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January
Before we started the Power Drive car we researched all different parts, thought about if we wanted to make one from scratch or to try to buy one, we looked at all different batteries, etc. We looked at different websites for safety features and more parts. This is the first year building a Power Drive car so we didn't make one from scratch. We didn't do the center of balance or stability control. We ordered a chassis from tsracing.com and made some modifications to it like adding an electric engine and adding a chain and sprocket. We also have the wiring done and all the nuts and bolts tightened up that need to be. A problem we ran into was that the throttle that we received did not work the motor so we ordered another one and are waiting for the new, and the batteries we ordered and the batteries we received were not the same batteries. Optima batteries shipped us the wrong ones so now we are waiting for the ones we actually ordered to come in. Also we have not started building the roll cage but plan to shortly. We are doing some mph testing but aren't finished with it yet so we will have the results in our next paper.
February
Week 1
Monday - worked on relocating the throttle
Tuesday - relocated throttle, now just have to wire it up
Wednesday - measured out and started trying to put seat on
Thursday- did more measuring and figuring stuff out
Friday - looked on Internet and bought 5 point harness
Week 2
Monday - no school
Tuesday - make the brake light mount
Wednesday - put the seat on half way
Thursday - didn't work on it
Friday - didn't work on it
Week 3
Monday - we attached the brake light, also working on attaching the handle throttle to the foot pedal
Tuesday - finished wiring up the brake light
Wednesday - got the axle taking off and cut to the right length
Thursday - worked on the axle
Friday - finished up working on axle
March
Week 1
Monday-Did more work on the axle, recut it to be shorter
Tuesday-worked on turning the hand throttle into a foot throttle
Wednesday-mph test, 31 mph without friction, hooked up throttle
Thursday-no school
Friday-no school
Week 2
Monday-no teacher, no class
Tuesday-finish mounting the seat
Wednesday-test drive
Thursday-regeared, put on bigger front sprocket
Friday-attach harness
Week 3
Monday-test drive
Tuesday-test drive
Wednesday-started bending metal for roll cage
Thursday-started welding roll cage together
Friday-ran out of metal, ordered more, waiting for metal to arrive
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