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Power Drive Car
February Report
ELECTRIC CAR
This month the electric car team has worked very hard with
the braking system, steering system, installing seatbelts, wiring the motor,
manufacturing the canopy, and started the brake pedal. First we started on the
braking system. It is a T-style foot brake
pedal that is mounted in the floor. We adjusted the toe in, camber and caster
so the car will steer correctly. Next the electric car team worked on wiring
the motor to the controller, wiring the brakes so that the switch would flip on
and off when the brake is applied. We purchased twist throttle and attached a
cable to our potentiometer. We finally got the car to run, but the team
realized that we had a few minor adjustments left. Next we moved on to welding
pieces of metal to the frame to allow us to install a 5- point seatbelt. The
electric car team decided to move on to the canopy that was made out of one
half inch conduit and polycarbonate plastic allowing the driver to see out the
car clearly and safely. The last task for our team to tackle was that we began to
add the aluminum body paneling to the frame, using body panel adhesive. During
the month of March, we will be working hard on assembling body panels to get
the car completed. Our team thinks that we have a great chance on our car but
we still need to keep working to get it done.
January Report
POWERDRIVE ELECTRIC CAR
In the fall of 2009 we started our 2010 Power Drive electric car. Since most of the members participating this year are seniors and have attended numerous competitions, they decided the layout and design of our new car. The new design is pretty classy and slick. This year we first started out by cutting a 13" rim in half making it our starting point. Our crew started out welding 3/4' conduit together building our frame. Our frame is 9ft long and 21" wide, 24" tall. After that we assembled the role bar making it also out of conduit. THen we started moving on the the steering and front axle, the front axle we made out of 11 guage square tubing, the steering column was next. The column was fabricated out of 1 1/2" round tubing with bicycle bearings. Then we fabricated the swing arm out of a 250 Honda dirt bike, then we made it so we could install it perfectly with the car, making it easier to disassemble in the future. After the swing arm, we added the contoller. So in late January, we have a bare frame with a steering system, a controller with all the hook ups and a swing arm suspension. Our crew thinks we are off to a great start on our 2010 electric car
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