2024-10-05 Leads Meeting

Electrical
1. HW weekly update: everyone who finished onboarding is working on something now, main projects: BMS (AFEs for new members, Aden+Jun carrier), solar (to be testing, maybe solar sense, rn new members learn about solar), Controller Board breakouts, Driver Controls + Backup Camera. Todo in the near future: harnessing, soldering session
2. Going to schedule a time for Solar/MPPT testing to diagnose ongoing solar issues.

Mechanical
1. General
  1. MS15 → make car that drives, MS16 → make car that is reliable (and perform good)
  2. Documentation WIP:
    - Design - Best Practices, Bild - Rules & Tutorial, Bay Rules - Around the solar car, Companies/ Services of Interest
  3. Space Claim #3
    - Suspension finalize space allocation, figure out steering spot, place battery to balance CG
2. Exteriors
  1. Weekly Update
3. Battery
  1. Weekly Update
4. Internal Structures
  1. Occupant Cell → Ethan = 🐐
  2. Weekly Update
5. Dynamics
  1. Suspension
    - Parametric Nodal Checkpoint: End of Hell Week
    - Finalize Plan with Rear Hub: Before Reading week
    - Weekly Update
  2. Steering
    - Parametric Nodal Checkpoint: End of Hell Week
    - Weekly Update
  3. Brakes
    - Calculator Checkpoint: End of October
    - Total cost breakdown of MS15 brake components
    - Limit switch/ rotary encoder discussion
    - Weekly Update