Design Report

Due April 29.

COMMENT:
We recommend that you bring a printed copy of your design report to the competition and proof of submission.

Gearing Up

Gear Box - approx CNC mill time 45 hours

Floatation - Steps

1. Rough Shape
2. Contact Cement
3. Attach to skid plate
4. Attach to frame
5. Shape pefectly
6. Heat seal
7. Cover
8. Don't sink!

20th Full(ish) Meeting

Nov.  10 & 12


Fire drill? Electrical short?

FEM and mesh done.
First draft of the report due Tuesday.


Two-part foam kind of cheap, still look for a free sample to test.

18th Full(ish) Meeting

Prototyped a little more.

17th Full(ish) Meeting

We finished the PPT and presented in class.

15th & 16th Meeting

 For Oct. 27 & 29:

Attempted to run a load/stress simulation using Solidworks 2009.

Meeting to finish prototype was scheduled for Oct. 31.

Presentation was outlined.

1. What is a Mini-Baja?
2. What are the major components we must deal with?
3. What is the competition about?
   
4. What have research and and past designs revealed?
5. What were our inital concepts?
6. Why did we chose our current designs?
7. Gantt Chart showing our production goals?
   

14 Ful(ish) Meeting

Did two more pieces of model, we need more PVC pipe.

More talk about design.

13th Full(ish) Meeting

For October 20 2009:

-Watched Brian and Roi  continue to work on the model. Very impressive.
-Some inspector dude came around?

12th Full(ish) Meeting

For October 15 2009:

-Moved the old car into shop.

-Discussed more possible designs.

I'm using Visio 2007 to make the Gantt Chart.

If you have Visio you can go under scheduling >> Gantt Chart

If not you can use Gantt Project at http://www.ganttproject.biz/

Or OpenProj at http://openproj.org/openproj

11th Full Meeting

For October 13 2009:

Started PVC-modeling.

Dean and ABET board will do a walk-through so the shop must be cleaned and organized further.

10th Full Meeting

For October 8 2009:


Must start building.

9th Full(ish) Meeting

For October 6 2009:

Talked with the professor about building a full scale wooden  model and that we must be quicker to the build then the rest of the class.

Cleaned up the cellar to make room for the build.

8th Full Meeting Minutes

For October 1 2009:

More talk about design and gear and parts.

Submitted Requirement report to professor.

7th Full(ish) Meeting Minutes

For September 24, 2009:

Project Requirement Paper due has been pushed backed to October 1.
- It should be one page, listed how he described before, and with a short opening and closing paragraph.

Looked for gear, keeping in mind of the 44:1 ratio.

Looked for more specification for the water trials but found little.

6th Full(ish) Meeting Minutes

For September 22, 2009:

Short meeting discussion of what is new.

The new Rules for 2010 are up http://students.sae.org/competitions/bajasae/rules/

Forum for rules http://forums.sae.org/access/dispatch.cgi/bajasae_pf

5th Full Meeting

Met Glenn

Preliminary duties/assignments were set for each group member.

Preliminary frame design 33% complete.

Manuel will write a first draft for this assignment SEP 24 TH: PROJ. REQUIREMENTS DUE

Registration for the competition is October 5 and must be made quickly as space fills up fast.

4th Full Meeting Minutes

Brainstorm leads to final choices.

- Aquatic- Not chosen until rules come in.
- Drive Train- CVT+Reduction Box, maybe Manual Overdrive - Rear Wheel Drive
- Suspension- SLA (Short-Long arm)
- Brakes- Disk brakes
- Steering- 4 Wheel Steering
- Frame- Strength calculations - Roi is making one a preliminary design.
- Electronics- Listed.
- Ergonomics- Design later

3rd Full(ish) Meeting Minutes

Class lesson for Sept. 10, 2009:

Literature Search Establishment of Req.
-Patent Search is essential
--www.USPTO.gov
--www.PAT2PDF.org
--www.google.com/patents
--Internet searching
--Scientific papers/journals
--Library books
Catalogs of companies

Design Requirements 13 in all all must be addressed by Sept. 24

Minutes:

• Prof. Sadegh informed us the frame is the most important part and it must be designed and ready above all.
• Jeff is in...
• Doug is out...
  

2nd Full(ish) Meeting Minutes

Class lesson:
Techniques for design process
-Creative problem solving
-Invention
-Brain storming

Next Class - Literature, patent, and research process.


Meeting : Went downstairs watched as Roi and Jon discussed the Mini-Baja.

-Recycle and reuse as much as possible.
-Maybe get better shock absorbers, coil? $3,000?
-Solidworks 2007 offered for group use, vote on this for next meeting.
-Multiple drivers needed, minimum weight and height requirements, license and medical insurance also required. 
-5 second in-out test

 

 

 

 

Steering wheel, very removable.

 

Pedals

  

Front inside

  

Back

1st Full Meeting Minutes

-Setting schedule:

• Ready to build by January
• Finished by April

-Priority Inventory List

• List the hardest to find items to purchase

-Research

• Previous competitions
• Which techniques can be used?
• How will the duties be distributed?