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 axil 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. Follows Facebook...
by Jonathan O'Grady | Jun 20, 2019 | Journal
We have only 3 weeks to finish both the car and the testing. Today we worked on packing up the shop, building the solar panel ground supports, setting up the replacement tire, and started working on the electronic circuits for the telemetry. – Jonathan...
by Jonathan O'Grady | Jun 19, 2019 | Journal
We are now on the Road! With the next 22 days remaining we need to prove that the car is reliable. To do that we need to drive the car at least 100 miles. Today we drove 15 miles with the solar panels off to test the batteries. Tomorrow we are going to continue to...
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