YAMS

Team Members: Claire, Scott, Hannah and Cal

NO MORE COLOR!

**1st Entry:** Our team has built the body of the car and are working on making it 40 centimeters. It's a little uneven but we got it to regulation size. Also, we have added plastic straws and wood dowels for the axels and have made a space in the back of the car for the gears and motor. And best of all, we decided who our team mascot is... There's meant to be a picture here but the uploading process hit a few bumps, so we'll supply a visual instead. She's a plastic model of a woman with buck teeth, bright orange pigtails and a long blue dress. She is also clutching a purple lump - we're guessing this is part of the toy that got broken off by some stupid kid. She's pretty awesome, and we think she's from the old Disney show "Recess".


 * 2nd entry:** Today, we realized that our car was falling apart. Using a similar but more proportionate model, we started building a new chassis. We also dealt with the remains of the old one. We have cut a new triangular chassis out of poster board. We have also cut the back axle to the right length. This will slow us down a little bit, but we will now have a better, sturdier car. Plus, the plain white detailing sure beats the tacky flowered decorations that were left on the old model.


 * 3rd entry:** We just attached the front wheel to our car. It has two wheels in the back, and one in the front. we had to cut a hole in the front of our chassis to place the wheel in. Because of this, the front is sort of flimsy. It might break, but probably not.


 * 4th** **entry:** Our car is friggin ugly. It does not drive, either. We tried to make it drive, but the gears would not connect and it made a sound like the little drills at the dentist's office. That was not good.


 * 5th entry:** Our car actually drove. Hannah managed to tape gears tight enough so they don't come apart. The car is about as fast as a turtle in a wheelchair, though. My teammates have also started drawing on our it to make it look like a pizza. The pizza is topped with pepperoni, mushrooms, and slices of green bell peppers. Maybe now it will be less ugly.

**6th entry: ** More corrections, and some other stuff going on to ensure our car can reach its full potential. We've started construction on a solar charging station so that our car can go in the contest - you can't rely on battery power to win, it's all about the environment. Right now the other teammates are outside working - maybe they'll make it so the car doesn't veer to the left every time. Winning isn't everything, right?


 * 7th entry:** Now we're testing the car out and trying to straighten some of the many kinks. Now it works on the wire, but it still goes way to the left. Plus, our car only makes 1 volt of energy, and, according to Tommy, it should make 2 to 2 1/2. But on the bright side, that could be the reason the car goes so friggin slow. Scott is working on a sketch of our final model. It's not going too great right now. He's adding 'fancy mirror stuff'. We all know a lot about what we're talking about.


 * 8th entry:** Darn it I can't get the 6th entry to be the regular font size. anyways, we have taken apart our old car and we have started building a new car. our old one was to wide, and it just did not work when it was attached to the wire for the race. our new frame is mostly made up of three square dowels, in the shape of an isosceles triangle. our old car was the shape of a right triangle. You can imagine how that went.


 * 9th entry:** Claire on accident glued the axle to the bottom of the chassis, under the supervision of Hannah. The mis-gluing was not completely Hannah's fault, but she could have stopped Claire before it was glued. now, Hannah is trying to cover up that she had any part in the accident. We have evidence and witnesses, though. anyways, Claire is fixing the back axle right now to make up for her mistake. She was so strong that she pulled a piece off some hot glue from our car. Wow, did you ever hear of such strength? I don't think that the best body-builders in the world could have puled off such a feat.


 * 10th entry:** I fixed our car so that it goes straight, except then it got broken. the car was definitely not broken by my team mates. Oh no, they would never do such a thing. In fact, they had no part in it breaking at all. Not at all. Not even a little bit. The car got broken because it was jammed into the box and then the axle broke. my team mates had nothing to do with this, though. Not at all.