2024-09-02 Mechanical Meeting

Announcements

• Budget Meeting is this Wednesday at 7:30pm

• Info session #2 is tomorrow

  • arrive at 6:15 wearing your Solar shirt

  • room TBD, likely at UTC 2.112A if we can get access to the projectors

Budget

• Please make revisions by tomorrow night

Design Duration

• Designs for Daybreak were rushed

  • not enough research and validation was done

  • bad/uninformed decisions were made

• We cannot repeat the same methodology for the new car

  • design season cannot be condensed into one semester

  • take time to do proper research and validation to inform our decisions and avoid poor designs

• Onboarding should allow members to develop a strong foundation

  • new members will work on Daybreak

  • we should explain the car’s issues, but also inform them what good designs look like so they have a basis from which to reference

  • go though their designs and walk them through pros and cons, allowing them to revise afterwards until a satisfactory design is achieved

Division/System Requirements

High Level Flowchart:

• https://lucid.app/lucidchart/0b7a6450-7f18-44b1-a9f3-90d0421b3f96/edit?viewport_loc=-256%2C291%2C2539%2C1128%2C0_0&invitationId=inv_4979a893-bb88-4897-99a6-8a473a5401f9

2024-2026 Requirements Sheet

• https://utexas.sharepoint.com/:x:/r/sites/ENGR-LonghornRacing/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc=%7B0BE91788-A3F5-403E-BD0D-335539E3212F%7D&file=2025-2026%20Requirements%20Sheet.xlsx&action=default&mobileredirect=true