Pegasus!

A company named Pegasus has recently donated a thousand dollars to the Coppell Solar Racing team. Pegasus is an aerospace consulting firm that runs mainly on the work and dedication of Christopher Wilt. The Pegasus consulting firm has had a large part in the success of the Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (based in Dayton, Ohi0), Moiré Incorporated (based in Issaquah, Washington), TRI/Austin, Inc. (based in Austin, Texas), and Triumph Aerostructures - Vought Aircraft Division (based in Dallas, Texas). A big shout out to Pegasus Aerospace, thank you for giving us more company contacts and the generous donation of $1,000!

For more information, go to http://www.pegasus-aerospace.com/ !

Race tomorrow!

Tomorrow is scrutineering for the race and we have had amazing progress with the car.

Yesterday night we drove it around the school and were able to test the u-turn radius, which was extremely good!

Now the team is working hard to get everything working and packed! We still have to mount the panels ASAP.

Stickers for the sponsors to go on the car are coming in today at some time and I am going to have to pick them up. They will go on the access panel to the electronics bay with a lot of prominence.

Solar Panels

The solar panels are finally in!!!

Auxiliary Parts

The electrical team visited Northern Tool and found all of the parts for the auxiliary system. They will be ordering these parts from the online catalog soon.

Electrical Team Progress

The electrical team has been hard at work on the schematic for the car. The team has been working with Orcad Software to produce the final electrical schematic. The team has been working on the auxiliary parts list and schematic as well. Recently, they have ordered many of the main components required for the electrical system, including six Sanyo HIT 195 solar panels, a Compact RIO, and an LCD Driver Display for the driver interface. While waiting for the parts to come in, the team is finalizing the schematic.