[Billfred]

Alright, so my interest in FIRST started with my interest in remote-controlled cars. (I'm working right now on building the longest, but that's another thread.)

I picked up a copy of Radio Control Car Action, and on the back page they issued a challenge. Build the world's fastest R/C car. For the rules (IIRC--I'll make sure later that I'm not missing anything), anything goes, as long as it's under two feet long, have some sort of 3D cockpit (something that it looks like a driver could sit in if it were full-size) uses driven wheels for propulsion (sorry, rocket guys), and has an FM radio with a fail-safe. (I'm pretty sure they'd live with an IFI system, even if it wasn't the best way of doing it.)

It'll be sometime after 6/1/05 out at Irwindale Speedway.

Now, with all of us fielding robots with four-speed eight-motor shift-on-the-fly gearboxes, you just KNOW that a couple of FIRST teams could whip up a mind-blowing car. The electric world record is 111 mph on 24 cells and a two-turn brushless motor.

Anyone mildly interested?