by Jonathan O'Grady | Jul 6, 2019 | Journal
The repairs to the car and the car itself are finished! Today, Mr. Roseberry, Jaxson, Jacob, Noah, and I finished the bodywork for the car and got it ready for Monday’s self-scrutineering. While Landry and Mr.Livingston worked on all the bugs of the telemetry...
by Jonathan O'Grady | Jul 1, 2019 | Journal
There are only 10 days left, and we are ready to rumble. Today, Jaxson and Jacob started wrapping the car in shrink wrap and will start using the heat guns tomorrow to start shrinking it. Meanwhile, Landry spent the day installing a new motor current sensor. That will...
by Jonathan O'Grady | Jun 26, 2019 | Journal
If you didn’t see yesterdays post about how we crashed the solar car you can find it here. We had a surprise visit from Mr.Williams and Mr.Hudson (director of CTE programs at Wylie ISD), who came to check in on us and to offer encouragement. I was very glad to...
by Jonathan O'Grady | Jun 25, 2019 | Journal
Today, during the driving test, the solar car’s front axle and chassis were damaged as a result of the car jumping the curb. Luckily, the driver was not injured in the crash. Following the crash, the car was taken back to the shop, at which point we cut away the...
by Jonathan O'Grady | Jun 24, 2019 | Journal
We now only have 17 days till the start of the race. Today, I made 2 tilted solar panel charging supports by using the mig welder and CNC plasma cutter for the first time, and Mr.Roseberry and Mr.Livingston worked on the telemetry system for the car. -Jonathan...
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