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/v30/v30pi…
Lekker
> BJohnson11
02/27/2014 at 09:51 |
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Nice! I love those late-night parking lot runs after tinkering with it for hours. One advice tho: Don't bottom her out!
Our first drive a few years ago we took her too fast without having adjusted the suspension for a heavier driver (I'm 220 and 6'2" and it was tuned for the 140lb driver) and in a small street, a small dip made it bottom out. Damage was minimal to none, but it will give you a jolt of adrenaline.
2BWise
> BJohnson11
02/27/2014 at 10:00 |
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Congratulations on getting the car running and driving. Now you've got lots of time to test and develop the car. Good luck. Hope its becomes fast and reliable.
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Singhjr96
> Mustafaluigi
02/27/2014 at 16:27 |
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I've considered western. That's where my physics teacher went to college. They have a pretty good physics program. In fact in in his class right now, lol.
uofime
> BJohnson11
06/13/2014 at 10:06 |
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Were you there for the boxing and running from the police? fun times...