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2024/05/25

Announcements

MANDATORY FSGP/ASC Safety Presentation - June 25

• 4 PM ET (1 PM PT)

• recording will be available to those who can’t join Zoom link (due to work, etc)

Race Docs Status:

• Registration Documents are all Green!

• Technical Docs - Design Review red, Mech VDR yellow

  • mech re-submission waiting for approval (4 days ago)

  • design review re-submission waiting for approval (1 day ago)

Reminder: next week is alumni reunion (open house)

Vehicle Updates

• elec - motor calibration happening today

  • located HV supply in HV room

• continuing battery testing (want all 3 AFEs fully working)

• aim to drive with full pack on monday

• HV supply situation

  • buy a non-SDC approved one just for comp.

  • to look into purchasing used supply

• full pack BMS validation

  • to do full discharge test

  • waiting for pack completion

• figure 8 in 8 seconds

  • roughly 30-35 kmph

• steering

  • task force to fix steering in 3 weeks

  • U-turn test will fail

    • figure 8 test probably will fail

  • forced 16deg outer and inner gets pretty good steering radius

  • will aim for 16 - 16 parallel steering (max 18 - 18)

    • currently doing 11-16deg (inner, outer) anti-ackermann steering

• aero-chassis integration

  • on hold

• interiors

  • roof-tilting

    • all parts are in

    • assembly plan in

    • start assembly next week

    • probably assemble hinge without worry

  • ballast box finishing today

  • latching - sent to RPC for printing

  • striker plates (E3 machining)

  • dashboard - design finalized, probably will be welded and made next week

• Strategy

  • race + route data all in house!

    • weather, elevation, etc.

  • prelim linear optimization model for speed

  • need rate-of-consumption of battery (with different speeds)

  • weight of the car also good to have

  • assumptions on solar panel intake being made

  • battery will track cell temp.

• business

  • engsoc + weef applications in progress

    • LEADS think about things for next vehicle

    • 3D printer?

    • weef proposal meeting take-away

      • joint proposals work well

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2024/05/18

Announcements

• VDR

  • mech is yellow

  • follow up on BPS

• Getting first aid/cpr training

• Alumni Reunion (open house) June 1st

  • 9AM - 4 PM

  • BBQ will be provided

  • react to message in #core if you will attend

• WEEF + EngSoc Proposals Out

  • Engsoc Deadline - June 6

  • WEEF Deadline - June 20th

    • proposal workshop - May 23rd

Vehicle Updates

• rolling chassis completed!

  • almost driving chassis

    • everything dynamics on except for brakes

      • brake fluid lines need to buy + route

  • steering almost done

    • steering wheel and bar remaining

  • brake rear caliper mounts designed

    • front rotors take a while to come in (june 1st deadline)

• 1 motor running off power supply

  • hoping monday to drive the car

  • waiting on other motor controller

    • need to test homemade motor controller

• battery box re-welding

• battery modules finished end of weekend

  • attach bottom and top plates to modules

• HV power supply

  • working on solution with Peter

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2024/05/08

Agenda Items

• remaining ASC deliverables

  • registration docs (final yellow…)

  • technical docs

    • mech VDR yet to be reviewed

      • lanyards potential change

    • design review RED

    • build review

• michael meeting w peter and graeme

  • can take as many vehicles as we want

  • drivers: allow more than 6

    • truck & trailer max 4

      • mitch and evan to do

  • SDC truck trailer training next couple of weeks

• race roster update

  • lead + chase vehicle must have waterloo sticker

  • jaiden will bring personal vehicle with waterloo sticker

• ULTIMATUM

  • if car does not work by JUNE 30, bye bye

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• Summary of SDC Leads Meeting

  • Commercial Van Training Course

    • email will be sent out later to schedule

    • classroom sessions next few months, road sessions in April

  • Giving Tuesday

    • $28,000 to be split amongst all design teams

    • need to write up proposal and SDC will distribute to teams based on need

  • Sandra Fleming Travel Fund

    • online application available (due in April)

