We recieved this picture showing the first step in the manufacturing of our custom made rims. Tooltech has began milling out the shape from solid blocks of Alumec that was supplied from Uddeholm. Alumec i a high strength aluminum alloy.
Rims are being manufactured
April 22nd, 2009Baldos up for testing
April 7th, 2009Today Baldos could be seen cruising down the road for the first time! SFRO is here to carry out the second build survey.
Baldos 2009 maiden voyage!!
April 5th, 2009Tonight Baldos 2009 stood on its own wheels for the first time. A lot of work is still to be done but this moment was a major boost for the team spirit.
Cutting the body
April 1st, 2009Under the early hours today we began to cut out all the openings on the body and attaching the body to the chassis. When the epoxy is hardened we will cut out the door and attach the dashboard and armrest.
Attaching the body
March 30th, 2009Now the time has come to put the previous made parts together. The work on APC is going well and under the upcoming days will we attach everything together with epoxy and carbon fiber to form the car.
Body finished
March 27th, 2009After a night full of expectation at APC is the body finally finished. The result was very good!
Work in progress
March 25th, 2009In recent days we have worked with the body. Today we have added the carbon fiber and Divinycell. If things go as planned we will place it in the oven tomorrow.
Seat and dashboard finished
March 18th, 2009As we have previously written the dashboard and the seat have been placed into the oven during the night and we can now announce that the parts was finished today in the morning and everything looked good.
Seat and dashboard in the oven
March 17th, 2009The seat and dashboard is ready for hardening and will be placed in the oven during the night.
Seat mould covered in carbon fiber and the 2-piece dashboard mould
Kvaser joins team Baldos, monitors have arrived
March 16th, 2009We are very pleased to announce that Kvaser has joined us as a sponsor this year as well! They have supplied a Kvaser Memorator Pro and a Kvaser Blackbird Semipro. The Memorator will be used for logging, and the Blackbird for externally accessing the CANbus.
Memorator Pro and Blackbird Semipro from Kvaser
