February 1st hour

In the month of February Bellevue West accomplished many tasks on the car. The first task that was completed was the front axle. The front axle was made by Dylan Tyma, Ashlee Galer, and Kaleb Gamble. The middle piece is 11" long made of 1" square tubing. There are two pieces connected to it at 30 degrees each 9 1/2" long. Nick Biles, Roger Marquis, Keith Anderson, Sean Stimpson finished the nose of the car. Matt Silva worked on connecting the safety net to the roll bar using zip ties. Manny Pena made an adjustable swing arm. He made it to help with the rear suspension and keep the tire aligned. Next came the steering column. Devonte Thompson and Harlan Jentz focused mainly on this piece. Harlan was responsible for the brackets for it, using angle iron that were about 2" long. Devonte put together the steering rod connecting it to the frame to then connect it too the front axle. Ramiro worked on running wires threw the frame. He did this for the brake light and saudered it to make sure the connection was good. Austin Hemple worked on the motor mount. The main thing that he worked on was cutting it out so that it would be the correct size. He made it so that it wass 8" long so we could weld it to the rear swing arm and attach the motor to it. Austin Hemple and Juan Garibay attached the shock to the rear and ended up making it adjustable. That way it would be easier to change the amount of shock it would absorb. One of the last tasks that we completed in the month of February was designing a new roll cage. The whole class talked about it and we decided that we would just weld the ones that we already had back onto the car, but make them lower to give more space for the drive to get in. Those were the main tasks that Bellevue West Power Drive 1st hour completed in the month of February.