Thursday, November 12, 2009

Emergency Stop Switch, 7hr+ Non-Stop runs, Redesigning the Pedal Generator

Saturday the 19 of September training session.

During the preceding fortnight we modified our frame, wiring and aerodynamic shell to fit an externally accessable High Voltage, High DC Current, Emergency Stop switch ... thanks again to our sponsor, AAEV for the key parts, guidance and assistance.

Saturday was an all day race scenario, 7 hours+, non stop. The bike’s performance was simply faultless throughout the day :)

The only down side to the day is we ate far too many doughnuts between us ... An example of too much of a good thing ...

Work on the project continued over the school holidays, the battery pack’s wiring was reviewed, redesigned, finalised and made permanent.

The bike’s aerodynamic shell was also re-conditioned and painted blue.

The pedal generator’s re-design and rebuild was finally completed and retested. Much better than sitting on the couch watching movies for two weeks :)

Ahem, Um, consumptio of large quantities of doughnuts as a form of 'meal', are no longer encouraged by our team ...

Team member 'Brains'(James)(Blue Thunder pilot)

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