Week 7

This week the team assigned Arkesh and I to make a foot box for the car. The foot box goes under the brake and accelerator pedals to protect the driver from any debris that might hit him when they are driving. The team first told us to remove the old foot box from the old car and make an exact copy. We began measuring the box with all its bends so that we could make the new box the exact same length. After we got the length of the box, we moved on to cuz sheet metal using the shearing machine. Since the shearing machine isn't always precise, we used sheet cutters to remove any sheet metal that the machine hadn't gotten to. Next we went to the bending machine to bend the metal three times. There were three bends: two 45 degree bends and one 90 degree bend. This was very slow-paced work since we needed to be very precise with our bends. After the bends were finished we went to use the press machine which basically is a giant hole puncher that allows the foot box to fit around the roll cage.

As the competition date closes in, the team continues to test the car. This week the team took the car to the desert and even after several hours of driving in the desert, the car was working in great condition but there were still some things that the team believed could be improved.