{"id":1127,"date":"2010-09-27T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2023-09-03T12:30:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:30:27","slug":"rolls-report-sept-25-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2010\/09\/rolls-report-sept-25-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolls Report: Sept 25 &#038; 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Freerolls Sept 25 &amp; 26\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Sept-25\/i-c5tGnh2\/0\/9c580f01\/Th\/DSC_6010-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>With clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s, eight teams made it out and put on a good show for us spectators. \u00a0There were new drivers still meandering down the hill with a slew of bags, but also some vets putting down times that would be competitive in April. \u00a0Three buggies ended up in the bales, and some others got close enough they could smell the hay on the way by.<br \/>\n<strong>In Attendance<\/strong> (buggies listed newest to oldest)<\/p>\n<table class=\"data\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; height: 269px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Org<\/th>\n<th>Saturday<\/th>\n<th>Sunday<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AEPi<\/td>\n<td>Kamikaze<\/td>\n<td>Kamikaze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CIA<\/td>\n<td>Freyja, Renaissance, Firebird, Quasar<\/td>\n<td>Freyja, Renaissance, Firebird<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fringe<\/td>\n<td>Borealis, Bedlam, Blizzard<\/td>\n<td>Borealis, Bedlam, Banyan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PiKA<\/td>\n<td>Chimera, Knightfall, Zeus<\/td>\n<td>Chimera, Knightfall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pioneers<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Chaos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SDC<\/td>\n<td>Avarice, Malice, Addiction, Rage<\/td>\n<td>Avarice, Malice, Addiction, Rage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SigEp<\/td>\n<td>Peregrine, Barracuda, Pandora<\/td>\n<td>Peregrine, Barracuda, Pandora<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Spirit<\/td>\n<td>Seraph, Fuko, Haraka<\/td>\n<td>Fuko, Haraka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Observations<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Sept-25\">Saturday gallery<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Sept-26\">Sunday gallery<\/a>)<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\">Great to see Pioneers out on Sunday to bring the count of rolling orgs up to 8. \u00a0If sweepstakes keeps to the traditional threshold of 6 orgs being the minimum to roll, there&#8217;s not much room for anyone slacking off this year. \u00a0Everyone coordinate now on which night to have the\u00a0Halloween\u00a0parties.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\">There have been a couple of reports already of barricade-manners being polite and informative to passers-by (such as ourselves since alumni are tough to distinguish from the general public at first glance). \u00a0Definitely good for buggy PR and a welcome improvement from the pre-2009 standard, &#8220;GET OFF THE COURSE!!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Peregrine steering trouble\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Sept-25\/i-Rbfm3xK\/0\/3c72ba11\/Th\/DSC_6004-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Peregrine&#8217;s steering seemed to fail early during its first roll Saturday putting the buggy into the curb just after hill 2. \u00a0The driver was fine, and Peregrine was back out on Sunday, so it must not have been a tough fix.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Avarice with camber\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Sept-25\/i-WxfKQv8\/0\/3054c4b2\/Th\/DSC_6045-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Avarice spun 90 degrees towards the inside bales after the chute apex before driver Laura Gurwitz pulled off an impressive save and continued rolling. \u00a0Somehow, those lateral forces on the rear wheels resulted in some crazy negative camber that didn&#8217;t look intentional. \u00a0From the sounds it was making on the way by, I think the front wheel might have been off kilter as well. \u00a0Still made it up the hill and back out for 5 more rolls on Sunday though.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Haraka after a spin\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Sept-25\/i-dxhVBHv\/0\/14a50352\/Th\/DSCF6593-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Spirit&#8217;s Haraka (in red this semester) ended up in the outside bales on Saturday after a gentle spin. \u00a0A new driver was behind the wheel and it made me think that a spin like that is probably good experience for new drivers. \u00a0Now she knows what it feels like to lose control and there was no impact to make it unpleasant for her or the mechanics. \u00a0Spirit also seemed to have a rear wheel camber problem on a different buggy on a later roll. \u00a0A bump in the chute left the outside wheel positively cambered enough that it caught my eye immediately. \u00a0Are these kids using stainless steel or something?<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Zeus in the bales\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Sept-25\/i-4z4CvCz\/0\/bba958f4\/Th\/DSC_6041-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Zeus also made use of the bales although the impact was more surprising and less gentle than Spirit&#8217;s. \u00a0I&#8217;m guessing a visibility problem of some sort was to blame, as Zeus made it cleanly through the chute and then abruptly steered into the bales just before they ended. \u00a0Knightfall slammed on the brakes at the chute flag and spun 360 degrees to a stop in the middle of the road. \u00a0Both drivers seemed fine.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Addiction\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Sept-26\/i-wHPTXJB\/0\/610bdb2c\/Th\/DSCF6703-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>SDC&#8217;s Addiction got its own bullet point in today&#8217;s report by going nose-first into the bales early in the chute on the last roll of the weekend. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t see this one first hand, so I don&#8217;t have any analysis to offer.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Blizzard\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Sept-25\/i-qG4S8Mn\/0\/9edc8803\/Th\/DSC_6012-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Fringe had both Blizzard and Borealis back on the course this weekend after a pair of incidents last weekend required repairs and re-caping of both buggies. \u00a0Good to have these early-fall mechanic drills to train the new guys.<\/li>\n<li style=\"clear: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Chimera with the speed\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Sept-26\/i-WhRfTs3\/0\/17e6ee47\/Th\/DSCF6695-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Chimera, Banyan, and Avarice all put up fast times in that order. \u00a0Chimera&#8217;s fastest was actually pretty darn fast while Fringe and SDC seemed to be going fast enough to satisfy their veteran drivers without prepping the buggies for anything serious. \u00a0SigEp was also in the respectable speed category with Barracuda. \u00a0Spirit, CIA, Pioneers, and AEPi are just getting warmed up. \u00a0I just missed SN for the first time this year, as I could always count on them to dispute any mention I made of freeroll times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to BAA treasurer Chris Stengel this week for helping out with observations and pictures. \u00a0Feel free to jump in 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