Monday, September 29, 2014

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

     

Friday, September 26, 2014

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.

Monday, September 22, 2014

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

Friday, September 19, 2014

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



Monday, September 15, 2014

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


Friday, September 12, 2014

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
     

Monday, September 8, 2014

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