Monday, April 22, 2013

The race at Watkins Glen

This past weekend we competed at Watkins Glen in the electrathon America race. We won the presentation and were also on television (fox 40 racing)! Overall we had a great time being the first class to race.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Welding the frame

This is our frame that we started to tack weld. Thanks to Smitty's we were able to learn how to weld and then we got help on tack welding it together. We completed the back half, and the front bumper that we will have to redo because our material was too thin and the welder was too strong for the material. We learned how to use a welder, zip wheel, grinder, die grinder, and a chop saw. This was a great learning experience for all of us.

Monday, February 25, 2013

PVC mock-up Frame

The frame group got together and made this mock-up frame out of pvc, so that we could place it into the carbon fiber body and determine if the frame design would be correct.Before we made the pvc mock-up we taped out the outline onto the floor. We had to do this because of the complex geometry of the carbon fiber body.

Final Spindle Assembly Design

this is our final spindle assembly design, which includes shocks,spindles, and steering mount.

Final Back Frame Assembly

This is the final design for the back frame. This includes motor mount, chain guard, and other components.