2.810 Team Car Project

2.810 TEAMS 2002

GROUP A

1. Michelle Bernson2. Amber

Chesborough3. Satish Krishnan 4. Kevin Schwain5. Amy Vallely

GROUP B 1. Steve King2. Anthony Faranca3. Yulia Frenkel4. Chris Pandolfo5. Cameron Price

GROUP C1. Craig Forest2. Stanley Jurga3. Devin McCombie4. Hal Lieber5. John Penney6. Phil Shaltis

GROUP D1. Rick Anthony2. Anthony Gambell3. Steve Herren4. Matt Joing5. Venkatesh Rao

Processes:

1. CNC Machining (sand casting pattern + misc.)

2. Thermoforming (shell)3. Injection Molding (wheel) 4. Sand Casting or Sheet Metal

Forming (chassis)5. Assembly (lots of it)

Schedule 2002

Sept 9 or 11 - MasterCAM Lecture

Sept 18 - Pattern Design DiscussionOctober 23 - CAD Drawings DueOctober 28 - Pattern Machined for Foundry (this week) and One paragraph written report on the groupNovember 4 - Schedule Casting for this week or beforeNovember 18 - Oral Progress ReportsDecember 9 - Contest PreparationDecember 11 - Contest

Parts Supplied:

1. four rubber tires2. front wheel assembly3. rear wheel assembly4. electric motor + 2 sets of

batteries per group5. one radio controller per group

( including steering servo and speed control)

Front Wheel Assembly

Rear Wheel Assembly

RACE TRACK

S p e e dB u m p

HW "1"6

M i n e F i e l d

HDia "1"6)24(

S t a r t L i n e

P I T # 1

P I T # 2

P I T # 3

P I T # 4

S p e e dB u m p

HW "1"6

M i n e F i e l d

HDia "1"6)24(

S t a r t L i n e

P I T # 1

P I T # 2

P I T # 3

P I T # 4

36’

16’4’

20’

7 LOOPSPIT

Car #1

Car #2

PIT

Car #1

Car #2

PIT

Car #1

Car #2

PIT

Car #7

Car #8

Pit stops

Parts that have to be interchanged are the radio receiver, electronic speed control, steering servo, and battery pack.The basic rule is that the connection must include the electrical connection and the steering connection. Any variations that would eliminate these would not be allowed.

7 LOOPSPIT

Car #1

Car #2

PIT

Car #1

Car #2

PIT

Car #1

Car #2

PIT

Car #7

Car #8

7 LOOPS

Car #Laps completed

when carcrosses line

Pit Stop Sticky #

1 - 1 12 1 2 23 2 3 34 3 4 45 4 5 56 5 6 67 6 7 78 7 - 8

“Mine Field” 6 in. dia x 1 in. high

No access to cars this year

What is this?

Car Dimension Limits

18”

12”

12”

Note: All cars must be clearly labeled e.g. “A2”, “G5”And leave room for “sticky”

Previous Records 7-lap with bump & mine field

1 minute 27 seconds (2000) Brigitte Castaing Reginald Hutchinson Eric Hoarau 

Michael Johnson  Byron Stancil

7-lap course record 1 minute 16 seconds (1999) Tony Chobot, Jeff Freedman, Jongyoon Kim, Luke

Sosnowski, Darin Spain, Yu Qiao

1998 record: 1 minute 20 seconds Elmer Lee, Stephen Ho, Seung-Kil Son, Stallion

Young, Mahadevan B., Arrin Katz, Taesik Lee, Indra Djutrisno

Competition Format

Heat 1 Heat 2

Heat Winner’s

Race

FirstElimination

Race

SecondElimination

Race

Final

1,2

1,23,4

3

3,4

1,2

1,2

Cars from 2001

1st place, tie

3 wheels, front drive

“A” Team 2001

First PlacePresented to:

name groupthis 13th day of December in the year 2000 AD by the

Honorable T. G. Gutowski

Honorable G. C. Wentworth

Design • Manufacture • Race

* “Cah” is Bostonian for automobile