News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Manufacturing: Tonight we completed the four piston bearing blocks (1010073) for the kicker winch. These took much longer than anticipated using manual machines. Below is a picture of the completed parts: For the small piston bearing blocks (1010019) we hope…
Read postAfter receiving our frames very late last night, we began wiring today. We mounted all of the electronics and ran the 4 gauge primary power wires. We then proceeded to run wires for the Victor 884 speed controllers. After several separate configurations, the…
Read postToday we completed the 32 bumper mounting pins and brackets, and 20 control board spacers. The bumper mounting scheme is nearly identical to the 968 2009 bumpers. The finished parts are shown below. Next, we hope to cut the control board polycarbonate on a…
Read postDesign: The team has finalized CAD designs for our kicking device and has finalized all mechanisms. Parts: A set of manufactured parts has been sent to our sister team, 968. Manufacturing: We are continuing manufacture of dogs for our kicker shaft. Design:…
Read postHere's a picture of everything completed so far (Minus gearbox plates and sprockets, which are out to anodize, and frames).
Read postWe haz powdercoat. Unfortunately, Central Powder Coating was not well staffed today. They will have the 254 frames powdercoated blue streak #2 tomorrow morning. We will be picking up the blue frames tomorrow at 10AM.
Read postThis revision includes the cutout for the Classmate pc, contours and filets for the ethernet jack, holes for the LED mounts, screwdriver slots for the Cypress board and finally, an additional cutout that replaced the roller button.
Read postToday the welding was completed at Ride & Show Engineering, and the frames were delivered to Central Powder coating. The picture below shows us with the kind folks at Ride & Show.
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