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-Interior mirrors that go out through the windows
Driver Selection
A driver that drives the car like a car is best.
They picked drivers from the PAC area, and tested how well they respond to commands, stay cool, etc. - Drive around ring road, tell the driver to speed up and slow down continuously until the driver tells them to stop.
The best driver will be one that drives it like a car but also knows everything about what is going on inside it. If you don't drive it like a car, then you will be much less efficient, slower, etc.
Anything that people will be interacting with should be designed for robustness.
MSX had issues with brake testing, had to reduce tire pressure as well.
Other comments in the bay:
-at FSGP 2009, Midnight Sun did a barrel roll, landing on its tires
-Rotor locked up and driver said there was smoke but couldn't identify where it was coming from. Keep
-Battery Undervoltage protection - the undervoltage condition on lithium batteries is not too big of an issue. You have less energy stored and thus a less violent explosion, usually just a small swelling and a puff. It is really the overvoltage that is an issue because then you are generating heat and have a ton more energy stored that will cause violent explosions.
Inside the cells, the crystal will get larger, dendrites will form, the pressure will build, and the cathode and anode will be squished together, creating an internal short circuit.
Motor tuning - the motors should be electrically silent when running. If there is noise, they are not tuned correctly. The Tritium software gets its tuning values from the motor itself, so it has to be connected, you can't just type in configuration values. To get better efficiency (at the cost of some torque) you can hold the motor absolutely still so that when measuring the inductance in the
All grids are just one big control loop - this is where Nuvation can compete on some super cool projects. Nate's FYDP was a 2D plotter in reverse - drawing chalk lines on construction site floors.
There was some multiplier on our score for MSXII 0.83% (or something like that) that was dragging our score down - what was this? This is the car to break the "E5 curse".
At competition, everyone is on the same team. We are here to prove that solar powered transportation is possible. The best race is one where everyone finishes
As an alum, he is not really seen as a threat, so teams will be more open about strategy, etc. Michigan's strategy is not to have the best and most reliable car. It is to be able to swap parts in and out super quickly. They spend the last year before comp getting their team running like a well oiled machine.