Project concept & original team:
- Nicole Aptekar – flame effects design, platform design, plumbing and fabrication, project management
- Melissa Piercey – plumbing and fabrication, lead installation crew, stabilization design, fuel heating v2
- Reed Kennedy – fuel heating, fabrication and wiring
Additional team members:
- David Fine – control system v1
- Sam Reese – hotwire ignition
- Ian Baker – control system v2, flame effects design consultation
- Matt Blackwell – flame effects design consultation
- Lina Ariana & Andy Langlois – concept art
- Chris “Krispy” Mahoney – platform design, tank heater consultation
- Jacob Appelbaum – embedded computer
- Peter Youngmeister – platform retrofit, project management
- Ed “Rabbit” Hunsinger – platform retrofit, Smukfest rebuild, ignition system v3, several runs
Build Crew:
- Lisa Allen
- Ryan Todd
- Jared SINGE
- Audrey Penven – Stabilizer fabrication
- Judit Pungor – Stabilizer fabrication
Run Team:
- Chip Johnson
- Veronica Fetzner
- Heather Lynch
- Leah Jones
- J Andrew Lash
Special thanks to:
Community support:
- 2Ï€r is made possible in part by a grant from Burning Man. As an honorarium project for the year 2006, we were provided with essential funding and on-site support. The team would like to express our gratitude.
