Spring Semester, v3.0: Update

Classes so far are going pretty well. My only major "issue" is that, on Wednesdays, there's a weekly quiz in Flight Dynamics and Control and homework due in Aerodynamics. Going to class for 6.5 hours, 3 days a week is working out pretty well, as it frees up just about everything else. As for individual classes:

• AEM 4303W - Flight Dynamics and Control: This has turned out to be the most interesting class of my four. Not too much new material (we've covered most of it in AEM 2301 - Mechanics of Flight), but that should change pretty quickly. The professor likes to mumble a little bit, but I can here him most of the time.
• AEM 4202 - Aerodynamics: Also a pretty interesting class, it's nice to see that there's actually math behind all the stuff that makes an airplane fly, not just unsupported imperical evidence. Homeworks for this one take a while, but it's still managable in an evening. The professor is liable to make mistakes writing euqations on the board, which makes lecture a little frustrating.
• AEM 4501 - Aerospace Structures: It's kind of interesting to expand on the knowledge of a previous class and see where stuff comes from, but (so far) that's the limit of this class. Unfortunately, there's no [reliable] textbook for this class, so I have to mostly pay attention in lecture, which is difficult at times since it's right after lunch.
• AEM 4601 - Insturmentation Lab: Remember the first week of lab, when you learned how to use the equipment in the lab, and then answered a few simple questions about it? That's this class, but every single week. I find myself doing a lot of homework and/or solar car in lecture, especially since most of the information that goes on the board is handed out at the beginning of class. The lab is a bit more interesting, but like I said, "advanced lab orientation" is what this class should be called.
• SVP 35 - Solar Car: We've really started building the car! Every week, the random collection of parts in the shop gets closer and closer to looking like something drive-able. Accordingly, it's also taking up more and more time every week; most of my weekends have had some form of solar car in them, if not the whole weekend. Tuesdays and Thursdays are falling fast too... time is going fast...