Water, Water Everywhere

Thoughts from forums:
-...make sure that your flotation is tough enough to last the race.  Don't use Lowes insulation sheets.  Get a tougher commercial foam and put a light structural cage in it.

-Seal everything.  There is no place that mud/water can't find its way into.

-In-Helmet Radios Rugged Radios will cut bajaSAE teams a good deal. We bought 3 water proof radios, 2 pit headsets and 1 helmet headset.

-40lbs is about right for most flotation systems.

-08: 22x8 Kenda BearKlaws, Plastic Thermo-formed Fenders, closed cell foam float wrapped in carbon fiber - good for 13th if i remember correctly.
-07: 26x12 Chevron pattern run reversed. closed cell foam float w/ plastic skid pan -good for 11th


-Doing our initial flotation test without rear floats because the captain was sure we didn't need them. The car was sitting with the engine damn near under water and the front wheels nearly out of it. The woman running the float check kept saying "Y'all need more rear floatation" in her best southern twang. She probably said it 15 times during the course of the test.


-