Time:4 hours
Location: Logan HS
Goal: Work on creating a test bed for the electronics pod and drive train.
First of all, what you see in the pictures below is not the car we are building, but rather a test bed for our guidance and power systems. To get an idea on how we want to scale the actual vehicle, we are building a mock up to better understand how much space we need for all our systems.
The test bed is build out of 3/4" plywood and all our components will be mounted to the board. We can easily move them around and shape the plywood to help us understand how we eventually want to form/weld our tube stock.
The test bed will be placed on a wheeled cart and taken outside when we want to test to see if our programming and electronics pod is working. We will be able to see the wheels turn and move and also see if the controls are reacting the way we want them to when we have a GPS route entered into the system.
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| Beginning to mount linear actuator and wheels. |
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| Rear dive wheel and electric motor are wired it and ready for a 12 V battery. |
