Calling the 2014 Human Powered Vehicle Competition "One of the best in terms of teamwork," Missouri S & T HPV team member Jon Sanders details the Missouri S & T experience at both major competitions on the East and West coasts this year, where colleges and...
Anytime a project involves adding a motorcycle race engine to a four-wheel chassis, its bound to be pretty awesome. Cornell's 2014 FSAE car, ARG14, weighs in at only 420 lbs. and boasts a turbocharged 2007 Honda CBR-600RR engine and complete carbon fiber monocoque...
In addition to manufacturing the largest and thickest sheets in the tooling industry, Coastal Enterprises also offers an additional service to our customers: custom-bonded Precision Board tooling blocks. “Some of the layup tools we made at Skunk Works were absolutely...
As many will recall, famous car-customizing company West Coast Customs has been working on an extremely top-secret project involving Precision Board Plus for quite some time now. We recently touched base with them about a video they filmed at Coastal Enterprises and...
A unique program at Cal Poly SLO, headed by Dr. Pete Schwartz, is experimenting with ground-breaking solar cooking technology with its ultimate goal to make solar cooking an effective, affordable option for under-developed locations worldwide. Many villages in...
In today's world of ever-evolving automotive and mechanical technology, changes happen fast and often. Today's colleges and universities prepare future engineers for these challenges through hands-on training with teams such as Human Powered Vehicles, Solar Cars,...
From the snowy mountains of Colorado, Donn Arrell, owner of Clinton Systems and topographical model maker extraordinaire, sent in a picture of his latest creation. Donn CNC-machined this topographical map using Precision Board Plus PBLT-4, which is the lowest density...
New technology and style for the Missouri S & T human powered vehicle. We've been following Missouri S & T and their Human Powered Vehicle team for a few years now, documenting their progress as they race (and win) from coast to coast. Checking in with team...
Part 1 of 2 It's not everyday one gets to speak to air racing legend Jon Sharp. He's so respected and well known in the air racing community that one of his planes is even housed in the Smithsonian next to the Space Shuttle Discovery and Enola Gay. Needless to say, I...