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Late April 2005

With only a little more than a month left until the competition, the pace of work has really started to pick up. A lot of projects in progress have been approaching completion, most notably the top female mold. Check that out, as well as some other stuff taking shape over the last two weeks as something resembling a supermileage vehicle appears.

Top Female Mold (Link, including videos)

The moon rises on another late night at the RFS.

Patrick and Sarah try to unjam pulley that gets slightly stuck on the dyno.

Super-strong magnets used to keep wheel fairings together.

Doing an etched aluminum carbon-fiber layup for the firewall.

Thomas and Mike prepare to shave down to size laid-up firewall.

Richard's new carbon fiber tube steering column comes together.

X-30 expanding on top of the bottom male mold for the transponder box fairing.

Hardened foam being shaved down to form aerodynamic shape.

Foam cut down to final teardrop shape.

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