Brown Paper Packages

Only these ones aren't tied up with string.  And it's not quite paper, it's cardboard.
The next shipment of parts for the mystery project has arrived, with all parts correct thanks to the helpful staff over at B&B Manufacturing!  It was a much better experience than the past post.

Slightly Worried

So one of the least expensive places to buy a reputable electric motor controller is apparently overseas.  I placed my order, got my shipping number and when I looked it up, my package was in Eastern China, with a destination about 300 miles north of my address.  That's when I started to get worried.  The next day it passed through customs in L.A., was processed, and forwarded for delivery to... Kentucky.  Kentucky is a long ways away from me in California.  My package got to Kentucky, was processed again, and sent back to me.  Finally, it was delivered and I breathed a big sigh of relief.  The Chinese writing on the delivery address still has me wondering how I managed to ever receive it...

Batteries

The fuel source for the mystery project has arrived, all 28-some-odd pounds of it!  I've never seen a box built so sturdy before!  And thank God for freight shipping rates!

The First Package Arrives!

It's officially official now: my mystery project has begun!  Over the next month to two the rest of the materials will be coming in, and hopefully everything will be in by April 1 (no joke!), and then I can start building and have it finished by June 1st!  Stay tuned for further posts and the revelation of the project's identity!!!!!!