The Oak View SuperMileage team has the opportunity to be in the daily parade at the Minnesota State Fair. Any day we have at least 1 licensed driver for the car, at least one adult chaperone, and at least 1 or 2 (or more) team members to walk with the car, we can participate in the MN State Fair Parade (August
Students and/or parent chaperones for the parade need to meet in the Education Building by 1:00 each day and bring the car to the start line of the parade near the Haunted House by 1:30. The parade starts around 2:00 and usually ends by 3:30. After the prade is finished, the team needs to put the car back in the Tech-Ed display area in the Education Building display.
Please click on the "Parade Sign-Up Calendar" link on the left side to see who is signed up for which days. After you decide which days you and/or your parents want to be at the fair, just email me the information so I can set aside free admission tickets to the fair for you. You can park for free and use a shuttle bus from some lots near the fairgrounds. Information is available about shuttle buses at
http://www.metrotransit.org/news/events/StateFair/free.asp
We can also participate in the Anoka Halloween Grand Day parade on Saturday October 31st. Email Mr Keeney if you are interested in doing that parade too. Thank you to everyone who helped get the car ready and walked in the Andover Fun Fest Parade. I will post photos of that parade as soon as I receive them. |
WIND TUNNEL TESTING VIDEOS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
On March 12th, the team performed wind tunnel testing on their 1:12 scale clay model. Based on their results, the team was very happy with the aerodynamics of the car and decided that they would proceed with the design with very few changes. |
Oak View SuperMileage Team meetings will be held every Thursday after school starting January 22nd.
Mr Keeney has been accepting applications from students interested in being on the new SuperMileage Team at Oak View. There are still a few openings for students who are interested in this advanced engineering activity.
Please download the application form here, or talk to Mr Keeney as soon as possible if you want to join the team. | ||||
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The Northdale team will be in the daily parade at the Minnesota State Fair again this year. The participants for the parade need to meet in the Education Building by 1:00 each day and bring the car to the start line of the parade near the Haunted House by 1:30. The parade starts at 2:00 and usually ends by 3:30, and then you need to put the car back on display in the Education Building display.
Please click on the "Parade Sign-Up Calendar" link on the left side to see who is signed up for which days. After you decide which days you and/or your parents want to be at the fair, just email me the information so I can set aside free admission tickets to the fair for you. You can park for free and use a shuttle bus from some lots near the fairgrounds. Information is available about shuttle buses at http://www.metrotransit.org/news/events/StateFair/free.asp. |
The 3rd season of SuperMileage at Northdale went great! We had a nice group of students who used the successes from the past two years to modify and refine their car for this year's competition.
The group decided to use the main frame structure from last year's car, but to make some component changes. The most dramatic component change was to add an electric start and custom flywheel gear so the car could be started with the flip odf an electronic switch instead of pull starting it. They also did some tests on the wheels and decided to use the "Phil Wood" rear hub instead of the "Stealth" hub because it seemed to roll better.
The most expensive and time consuming part of this year's car was the decision to reshape the mold for the outer body to make it more aerodynamic, and then to use most of their donation money to purchase carbon fiber material to form the new body out of.
In the end, the team placed 7th in the Modified Class at the competition with a top fuel-economy rating of over 542 miles per gallon. That calculates out to a 14% increase over their best performance from last year! |
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This year's team made a completely new car with improvements based off of last year's car design. They competed at Brainerd International Raceway on May 14th - 16th and had fantastic results.
The team breezed through the technical inspection on Sunday and the car passed the inspection process on the first try. WOW!!! On Monday and Tuesday, the team sent the car out for performance runs 15 times, and the car made it through the entire 6 mile course each time without ever breaking down or being disqualified. NOW THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.
The team's testing at school and consistancy paid off with a best performance run of 475.56 miles per gallon. Excellent results considering that none of the team members will have their drivers licenses for another 2 years!
At the end of the competition the team was very proud of their work and accomplishments. They were awarded with one of the two Overall Quality Of Craftsmanship Awards for their car design & fabrication. They also took 4th place in the Modified class (missing the 3rd place trophy by 0.19 miles per gallon).
The team will showcase their car this summer at the daily 2:00 parade at the Minnesota State Fair. We also plan to participate in the Anoka Halloween Grand day Parade on October 28th. Team members and parents who wish to participate in the parades should view the parade calandar on the NMS SuperMileage website and then contact Mr Keeney with the dates they plan to attend. |
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Northdale's SuperMileage Vehicle was featured in a story on WCCO's May 17th, 2005 6PM news program.
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Mr Keeney's SuperMileage team webpages from Centennial Middle School for 2000-2004 are available at this web address:
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