    • up to $1000* - maybe more since historically they were low on applicants

  • Router in workbay

    • Engineering Computing doesn’t like our midsun wifi 😞

• PVDR

  • elec - green

  • mech - red

• VDR

  • mech - unreviewed

  • elec + battery - green

• Track Fee

  • Yanshen Zhou confirm with IEF that they received payment

• FILL OUT ASC FORM! Will close tmr

Sub-team Check-ins:

Aero

• Ribs connection to tub this weekend

• windshields coming back monday

• E3 body work

  • they’re really busy…

  • meeting with Brian monday

• headlights

  • to meet w forest

  • idea to minimize headlight area

• floor panels getting cnc’d this week

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• SDC leads meeting next week

  • trailer certification

  • Sandra Fleming travel grant

• FILL OUT FORM FOR COMPETITION!

VDR

• Elec deadline today!

  • battery done

  • solar done

  • elec in progress

• Mech deadline past wednesday

  • everything done, formatting in progress

• PVDR resubmission

  • couple of comments - dynamics and chassis

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Mech PVDR Re-submission - FINISH THIS WEEKEND!

• chassis - done

• dynamics - jonathan pushing

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• LEARN recruitment messages

• midsun alumni spotlight - serial

• ASC competition logistics working sessions - Saturday @ 2:00 PM

• W24 WEEF applications opened

  • plan to apply to race equipment

• claim rest of Dean’s funding once vehicle is complete

2024/01/06

VDR DUE January 31!

PVDR resubmission needs to be done!!!!

• battery box W24 timeline

  • mainly testing

  • Jenna Kong has timeline

  • not super extensive

  • battery enclosure at demtool for powder-coating

  • owen, shem, nicole, vaibhav, etc.

• interiors

  • roof-latching + tilting

  • canopy tilting

  • miscellaneous small tasks

  • seats…ballast box

    • Divit designing seat mold

  • 3 including adan

  • rear camera mount

    • need to manufacture

  • pedal mounting

• dynamics

  • DEADLINE: powder-coating sendout - beginning of March

    • matt has excel timeline

  • designated mech co-op

  • after sendout = assembly

  • april: tuning

  • matt, couple first years, jonathan

• aero

  • CNC mold list to send to Graeme

    • mold layup schedule based on Graeme schedule

  • clean out sanding room by this Tuesday!

  • windshield mold done

    • thermoformed tuesday

  • headlight cutouts made next week

  • prioritizing flat panels

  • michael to make wheel wells

  • matt, jasmine, vu?

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• Meeting w/ Peter + graeme

  • Thursday, November 9th

  • leads critical to vehicle completion REQUIRED!

    • mech leads

    • mitch (fw)

    • forest

    • jonathan

    • + tech leads for next term

  • to discuss feasibility of vehicle completion

  • pre-meeting check in Wednesday?

    • 7 PM

• PVDR Deadline Monday!

• Potluck Friday!

• HUMUS

Sub-team Progress Check

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• Meeting w/ Peter + graeme

  • Thursday, November 9th

  • leads critical to vehicle completion REQUIRED!

    • mech leads

    • mitch (fw)

    • forest

    • jonathan

    • + tech leads for next term

  • to discuss feasibility of vehicle completion

  • pre-meeting check in Wednesday?

    • 7 PM

• PVDR Deadline Monday!

Sub-team Progress Check

Mech Gen

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• ASC 2024 Pre-Event Team Status

• WEEF Applications due October 31st

Sub-team Progress Check

Mech Gen

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• get F23 EngSoc wishlist by END OF TODAY

• F23 second-half milestones + initiatives

  • i.e. manufacturing goals, resume reviews, etc.

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• ~25 people out to 101

• HW validation with PD

• FW members waiting for tasks

  • need more HW people to get boards done

  • AFEs as well?

• Priority

  • solar testing

  • MCI

  • BMS boards

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