Update

for those of you who may have missed/not recieved the email...

Our next meeting will be this Thursday, October 26 and we have a few things on our agenda. Each team will have a few minutes to give a status report to include what research has been done, what issues may have arisen, what progress has been made, and what still needs to be accomplished. Each team will have all the time they need to present their progress and discussion by all SM (Supermileage) team members. This is a great time to show off what has been done and to ask for help when needed.

There are a few specific things that we need to address during this next meeting. First, we need to come up with a team and vehicle name for registration and documentation. Second, and more importantly, we need to come up with our vehicle dimensions so that everyone can have something to start with. The biggest determinate of the overall vehicle dimensions is the driver’s dimensions. I’ll be putting together a model of the required space for the driver and will make this available in both JPG format and DWG. If anyone wants anything else (Solid Works and AutoCad should be fine with DWG) just let me know. I will also set up a general drawings and documents online repository so that it’s easier to get a dimension that you might need at 3 in the morning when nobody else is awake.

Another big factor in the overall vehicle size is, tire diameter. What size wheel/tire are we going to be using? Along with tire size, we will need to determine how much room we will need inside the body for the tires to move about the necessary angle to give us a max turning radius of 50’. Of course to determine this we will need to know the vehicle’s track. So…we will definitely need to be able to agree on some dimensions that we can all live with this Thursday so that design progress can get underway.

Also, be sure to check out our website, http://nausupermileage.blogspot.com/ for updates, info, and random thoughts about SM. Once we get a team/car name decided on we’ll get this linked from NAU’s SAE website and maybe even some additional advertising around campus to get a little more exposure for this new and exciting project.