Eagle's Lair
Members Roster

April 8, 2006

Ladies & Gentlemen:

Present at today's work party were Ed Shadle, Keith Zanghi, Jon Higley, Bill Eckberg, Ed Drumheller II, Steve & Libby Wallace, Tim Finley, Meeko, Bernard McVay, Patricia Wood & her daughter, Gabriella, Von Armstrong, Earl Gratzer, Rob Martinson and Scott Robertson. Many small and some larger tasks were continued toward completion today in preparation for our upcoming test runs this spring.

Our visitors today were Joe Boyle, from Tacoma Glass, with his son Joe Jr. who were given a tour of the hangar to learn about the project. Ed Drumheller II did the honors.

Ed Shadle & Keith Zanghi worked on fabricating a pull lever to be mounted in the cockpit. It will be linked to the front wheel brake for use at speeds below 100 mph. Ed Shadle also dressed into his team suit to sit in the "Zero/Zero" seat for a photo shoot before the seat, on loan from the Goodrich Corporation to the project, was boxed up to be sent back for use at a presentation Goodrich is doing.

Bill Eckberg, team crew chief, and Scott Robertson from Rapp Hydema U.S., Inc., our hydraulics sponsor, spent time going over details for finishing up system modifications which will drastically improve its operation. Several lessons were learned from our fall test runs and are now being implemented toward completion. Meanwhile, Tim Finley finished mounting the rear brake master cylinders to the mounting plate just in front of the cockpit instrument panel.

Jon Higley, Von Armstrong and Gabriella Dalton worked together on plumbing new hydraulic connections from the lines to the newly mounted valve distribution block sitting in the hydraulics bay; the center body cavity between the engine intakes. This was a difficult task, as one had to lay on the spine of the car and go head first down into the bottom of the cavity to work wrenches on fittings. Gabriella Dalton helped with the difficult task of threading fittings because of her youthfull ability to stay head down longer than some of us older team members. If you're not used to it, you can come out pretty dizzy.

Steve Wallace, the team's data acquisition scientist, mounted the front axle position transducer on the floor of the electronics bay just behind the cockpit. He also worked on preparing the wires that will connect and communicate with the on-board computer/data acquisition system. Finally, he used his "home made" battery drainer on one of the nicad batteries for the cars power system to prepare it for recharging.

Patricia Wood has stepped up to the plate for the team by taking on the responsibility of handling NAE™ Gear orders. She took inventory of the stock and will be working on rebuilding our site's gear page over the next several weeks. So, be watching for it being reopened in about a month or so.

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