| construction time |
over 5,000 person-hours |
| total weight of the ring (pods and wiring harnesses) |
3 tons |
| ring diameter |
500 ft (150 m)
(1.67 football fields) |
| ring circumference |
1,570 ft (480 m) |
| maximum velocity of a light pattern |
1,000 miles/hr* (1,600 kph)* |
| total length of wire used |
4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| solder joints |
64,000+ |
| wires stripped |
10,000+ |
| connectors crimped |
8,000+ |
| computing power in the ring |
800 MIPS (4 MIPS/PIC * 200 PIC's) |
| light pods constructed (including spares) |
2,211 |
| capacitive energy storage in the ring |
2,440,000 uF (2.44 Farads!) |
| current draw |
sleep mode: 0.005 amps
idle (all off): 2.4 amps
average (25% on): 12 amps
impulse (all on): 140 amps for 0.04 seconds |
| battery life (conservative estimate) |
14 days |
| maximum light on/off frequency |
2,000 times/sec |
| adhesive in each light pod |
1 ANSI standard dollop (+/- 1 smidge) |
| Gatorade consumed during construction |
30+ gallons |
| times adjective "fucking cool" used |
100+ |
| guys named Tim |
3 |
| guys named Mike |
3 |
| guys named Bob, John |
only 1 each! |
