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Journal entries should be in reverse chronological order. 

2017-02-04 Matt, Adam and Devon Front Suspension Review

By Devon Copeland

Decided on 0 toe, 1 degree positive camber, 5 degrees of caster. We also decided to make the hard points on the chassis vertically aligned. Adam will work on designing uprights - to be done by end of February. 

2017-01-07 Matt and Devon Front Suspension Review

By Devon Copeland

Matt and Devon met to review front suspension. Concluded that process for optimization is reasonable and the geometry is good. One ECO was decided on: increase the separation between upper and lower control arms. 

2016-10-23 Did analysis on turning radius

By Devon Copeland

Created a solidworks sketch to analyse the turning radius based on the proposed wheelbase and track. More information on Wheelbase, Track and Turning Radius. 

2016-10-11 Migrated steering wheel subproject

By Devon Copeland

The Steering Wheel subproject has been moved to fall under the suspension and steering subsection of vehicle design.

2016-10-02 Created suspension model in MATLAB

By Devon Copeland

Created a simulator for determining characteristics of a given suspension system base on 11 input parameters. 

2016-09-25 Created new subpage

By Devon Copeland

Created Suspension Geometry subpage.