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Bed Racers This Sunday: A little help required

 
Old 09-11-2009 at 04:03 PM   #1
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Bed Racers This Sunday: A little help required
Hey everyone,

Soo following the yearly tradition Welcome Week 09 has Bed Racers This Sunday. However my Faculty has a bit of a problem; Our Bed Racer is actually a very old Hospital Gurney aka something like this : http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:n...g urney01.jpg

Does anyone from Automotive Engineering or anyone with experience in Garage Work know how we can make this rusty/creaking old Gurney Race worthy? It is pretty wobbly and cumbersome for now!
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Old 09-11-2009 at 06:08 PM   #2
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Do you guys really want engineers tampering with your bedracer? haha
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Do you guys really want engineers tampering with your bedracer? haha
Well that is EXACTLY why I am asking on Insiders and not calling over Engineers to actually get access to our Bed Racer! (Even though they were 40 of them standing in the arts quad!) They could probably disguise it so that the wheels come off in the middle of the race
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Old 09-11-2009 at 06:13 PM   #4
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Old 09-11-2009 at 06:46 PM   #5
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Isn't the gurney thing typically the nursing racer of choice?
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Isn't the gurney thing typically the nursing racer of choice?
Umm I don't think so. The Nurses usually have a wheelchair with a hanging IV line and Nurses dressed up as nurses I think. I'm not sure but there even was a Oxygen Mask Last year. But the difference is that they don't really race; its more of a improvised jog with dramatics.

We on the other hand are going to gun it. But the Gurney is actually collapsed so that It looks more like a Cart of some sorts....
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Old 09-11-2009 at 07:11 PM   #7
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Well if you're going to be so competitive, maybe you should do it on your own!

You wouldnt want to brag about winning on someone else's vehicle.....
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Well if you're going to be so competitive, maybe you should do it on your own!

You wouldnt want to brag about winning on someone else's vehicle.....
Good god! I was just asking for any advice for someone who has any experience in it! SocSci's aren't good at handling the mechanical aspects of Bed Racers because we don't have experience/are not supposed to!

If you want to go all philosophical if any Engineer needs help in his essay and his writing skills aren't that good I wouldn't say to him "if you so want a good grade why don't you do it on your own!"; I would know he went to engineering because he was good with numbers and not words! Andd yeahh I know that example isn't relevant to WW but if there was an event that required SocSci expertise I wouldn't say no...And yes before you say "Oh they can make burgers" I' just mentioned that so SNAP goes your joke!

Boo Nvrmind!
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Old 09-11-2009 at 09:21 PM   #9
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wow stereotypes.

A chemistry student has built us pretty sweet racers every year. His program doesn't imply that he's not mad skilled.
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I expect greatness out of everyone's bedracer this Sunday nothing less. IRC Bedraces only happens once a year and I'm superrrrrr excited!!!

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wow stereotypes.

A chemistry student has built us pretty sweet racers every year. His program doesn't imply that he's not mad skilled.
Well I dunno there isn't a single rep on our team who can "build" or "modify" a bedracer nor do I think there will be anytime soon. Yes I was probably stereotyping but then again stereotypes DO come from somewhere!

I did specify "automotive" engineering for a reason. But even apart from that why is it that the engineers build a solar car(is it every year?); they might have a minority from other faculties too but the team is mostly engineers the last I heard. Everyone doesn't have equal interests that's why they "chose" a certain faculty over the other...atleast that's how I see it!

Engineers are more hands on then anyone I could think off! Last year one of my first year eng friends had this round piece of metal thingie(Like a Cylinder with a hole in it) that he was modifying or something for a class project....while I was writing essays!
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Old 09-12-2009 at 01:59 AM   #12
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Well I dunno there isn't a single rep on our team who can "build" or "modify" a bedracer nor do I think there will be anytime soon. Yes I was probably stereotyping but then again stereotypes DO come from somewhere!

I did specify "automotive" engineering for a reason. But even apart from that why is it that the engineers build a solar car(is it every year?); they might have a minority from other faculties too but the team is mostly engineers the last I heard. Everyone doesn't have equal interests that's why they "chose" a certain faculty over the other...atleast that's how I see it!

Engineers are more hands on then anyone I could think off! Last year one of my first year eng friends had this round piece of metal thingie(Like a Cylinder with a hole in it) that he was modifying or something for a class project....while I was writing essays!
Well there is no specific auto Eng at mac. Perhaps you mean mechanical? Even so, we mostly deal with theoretical situations. Most people on building teams like concrete toboggan, mecVT, solar car (every 5ish years), minibaja, etc. go to learn. Those people have a neat advantage from having done actual hands on work. Most of us however do not know how.

There are also several courses/programs in eng that deal with writing and even taking minors in others programs (I'm taking a minor in theatre and film. Boy does that take a lot of writing. )

Long story short: don't generalize. I hope you understand a little more about engineering now.
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