{"id":2015,"date":"2012-03-05T16:01:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T20:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2023-09-04T14:33:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T19:33:04","slug":"rolls-report-march-3-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2012\/03\/rolls-report-march-3-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolls Report: March 3 &#038; 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\/i-gb7pH5s\/0\/329e8741\/S\/DSC_1999-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>With precipitation on 7 of the last 10 days and temperatures swinging from the 20s to the 60s faster than you can add or remove layers, it&#8217;s hard to know what to expect, but buggy demonstrated some toughness and got in two solid days this weekend. \u00a0Saturday was pretty enjoyable with lots of sun and no wind making it more comfortable than the thermometers (or smartphones) were indicating. \u00a0Sunday was less pleasant and teams seemed worn out from it. \u00a0Snow came and went a few times during Sunday but never stuck to the ground enough to warrant Sweepstakes to cancel although Fringe, SDC, and PiKA (I think) all scratched for the day before 9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In attendance<br \/>\n<\/strong>(Sweepstakes hasn&#8217;t updated their roll-count spreadsheet, which &#8211; it is now revealed &#8211; I depend on since my memory isn&#8217;t up to the task. \u00a0So we&#8217;ll call this an approximate account of things until they get that updated)<\/p>\n<table class=\"data\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Org<\/th>\n<th>Saturday<\/th>\n<th>Sunday<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Apex<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Camo<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CIA<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<strong>#18<\/strong>, Ascension, Freyja, Firebird<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<strong>#18<\/strong>, Ascension, Firebird, Quasar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DeltaForce<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Perun<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Perun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fringe<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Bonsai, Borealis, Bedlam,\u00a0Banyan<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Bonsai, Borealis, Bedlam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PiKA<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Raptor, Zeus<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Raptor, Zeus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SDC<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Bane, Avarice, Malice<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Bane, Avarice, Malice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SigEp<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Mamba, Peregrine, Barracuda<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Mamba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SigNu<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Krait<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Spirit<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Zuke, Seraph, Fuko<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Zuke, Seraph, Fuko<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No-Shows<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0AEPi, SAE<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Observations<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\">Saturday Gallery<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-4\">Sunday Gallery<\/a>)\u00a0[Sunday was too cold to take pictures. \u00a0I only took about 25 down from my usual ~250]<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\/i-NGxSqgD\/0\/7fb18f79\/Th\/DSC_2007-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Fringe had first roll on Saturday and the first buggy I saw coming down the hill was covered in pajamas and had &#8220;NBXII&#8221; (New buggy &#8217;12) taped on the side. \u00a0It was rolling\u00a0surprisingly\u00a0fast and smoothly for a brand new buggy, but given how similar it looked to their recent designs, that didn&#8217;t raise any red flags for me. \u00a0At the top of the hill I saw other teams doing the usual neck-craning you see around a new build from a top team. \u00a0The pictures of it have also been the most viewed since they were posted on Saturday. \u00a0Funny thing was, they only rolled it twice and then the 4th buggy in the lineup was Banyan instead. \u00a0Yeah, funny thing indeed. \u00a0They didn&#8217;t have a build done, they were just screwing with everyone by covering Banyan in pajamas. \u00a0They got me.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-4\/i-mq9nr3V\/0\/a7d787eb\/Th\/DSC_2291-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The right rear wheel on Spirit&#8217;s Seraph flew off in dramatic fashion right after a hill 2 shove on Sunday. \u00a0They were doing a pass test with Seraph doing the passing, and they had a monster of a hill 2 pusher on the job. \u00a0He took it up and over the hill as fast as I&#8217;ve seen in a while, but the speed didn&#8217;t last long. \u00a0Just after the shove, the right rear wheel flew off and the buggy slid through a 180 while it ground to a halt with a trail of orange sparks flying from the axle on pavement. \u00a0As far as I could tell, neither the wheel nor stub nor axle failed meaning there was likely operator error on the part of whoever was attaching the wheels. \u00a0I&#8217;m guessing there was no nut on the end of the stub, or if there was it never had a wrench on it. \u00a0Seraph was apparently no worse for wear though as Spirit had it loaded and ready for the next roll. \u00a0Sweepstakes denied them that roll, but spot-safetied\u00a0it and it got around the course the next time through.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\/i-G5Zh8Sn\/0\/c560236e\/Th\/DSC_2025-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\/i-jHTq6JX\/0\/6075aa8f\/Th\/DSC_2201-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Apex had Camo rolling &#8230; ok again on Saturday. \u00a0The externally visible improvement was the addition of a duct-tape suspension cable from the tail to the pushbar which apparently kept the non-structural and droopy tail from dragging on the ground. \u00a0On their 4th roll the driver took a line on hill 5 towards the super-treacherous right side and rolled over some Kabul-quality pavement. \u00a0While working on things Saturday afternoon, the mechanics discovered cracked welds in major structural components of the frame and pronounced Camo dead (again (no really, it&#8217;s for real this time)). \u00a0That left the brand new team without a buggy again and wondering if they could get a build done before raceday (unlikely) or if they might not make it after all their efforts. \u00a0Good news rumors are that they might have a line on another loaner to get them back on the course.