2024-12-02 Mechanical Meeting

Announcements

• LHR OB elections this Wednesday at 7PM in ECJ 1.202

  • at least 50% of leadership from each team must be present

Highlights

really cool solar car we found(matthew & jason) i think we gotta pivot the design

Blockers/Conflicts

Do you have any blockers or conflicts that are preventing you from making forward progress/completing certain tasks OR making things more difficult than they should be?

Review of Thanksgiving Break

What was planned for break:

What got done:

Aerodynamics

• have finalized vague architecture design?

Advait - Finish daybreak stuff + finish battery box panels + finish processing for initial test of first forged carbon fiber test, figure out what to improve in manufacturing/prep process

Continue work on designing/planning ergo projects

Finalize ansys setups for frame sims

• motor controller cooling

• mppt cooling

• Intake/exhaust

Aerodynamics

• some members(at least 2) got their sims done

Composites

• all bb layups except 1

• all daybreak prep done, pretty much ready to bond w/ frame whenever

Plan for this week - please break tasks down into sub-tasks

Aerodynamics

• everyone needs to have an idea for the part they want to put on the shell, it needs to be able to put together as a final part on workday

Aeroshell(me)

• need to define some architecture things by workday, flat topshell or not,

Daybreak Progress

Questions people have

What do you need from me this week?