Meeting Notes 4/23/2010

Hey team. For those of you who couldn’t make it to the meeting (most of you *evil stare*)

Here’s what was talked about.

Solar Car team

Friday April 23rd 2010

Summer and new car discussions

Summer
– there’s work to be done
•Who’s here for summer?

Talk about groups

Sign names on sheet and preference of group
•Siue-solar.clockingit.com – show demo
•Plans for summer

FINISH THE OLD CAR!!! (Cougar Cruiser II)

Complete the canopy

Waterproof

Install new battery pack

Test test test!

Impact analysis

Anything else
•

Cougar cruiser III?
– Rough timeline

Mechanical

Summer 2010:

Zack will work with art students on body design over summer. Plan to have a scale model by end of summer

Fall/Spring 2010/2011:

Design frame and suspension around body design, report with impact analysis done.

Build body – work with frame design closely

….. (more specifics to come)

Spring/Summer 2011:

Build frame / test

….. (more specifics to come)

Cougar cruiser iii or iv?
– Rough Timeline

Electrical

Summer 2010

Tweak/Install Battery pack

Install Dash

Fall/Spring 2010/2011

Build CSIRO motor and test

Build battery pack maybe…

Design wiring schematic and electronics for driver

…. (more specifics to come)

Spring/Summer 2011

Add solar cells to body

Add electronics to car

…. (more specifics to come)

Cougar cruiser III?
– Rough Timeline

Logisitics

Summer 2010

Help other groups

Fall/Spring 2010/2011

Help other groups

Spring/Summer 2011

Ramp up for 2011 races

Cougar cruiser III?
– Rough Timeline

Financial

Summer 2010

GRANT REQUESTS!!!

Propaganda for summer

Nice professional poster (have Steve print it on the plotter) – get laminated on cardboard (or something)

Get new letters done and sent for approval

Telethon? – Alumni

Fall/Spring 2010/2011

Send approved letters

Setup other fundraising events on campus (while its nice out)

Spring/Summer 2011

???

Lets brain storm!

Cougar cruiser III

Brainstorm on the 3 wheel design. It was pretty unanimous to go with front 2 wheels stearing and rear fixed drive wheel. Dr. Lozowski poped in an hr late to the meeting, but offered some advise, we need to try to balance the weight around the center (which we planned on). I wanna make the who thing as low to the ground as possible without causing exess drag.

Also we should simulate the body using comsol, a software we can get for free after going to their little training seminar (which kevin will work on the logistics of sending a few people up there to take the class and its free)

That’s about it, i’ll be sending clockingit logins to the people who are going to be here over the summer. If you missed the meeting because you forgot (almost you jake) then let me know and I’ll throw you on the list.

Thanks all! Looking foward to working with you this summer!

–
Dustin Sanders
Computer/Electrical Engineering
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Director of SIUe’s Solar Car Team
www.ee.siue.edu/~solar