we where SPLIT into two teams & we are both working on separate cars decision on battery replacement we need to find a way to modify where the right place on housing the battery's we where thinking moving the seat forward & the battery's behind the seat ... Weight distribution will be center it will also roll a lot better not putting in the fact that there is no suspension so looks like next weeks task is to remount suspension
Monday, September 29, 2014
Friday, September 26, 2014
Friday
WE WON .........TODAY we where raced to see who could build the metal shelves not the fastest but the correct way see each shelf was 12.5 inches away from each other & no other team knew that so it gave us a advantage & we figured that out after a couple times it was hard at first but we worked together to win we where put agents other teams
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
flipping tires on this nice Friday
today's meeting was on tires..... How many idiots does it take to change 2 tubeless tires ... Wait why are tubes even in tubeless tires weeks latter....Matt still has not brought back the tires and we are still waiting on them jack finished the car he was working on its complete now & now we are waiting on the tires with the rim
Monday meet up
today & for the rest of the week Peters drilling holes so we can bolt the motor controller on the frame the motor controller controls how much power goes into the motor & it controls the amount of power leaving & entering its like a big fuse ...Limiting the amount of energy it needs at a certain time for the rest of the week we are working on the other go kart its the same solar car but a home made go kart was are also building it from scratch we are also going to practice welding & sanding down with a electrical sander this week should be fun
Friday, September 19, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Complete now hes taking off everything & cleaning up the whole brake pad brake disk & making sure it runs & spins smoothly this solar race car is the best one we have here at south plantation ....it has won races & been all over the U.S & will continue to win as long as we take care of it & maintain everything that needs to be looked over
Friday, September 12, 2014
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Friday, September 5, 2014
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Monday, September 1, 2014
First week
This week was awesome ! We dug deep and learned about the solar car and all that it does it's my first year here in this program after doing AutoCAD & I love it so much more we learned about races The crew going to Texas and competing and a handful of other things I hope to build the car by the end of this year
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