September 14, 2024
Notes:
Talk to formula or baja
Bell cranks optimal for both rear and front
Mount shocks vertically?
Applied force changes? Calculations?
CG (centre of gravity) bounding box 40% front 60% back
Target Weight of Car: 300kg
welded tabs for both front and rear
Teams:
Front: Michael, Nathan, Josh
Rear: unknown
Tasks:
Spec out Wheels
Spec out Shock
Revise calcs for MS16 application
Due:
Space claim by end of week
More solid space claim by end of month
Tire specs by end of month
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October 26, 2024
Notes:
Bell crank underneath the UCA and possibly sticking out from chassis
Shock angled upward from bell crank toward centre of chassis
Tasks:
Nathan will redo nodal to have lower roll centre and also allow Caleb to add steering attachment point
Michael will start matlab script for cases
Josh will add bell crank and push rod to nodal
Winters ask matt and ben about adding fsu to bild
Due:
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November 7, 2024
Notes:
Once bild is set up we want to base FSU changes on Caleb’s steering nodal
Discussed integrating our bell crank system into FSU
Tasks:
Find out distance between bottom of aero body and chassis tube
Have meeting on Saturday after leads to discuss integration with steering nodal
RSU:
Look at knowledge transfer videos
Try and do force calculations for new loading cases
Due:
FSU:
Calcuation need to be done asap
Caleb would like them done soon
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November 14, 2024
Notes:
FSU:
Bell crank push rod system we have a working nodal
Are looking into optimizing, but we want to apply loading cases before any more optimization
Figuring out where shocks will mount on car
Matlab code progress is good, 2/3 function/classes finished
Need to input system of equations
Caleb is handling spindle, upright
Will work on it together for lca
ETA beginning of December
Tasks:
Find out distance between bottom of aero body and chassis tube
Finish matlab code
Apply loading to nodal and make changes where needed
RSU:
Short meeting, mostly wanted to touch base and get a direction for us to move forward.
Discussed MS15 nodal, investigated how varying parameters such as arm length has an impact on performance
Went over design constraints for MS16
Looked into a good location to place the global system datum: settled on using one of the welded tabs, this might change later but will be locked in soon.
Tasks:
Work on creating a new parametric nodal diagram based on MS15’s RSU. We will make adjustments to this as needed for MS16.
The key is to move the part origin to where we want our system datum to be, i.e. if we want it on the welded tab for the shock, make the origin up there.
Make use of as many equations as possible (make it parametric) so it’s easier to adjust later