| Date | Description |
| 7/11/2011 | - Meeting on what to do
- Weighing car bits
- Looking at new rules
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| 14/11/2011 | - Weighing car bits
- Looking at new car shapes
- Researching new brake lever
- Pictures for sponsors
- Tidy up Greenpower room
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| 21/11/2011 | - Windtunnel
- Cleaning up car for RedBull event
- Improving noticeboard for RedBull event
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| 28/11/2011 | - Training on using 3D CAD/CAM
- Looking at new car shapes
- Putting old tyres on for RedBull event
- F24+ starting development/work plan
- Improving noticeboard for RedBull event
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| 4/12/2011 | Greenpower social evening |
| 5/12/2011 | - Meeting to partition work
- Which races to enter
- Funding
- F24+ starting development/needed/work plan (Present to rest of team this week/next week ?
- Look at other cars competing
- Make list of work todo for existing car
- Make list of ideas for new car
- Car weight results
- Update Todolist with all Greenpower evening dates (show holidays)
- Update website
- Brake lever look at purchasing
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| 12/12/2011 | - Try welding Aluminium
- Setting up for new motor speed controller tests
- Which races to enter
- Funding
- F24+ starting development/needed/work plan (Present to rest of team this week/next week ?
- Look at other cars competing
- Car weight results
- Update Todolist with all Greenpower evening dates (show holidays)
- Update website
- Brake lever look at purchasing
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| 9/1/2012 | - Funding
- Start modifing brakes to use dual brake cables.
- Start building thermostatic heaters for RR+.
- Start building battery boxes for RR+.
- Update Todolist with all Greenpower evening dates (show holidays)
- Think about new cars design.
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| 16/1/2012 | |
| 12/3/2012 | - VWT Simulations
- Car design
- Front brakes dual cable fitting
- Replace mirror
- Funding
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| 19/3/2012 | - Rotary Club visit
- Get car back together for test day
- VWT simulations
- Overal logos for Rotary Club event
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| 26/3/2012 | - Fit 70Amp fuse
- Check car over
- Test on tenis courts
- VWT Simulations
- Car design
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| 27/3/2012 | Goodwood, Testday |
| 16/4/2012 | - Display boards for Rotary Club festival
- RR9 design work
- Small meeting on way ahead
- Take car bits for Rotary Club festival
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| 22/4/2012 | Rotary Club festival |
| 23/4/2012 | - Fill in driver forms
- Fit race tytes
- Check and adjust front wheel tracking
- Fit Car computer loging SDCARD and test electronics
- F24+: Plan: purchase batteries, races, battery testing, gearing
- Battery box insulation
- Check all bits to take for Silverstone
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| 29/4/2012 | Silverstone |
| 30/4/2012 | - Post race meeting
- Checking car over, letting down tyres.
- Retreiving data logs
- New battery leads, getting bits
- Updating website ans race report
- Calibrating thermostats
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| 7/5/2012 | Bank Holiday |
| 14/5/2012 | - Look to see what gearing range we can handle without changing the chain. Measure motor movement and calculate motor movement needed for gear changes (maths !).
- New speed controller PCB tracking
- Making up F24+ battery leads
- CAD side and top printouts for RR9
- F24+ Battery boxes finishing
- Greenpower display panel setup
- Sponsor thankyou letters, signing them
- Modifying battery test system for F24+
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| 21/5/2012 | - New speed controller PCB tracking
- Adding new motor adjustment arm to allow greater range of gears to be used for F24+
- F24+ battery discharge tests
- F24+ battery initial cycling
- Telemetry Laptop software changes for F24+
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| 28/5/2012 | - Building new speed controller (Soldering components)
- Building inductors for new speed controller (air core and powerderd iron core)
- Telemetry Laptop software changes for F24+
- Modifying thermostats for 25 degree C operation.
- Fitting new chain and checking new motor adjustment arm with larger gears for F24+
- F24+ battery initial cycling
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| 3/6/2012 | - Fitting and testing new speed controller
- Checking tyres
- Getting bits ready for race
- Drivers meeting
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| 10/6/2012 | Goodwood |
| 11/6/2012 | - Post race meeting
- New car design work
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| 9/7/2012 | - Checking car over
- Drivers meeting
- New car design work
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| 16/7/2012 | Rockingham |
| 10/9/2012 | - Start of new season meeting
- Drivers meeting for Castle coome
- Checking car over
- Speed controller efficiency tests
- New car design work
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| 15/9/2012 | Merryfield |
| 17/9/2012 | - Post race meeting
- Fit new motor
- Clean out car
- Replace chain
- Pitstop practice
- Drivers meeting for Castle coome
- New car design work
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| 24/9/2012 | - Try out new 25 tooth gear
- Drill/ream out new 24 tooth gear.
- Complete motor fitting.
- Put car back together
- Fit two new rear tyres.
- Test motor speed controller efficiency.
- Pit-Stop practice
- New tyres
- Drivers doing driver order
- New car design work
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| 27/9/2012 | School Open Day - Work on car getting new motor installation done and speed controller re-fitted.
- Refit car sides
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| 30/9/2012 | Castle Coombe |
| 1/10/2012 | - Post race meeting
- Pit-Stop practice
- Checking car over
- New battery testing
- Add silver foil to battery box lids
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| 8/10/2012 | - Make cable for new batteries (which way round do they fit ?)
- Add strap and handles to new batteries.
- Modify MotorSpeed controller with I2C resistors.
- Add silver foil to battery box lids
- Make battery heating panel.
- Fix Aerial
- Glue rubber on tail piece
- Check over car
- Pitstop practice, driver order etc
- Put up Final information on school GP notice board
- Check noticeboard for final
- F24+ gearing decide
- Pick up Shield
Needed:
Some nylon rope (3mm diameter ?)
Webbing for battery pull out
Battery leads and connectors (have ordered these) |
| 14/10/2012 | Goodwood final |
