We are super excited to announce that Airtech recently became a large materials sponsor of CalSol! The largest manufacturer of vacuum bagging and composite tooling materials, Airtech has generously donated some of their materials for our use on Zephyr’s shell. Since we have decided to go with pre-imprepregnated carbon fiber this time, we needed all …
Today we picked up the first of our new molds for Zephyr from Kreysler and Associates, who have been kind enough to continue their sponsorship of CNC and personnel time to machine our molds. After helping them out by clearing away all of the excess styrofoam, we transported the top and bottom shell back to Richmond, and …
Yesterday we had the awesome opportunity to do some aerodynamics testing at the abandoned naval airstrip in Alameda, thanks to Makani Power. For those of you who don’t know, this is the same location that Myth Busters uses, though unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), we were alone on this stormy day. CalSol used the chance of …
Last Wednesday, September 5th, CalSol had its first general meeting of the semester. After two weeks of recruiting, including displaying Impulse at Engineering Student Orientation, we expected a large crowd of interested newcomers to attend this first meeting and learn what CalSol is all about. However, I think the number of people who showed up …
After working on numerous repairs to Impulse’s aerodynamic exterior, including making a new canopy out of carbon fiber composites instead of PETG plastic, we dropped off Impulse at Shattuck Auto Collision Center (SAC) this past Monday, and waited excitedly to see her return with a brand-new paint job. This morning our wait was finally over, …
As our members get ready to leave for Australia, we are making final preparations to ensure that the team will be safe during the trip. Thanks to help from our partners at Fastenal, our friends at the RFS, Carlos Miller (a bay-area firefighter), and UC Berkeley’s EH&S, we have our bases covered.
