TDA-10 2004

we finished last and could have gone slower , but figured the course guides wanted to go home soon.

Pilot - Planned -	Pilot - Planned -	Pit Crew - Planned-	Pit Crew - Planned -	- Pilot - Actual	- Pilot - Actual	Pit Crew Actual	Pit Crew Actual	- Judge -
Daniel	Robert	Karl	Eric	Daniel	Gabrial	No one	No one	Kerry

- Overall -	- Race -	- Costume -	- Sculpture -	- Engineering -	- Style -	- Bribe -
15	18	22	13	8	20	22

- Registered teams -	- Real Teams -	- Teams at parade -	- Teams at race -	- Teams finished -	- Good judges -	- Bad judges -
28	26	22.5	26	18	21	2

Well we have just been working on parts and pieces getting the TDA-10 working on a marginal level, and hope to get the little aches and pains of an old machine to subside for another year at the Rez.
The parade went well with only a couple hitches, one being a steering linkage to the rudders recently redesigned from last year was jamming the fork which caused the tendency to allow right turns , but not left or straight, and mild interference from the new convertible top frame was a slight nuisance, though as I'm writing this it's raining and we may want the roof to stay dry and warm on the beach ...

Maybe I should explain,

Kerry, who was last years pilot now has a piece of steel holding his leg together. So he's this years judge, though I think getting run over was a drastic way to avoid peddling the craft.
So we called Robert In Dallas to come up and be Pilot, being the 25th year and he being the founder of the team ..
He fell off a Roof.
He's ok for how he landed , he Just can't peddle yet.

So we Have Karl. He was hoping to work on his garden, But relented to be a rider.
And Eric, another of the original crew, Though that was 25 years ago and he may be in slightly better shape than I,
Who is the last in the crew for this year.

I'll let you Know if we get the top on and what else shows it's age