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\/i-DZtQMhJ\/0\/41bac78e\/Th\/DSC_1993-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\/i-9MswHMS\/0\/a55ea527\/Th\/DSC_2128-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>SigEp&#8217;s Peregrine had the only spin of the weekend on Saturday but I wasn&#8217;t near-by and nobody I talked to had much to say about it. \u00a0Man, even when SigEp does something exciting I can&#8217;t come up with things to write about them. \u00a0It&#8217;s starting to look like my fault. \u00a0Mamba was out after not rolling at the end of last semester or the first weekend of the spring.<\/li>\n<li>Fringe put on an exciting driving display on Saturday when Borealis&#8217; front hatch started bouncing around late in the chute so she came to a slow stop. \u00a0The stop flags came out and Banyan stopped cleanly right near the chute flag. \u00a0Bedlam (coming down last) was not deterred however and did an exciting slalom around her stopped comrades. \u00a0All three buggies were pushed back up the hill while my blood pressure slowly receded. \u00a0I heard that CIA had something similar on Sunday, but I didn&#8217;t catch that one because I was too cold and lethargic to walk down to the chute.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\/i-z5nbDv5\/0\/6abd7dfe\/Th\/DSC_2097-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>SDC and Spirit were both doing more driver&#8217;s-perspective filming over the weekend. \u00a0I don&#8217;t suppose either of them would like to share some of that for everyone to see?<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\/i-GhJTTBR\/0\/ae916a7a\/Th\/DSC_1974-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\/i-xSmZKfL\/0\/490e36db\/Th\/DSC_1947-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Pika and Spirit on both rolling on purple compounds now. \u00a0I mentioned catching a glimpse of PiKA&#8217;s purple last week, but Spirit joined the purple club with some cool new ones on Saturday. \u00a0The profiles are totally different, so there&#8217;s no reason to think there is anything more than superficial similarity. \u00a0Spirits are actually a pretty interesting parabolic cross-section and it seems to be working well for them with 3 days now of smooth rolls (excluding cases where the wheel was not firmly connected to the buggy).<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\/i-HPZM6wZ\/0\/19b9671d\/Th\/DSC_1946-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>PiKA brought out our dear old friend Zeus on both days, and left the 8-year-younger Chimera in the garage. \u00a0 It was going just as fast and rolling with the new purple compound so it&#8217;s not as if they were just using it as a trainer buggy for a new driver or anything. \u00a0It would be pretty interesting if neither buggy from the Chimera \/ Nemesis generation were on the course this raceday given how big a deal they were when they were new.<\/li>\n<li>CIA and PiKA were both set up on the Tepper patio again this weekend, but seemed to be getting along better as far as I could tell.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\/i-WjqgvRx\/0\/86f5370d\/Th\/DSC_2193-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>It freaks me out when a dude&#8217;s voice comes from inside a buggy as is the case with SigNu&#8217;s driver, Mike. \u00a0There have been more male drivers in recent years than we usually remember, but I bet it&#8217;s been quite a while since an organization had no female drivers.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-3\/i-V38KsgV\/0\/81ba44c5\/Th\/DSC_2185-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>DeltaForce had a funny moment when radio club asked Sweepstakes if everything was normal because Perun had passed all the checkpoints, but nobody had seen a second buggy or a follow car. \u00a0Sweepstakes looked over to the top of the hill, and there was DeltaForce&#8217;s follow car with two people in it, ready to go. \u00a0They claimed they had been watching carefully for their cue but somehow missed it going by. \u00a0They offered to try to catch up, but Perun was already in sight on hill 5.<\/li>\n<li>With only six weeks until raceday, and only one new buggy on the course, is it time to update <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2012\/01\/pre-season-updates-and-build-status-guesses\/\">the over-under we set at 5.5 at the end of January<\/a>? \u00a0CIA was predicted and they delivered. \u00a0AEPi, Apex, DeltaForce, KapSig, and SigNu were all pretty unlikely, and I&#8217;d downgrade them all to not-gonna-happen. \u00a0I was bearish but unsure on\u00a0PiKA and Spirit, but now I&#8217;m more confident in both cases. \u00a0Spirit has wheel projects to keep them busy, and PiKA is just adapting and coping with the status quo. \u00a0I had Fringe as a sure-bet and that hasn&#8217;t changed, they&#8217;ve been bringing their builds out later and later in recent years. \u00a0SDC and SigEp are the biggest question marks remaining. \u00a0SigEp&#8217;s recent builds have come out in mid or late March so I&#8217;m betting on seeing something from them after spring break. \u00a0SDC&#8217;s builds in recent years have been done very early in the spring, so I&#8217;m starting to wonder if they are skipping this year or working on something more complex and time consuming than they have in the past. \u00a0I&#8217;d say Zatch is feeling good having bet the under while my line of 5.5 and\u00a0trophymursky&#8217;s bet on the over are starting to look quite optimistic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next weekend is the beginning of spring break, so it&#8217;s unlikely rolls will happen, but that&#8217;s not definite until chairmen&#8217;s meeting happens tonight. \u00a0Check our front page for the latest status on rolls and look for some non-rolls report content we&#8217;re working on to keep things exciting in the mean time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With precipitation on 7 of the last 10 days and temperatures swinging from the 20s to the 60s faster than you can add or remove layers, it&#8217;s hard to know what to expect, but buggy demonstrated some toughness and got in two solid days this weekend. \u00a0Saturday was pretty enjoyable with lots of sun and 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