Progress

Today the electrical team continued to wire the model car to ensure that all connections with the panels, batteries, and other electronics fit properly within the car to ensure that all connections will work and not get caught up inside the vehicle. This is important because for the race, the car needs to be street legal including lights. Members also continued welding the frame together working towards our closing deadline. The team also received the butterfly steering wheel the team had ordered. The team would like to remind everybody that the dates for the race this summer is July 18th to July 27th from Texas Motor Speedway to Golden, Colorado. The team hopes to have a fully functional solar car that will be driving around Coppell by June the 1st.

Mechanical Progress: May 15th

Today, the mechanical team finishing cutting all of the metal for the frame. They began to tac-weld parts of the frame together.
Michael Hays also redid the SolidWorks design to make the metal parts easier to cut and to adjust for the new orientation of the solar panels.

We will be sending out our May newsletter soon. Also, remember to come to our car's unveiling on June 1st!

Saturday, May 8th

Today, our racing seat came in!

The mechanical team redesigned the battery box and fixed some problems with the front suspension. They also ordered parts for the rear axle, more metal bars, and Plexiglas.

Team instructor Mike Yakubovsky and captain Sara Saastamoinen received the preliminary race route from the Hunt-Winston School Solar Car Challenge. They worked on assignments for the race.