| Date | Description |
| 21/10/2013 | - After final new year meeting
- Checkout car including tracking, tyres, wheel bearings etc
- Take out SDCARD for data log retireval
- Make up tilit angle measurement board
- Video height measurement and tilt measurement tests
- Check cars weight and front to rear ratio
- Check front brake operation and weight on each front wheel
- Brakes: 4 wheel ?
- Add win information to video display board
- Print and put up win information sheets around the school ?
- Write up a year/final report for the school mag and website and perhaps papers.
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| 24/11/2013 | - Enter work ideas from meeting into ideas.html
- Make wooden wheels for RR8 (MDF ? and 12/13mm short bolts)
- Fit RR8 sides back on and package bits with it
- Start making RR9's new front side bodywork.
- Check if we need larger nose for next year.
- Start design of new car display
- Start design of driving simulator
- Start design of battery charger
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| 2/12/2013 | |
| 6/1/2014 | - Track out PCB for new gpSpeed controller
- Create drawing design for new joystick steering column.
- Paint wheels
- Do driving simulator plan (requirements, design ideas)
- Glue front foam pieces together
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| 13/1/2014 | - Create driving simulator basic mechanical plan
- Start cutting out wood for driving simulator.
- Look for old seat and joystic components
- Look at new 3 screen monitor to see if it will be ok
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| 20/1/2013 | - Fit wooden wheels to old car (12mm bolts)
- Driving simulator wooden box make up.
- Test out 3 screen monitor and racing game to see if this will be ok.
- Try out USB joystick
- Look at lathing new joystik
- Unbend joystic steering tube
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| 27/1/2014 | - Assemble first new GpSpeed speed controller electronics. Louise + all
- GpSim: Driving simulator wooden box make up.
- GpSim: Start making RR9 car for simulator. 3D model and Physics.
- GpSim: Joystick controls potentiometers, wires and mounting..
- Lathe down joystick steering column to fit steering tube.
- Put old RR8 up on wall for show.
- Sponsors
- Decide on races.
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| 3/2/2014 | - GpSpeed: Assemble first new GpSpeed speed controller electronics. Louise + all
- GpSim: Driving simulator wooden box make up.
- GpSim: Start making RR9 car for simulator. 3D model and Physics.
- GpSim: Joystick controls potentiometers, wires and mounting..
- Mill 6mm grove in joystick steering column.
- Put old RR8 up on wall for show.
- Sponsors
- Decide on races.
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| 9/2/2014 | - GpSpeed: Assemble first new GpSpeed speed controller electronics. Louise + all
- GpSim: Driving simulator wooden box make up.
- GpSim: Continue making RR9 car for simulator. 3D model and Physics.
- GpSim: Joystick controls potentiometers, wires and mounting.
- Weld joystick steering column.
- Sponsors
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| 24/2/2014 | - Weld joystick steering column.
- Fixup front left bodywork foam.
- Fit new LH front wheel bearings
- Make cockpit opening bigger (Hatch for steering latch ?)
- GpSpeed: Test unit.
- GpSim: Driving simulator wooden box make up.
- GpSim: Continue making RR9 car for simulator. 3D model and Physics.
- GpSim: Joystick controls potentiometers, wires and mounting.
- Sponsors
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| 3/3/2014 | - Fit speed controller
- Fit steering colum and new brake cables.
- Adjust steering toein/toeout
- Fit front bodywork
- Fit chain
- Calculate gearing for new race format (F24 and F24+)
- Test fans and motor work with new speed controller
- Driver breifings
- Test around tennis courts
- Test day basic plan
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| 10/3/2014 | - GpSim: Driving simulator wooden box make up.
- GpSim: Continue making RR9 car for simulator. 3D model and Physics.
- GpSim: Joystick controls potentiometers, wires and mounting.
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| | - Speed controller builds for all teams
- GpDrivingSim: Continue making cars for simulator. 3D model and Physics.
- GpDrivingSim: Joystick controls potentiometers, wires and mounting.
- GpDrivingSim: Monitor enclosure
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| 28/4/2014 | - Short meeting
- Update Todolist with all term date Monday Greenpowers and events.
- Speed controller builds for all teams
- GpDrivingSim: Monitor enclosure finish.
- GpDrivingSim: Connect up joystick controls and test
- GpDrivingSim: Continue making cars for simulator. 3D model, decoration and Physics.
- Bodywork: try different fillers
- Plan for battery testing next week.
- Work out gears to order
- Design/Make stick for joystick distance setting
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| 18/5/2014 | - Update Todolist with all term date Monday Greenpowers and events.
- Speed controller builds for all teams
- GpDrivingSim: Monitor enclosure finish.
- GpDrivingSim: Continue making cars for simulator. 3D model, decoration and Physics.
- Bodywork: sand down fillers and reapply next layer
- Plan for battery testing next session.
- Work out gears to order
- Design/Make stick for joystick distance setting
- Make new behund head helmit fairing from the foam
- Practice pit stops.
- Practice driving in simulator
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| 2/6/2014 | - Sand down filler
- Test batteries at expected F24+ current levels
- Drill and tap new gears fro F24+
- Change motors gear for F24 race
- Practice driving in simulator
- Test car
- Practice pit stops.
- Drivers meeting: what practice and driving order.
- Get bits ready to take for race
- Change worn tyres
- Check wheel tracking
- Paint filler bits
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| 8/6/2014 | Goodood race |
| | - Do battery charger plan (requirements, design ideas)
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| | Goodwood final |
| | Future bits |
