Welcome to the week of 9/29

This weekend ended on a strong note with a lovely boat ride aboard Paul's electric powered Duffy! This ride gave us a large amount of inspiration to continue working towards our goal and project of making a solar powered boat. We started out with a meeting and discussion in class geared towards the advancement of SK2, which, further expanded into working on the small electric go kart.

     Our Goals for this week are:

• Create a Craigslist Wanted Ad for the boat project
• Spruce up our proposal to give out to people
• Email pontoon boat companies about getting a boat
  
  
   

Wrap Up 9/26

We worked on the CNC mill, and got it up and running to a decent bit. unfortunately the programs we are running are somewhat corrupted and not moving the X-Axis on the mill when running the program. The mill makes some oddly shaped circles and ovals when run. Hopefully we can find the right G-Code to use on the mill so it can read our programming right. Direct input into the mill allows the X-Axis to work correctly.

Welcome to the week of 9/22

This week is Homecoming week so school spirit is up through the ROOF! Since today is Senior Nerd Day we will be spotted in our natural habitat wearing our natural attire! So be on the look out... Additionally, we have a few goals for this week...

• Get the large CNC mill up and running
  

Wrap up 9/19

This week was very single minded we focused mainly on preparing for our meeting with a Tesla

During this week we accomplished:

• A successful meeting with Tesla
• Made a connection for certain supplies
• Batteries
• Materials
• Sponsorship
• Examined the design of one of the best mass produced alternative vehicles

Welcome to the week of 9/15/14

This week, we are starting out with a meeting to lay out this weeks plans. With that said, some representatives from Tesla Motor Company are coming to visit us this Wednesday in preparation for a fundraising event at Florida International University.

After the aforementioned meeting, we decided that our goals for this week are:

• Take apart braking system and hubs
• Clean braking and hubs to an almost new state
• Research new bearings, brake pads, rotors
• Research new brake lines and fittings

Wrappin it up on 9/12

This weeks goals were well worked on, we came very close to realizing all of them. Only some minor details of this week's goals were left unfinished. Due to the lack of large events, this week enabled us to do a lot of in class work. Especially moving forward on past due projects and tasks.

During this week we accomplished:

• Scheduled meeting date with Tesla
• Removed and began to clean bearings on the car
• The right bearings were in good condition but the left bearings are in dire need
• Began budget for Solar Water Taxi and SKIII
• Began project proposal for Solar Water Taxi
• Met with new members of the solar knights
• Worked on Sponsor Thank You Packages
  
  
   
  
  

Goals of the week 9-8-14

        After the successful dignitary event last weekend a relaxing weekend we are all ready to get back to work and start getting things moving around! We will continue with all project started last week as well as starting some new ones like creating a proposal for the Solar Water Taxi.

          This week we are setting goals of:

• Finalizing upcoming events like the Recycling Energy Forum with Tesla, and Ft. Lauderdale auto show.
• Remove and evaluate the current bearings on the car.
• Create a budget for Solar Water taxi and SKIII
• Begin proposal for Solar Water Taxi
• Introduce new members into the group

Wrap Up on 9/5

Overall this week, a lot was accomplished in the classroom, especially in  terms of cleaning. At the end of the week, the room was virtually spotless, even all of the cobwebs in the corners! At the event we need to speak to all of the dignitaries as well as drive the solar car and solar go-kart. This was a great reason to fix both of these cars to a running condition.

On SK3 we fixed a few thing a couple of things such as:

• Rewire batteries in series and put them back in the car
• Remove the Large clump of accessories and related wires that were a mess
• Put in a new steering tie bar that broke during the Texas race

On the Solar Go- Kart, things were a bit simpler but we still had to fix:

• Put in the batteries
• Rewire the batteries in series and parallel
• Strap down the batteries to the car
• Wire in the solar charging system
• Unfortunately this was not completed due to a missing switch and switch mount

Goal for the Week! 9/1

This Week, we will continue where we left off last week! We are getting into rebuilding SK2 with the class. Hopefully by the end of the week we will have a basic rolling chassis which is ready for some drive and braking components.

We will also be preparing for some visits from some dignitaries coming to visit our school from the Florida Department of Education. Some dignitaries from Washington DC will also be coming. Rumors are spreading that the Governor of Florida, Rick Scott will be attending, hopefully he can help fund our projects.