We have scheduled a conference call at US Digital between the Quad Squad, Dignified Motors and Ron Heagy to go over the three punch list items as a final push before shipping the car to Arizona the first week of November.

1. Seat fabrication

2. Governor Bracket

3. Long Range Remote E-Stop

SEAT: Thanks goes out to Ed for his huge effort on the seat modification (looks great Ed!) and to Jay for hooking in the relay circuit for the 'seat hand pendant' so that the seat can be operated outside of the car with the ingnition switch in the off position.

GOVERNING BRACKET: Curt Buchanan has created a plastic 'Govenering Bracket' based on his design and will be testing fit and clearance prior to our prototype. Once the prototype is complete we will test the cars 25% accleration intervals. (It will be funny and we will capture it on video)

LONG RANGE REMOTE E-STOP: We found out that like most company's these days, the parts we ordered from BWI Eagle begin their construction as soon as we place our order....this ment that it would take up to 3 weeks to include shipping to recieve are parts. Thanks to BWI and Mike Peters our procurement guy, they were able to speed up production of our parts and ship UPS ground. Thanks guys you saved us $$ and time, we hope to have parts in hand for our next meeting at US Digital October 2nd.

Note: Car scheduled to ship 1st week of November

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Thanks goes out to Quad Squad members Dave Vickery and Mike Peters for their work in securing a long range transmitter/receiver system needed for our remote E-stop.

Through both Dave and Mikes passion for the project we now have found a very hearty remote system that can be used for shuting systems down in the event Ron has trouble during his run. Through generous discounts from Dave Festog owner of BWI Eagle we now have a line of site range of up to 25 miles!

 Additionally, BWI has partnered with us to provide technical support to ensure  their product  is maximized to provide the very best remote E-stop for the 'Heagy Bird'.

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Once a gapping hole was created, Ed and I set out to gain a 4" drop with out dragging Ron's butt on the ground. Our first goal was to establish a strong outer frame with a 4" depth from the original seat position. Additional width was also added to the new seat frame due to transmission tunnel to seat clearances. We were happy at the end of the day as we saw the frame welded into its new location - 4" inches lower and wide enough for the seat to fit!

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After placing Ron into the car we could not get enough vertical placement of Ron before his head began to touch the headliner. In order to establish good visability of the road (Salt) Rons driver seat will need to come down 3~4" to include his crash helmet.

In classic Ed Tolon fashion the seat was removed and the floor board exposed in a timely fashion to reveal a very rusty floor pan. Time to cut out the cancer and add a dropped floor pan.

 
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Ed and I showed up  early to finish the seat pendant and wire it into the cars power before Ron finished speaking at the Hilton to the Chiropractors convention but we blew a fuse. We had to quickly wire the seat to a spare 12v battery so it would be adjustable when Ron arrived to be fitted.

Ron arrived early - Ed and I had to learn how to place Ron into the bird under his wife Kelli's instruction.

Once in the car, we quickly realized Ron's 6' 3" frame barely fit. The custom air baffle seat and placement was good and can now be covered. Arm rests were placed next to Ron for custom fabrication but Ron may choose a hand tray instead due to balance issues. Current seat placement punch list now looks like this;

1. Seat needs to be lowered 4" to support Ron's hieght and helmet constraints. Floor pan mod to start next week.

2. Five point harness purchase and installation

3. Removable drivers door and steering wheel due to clearance issues when placing Ron into car.

4. Prototype hand tray instead of armrests

Finally, we will be conference calling with Ron the Quad Squad and Dave Aitchenson of dignified motors regarding chin control as it relates to seat placement