Status: October 20, 1995

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Didn't destroy too many parts

Attached servo to shifting mechanism

Bought materials for building racetrack

We would have built the darn thing if it weren't for the rain

Fully automated a demo run of the car, testing shifting ability

Visibly and measureably faster in each successive gear

Can start out in second but takes much longer to accelerate

Cannot reach optimum speed when starting out in third gear

Decided to incorporate hills into racetrack (to make transmission absolutely necessary)

Built 2 new motor drivers to pass more current

Ousted Chris from the group?!

Built a simple car to test against our prototype (well, almost)

We haven't raced them yet, so don't ask which won

Modified power train to increase speed in third gear

Strangely enough, to do this, we had to gear the whole thing down

Much more, but we lost the log book

CONCERNS

Braking is trivial, so it may be removed from rules

Weather stopped us from building the racetrack. Hopefully this won't be repeated.

Power tools in Chris's hands