Running Out of Time

Running Out of Time

Friday, Friday, Friday

This Friday is the Senior Symposium and we are scared. to. death. We need to work seriously hard. We still have to get the cells mounted, the new seat put on, the motor mounted, finish our posters and portfolios, AND make the car pretty. *Sigh*

Chris getting in for a picture with the car

The car lookin' good

The Batteries Have Arrived!

The Batteries Have Arrived!

It only took 5 months..

Well I guess its better late then never. After waiting 5 months we finally have 6 brand new 12v 55amp batteries. When the car is finally in working condition, which just requires the motor to be mounted at this point, we can test and see how well it will actually run, unlike last time when we tested SK2, which ran off of 2 batteries.

The Batteries all hooked up.

Waiting for Batteries

Waiting for Batteries

And hoping to mount the throttle.

Last week, we came up with a somewhat ingenious and slightly ghetto way to mount the throttle. We're using a door hinge. Hey, it works. We think. We haven't quite mounted it yet, but we will soon. In addition, we're still waiting on the batteries to get here. We're going to build the battery box for when they get here.

Many Work, Much Accomplish

Many Work, Much Accomplish

We wired almost everything.

This week was an incredibly productive week. We managed to finish the presentation, work on our proposal for the project, and wire almost everything we have so far. We connected the charge controller, the motor controller, the shunt, the DC negative bus bar, and the switches. The only thing we have left to do is mount the motor, the throttle, the breaks, and the batteries, and hook everything up. After that, electrical is essentially done. Which is really awesome.

Racing Against Time

Racing Against Time

Roll Cage, Presentation, Motor Mount, Etc.

This week we will be working on absolutely everything. We need to finish up the roll cage with an "X" in the back because triangles, we still need to find out how to cut out the motor mount, and we need to work on a presentation for this whole project. In addition to all of this, we're still waiting on batteries and electrical components. We're thinking we might have to deal with the electrical pieces we already have instead of hoping for something that may never come along.

The presentation thus far.

Still working on it

Still working on it

Making the roll-cage

This week we helped make part the roll-cage, and are trying to figure out how to get the plate for the motor mount. We have a general design, but we need to actually get it cut out properly.

The design for the motor mount.

A pretty decent roll cage if we do say so ourselves.

Bending Conduit

Bending Conduit

Or trying to, at least...

This week we're trying to get the roll bar on the frame. First, however, we need to make the roll bar. Which means we need to bend conduit. Which, as it turns out, is very, very difficult. We have a pipe bender, we're just not too good at using it. So... hopefully we'll get it to work...

Doing measurements

Not the proper way to bend a pipe...