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The Team |
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Practice Piece of Aluminum Matt and Brian's practice piece of aluminum |
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Outer Frame The outer frame of the car with the wheels and motors in position for reference |
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Outer Frame The outer frame of the car with the wheels and motors in position for reference |
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Brian & welding tourch Brian with his welding equipment |
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Brian & welding tourch Brian with his welding equipment |
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More Frame Cross beams for motor mount |
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Motor and wheel Motor attached to drive wheel via our custom connectors |
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More Frame This shows the frame with all of the cross support pieces |
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Welding Joint A close of showing some of Matt and Brian's welding |
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More Frame Frame with wheels and motors attached and computer support posts |
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Attached Motors Close up of the motor and drive wheel mountings |
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Computer Support Close up of computer support posts and main battery holder |
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Initial Testing Some initial motor testing with the use of a laptop |
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More Motor Testing Additional motor testing |
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Motor Controller Configuration After some initial testing, Paul is reconfiguring the motor controller while Matt gives the frame some stress testing |
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Initial Navigation Testing Nate configuring software for testing with Paul watching on |
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Mounted Batteries Here is the front of the car with motor controller to the left and the two batteries. |
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Power Connection Terminal Strips are used to connect the motor controller and motors to the battery. |
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Wheel Connection Closeup of the direction connection between the wheels and the motors. |
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Battery Charger Since the battery compartment will be enclosed the battery chargers are mounted on the frame. |
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Battery Charger Mount Aluminum supports for the battery chargers were constructed for heat dissipation and easy of charger replacement. |
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Wire Holding Area A wire wrap area is underneath the car. |
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Wire Holding Area Closeup Here is a closeup of the wire area. The clips latch onto the frame providing quick removal of wires. |
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Encoder Enclosure To provide a little more protection (most from the weather), sheet metal enclosures were made. |
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Encoder Enclosure A different angle of the enclosure. |
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Encoder Enclosure Closeup Closeup of the enclosure. |
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Wire Routing A photo showing the routing of the battery charging wires. |
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Front Body A photo showing the front body of the car. The car will eventually have the appearance of a pickup truck. This was formed from a sheet of aluminum. |
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Front Body Different angle of the front of the body. |
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Updated Frame This photo shows some of the additional supports required to hold up the body. |
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Battery Connections Intial battery connections with electrical tape for protection. These connections will be revised but are sufficient for testing. |