KMS Losers
Event Location: Cocoa-FL
Competition: Junior Solar Sprint
Division: 7-8 (JSS Blue)
School: Kennedy Middle
Team Name: KMS Losers
Project Name: Loser-Mobile
Team Size: 3
John F. Kennedy Middle School: Losers #1
Cooper S. Nicholas H. Triston T.
8th 7th 7th
02/02/24 Present team members: Cooper S., Nick H., Tristan T.,
Task:We 3D printed a chassis with gearing ratio made for speed not torque
Time spent: 1 hour
Challenges: The axles of the front of the car kept slipping messing up the gear alignment
Modifications:
02/09/24 Team Members Present: Nick H., Cooper S., Tristan T
Task: We are making pillars for the solar panel to sit flat over the motor to obtain the most amount of sunlight
Time spent: 1 hour
Challenges:Making the exact height for pillars to hold up the solar panel for maximum sunlight
Modifications:
02/16 Team Members Present: Cooper S., Nick H., Tristan T.,
Task: We 3D printed wheels that were lighter and more efficient than the heavy wheels that we had before. (First Design)
Time spent: 1 hour
Challenges: Getting the wheels to fit the axels due to the small hole for them
Modifications:
03/01 Team Members Present: Cooper S., Nick H., Tristan T.
Task:We decided to scrap the front wheel design to put them into the center front near where the loop goes for the wire and 3D printing a new chassis
Time Spent: 1 hour
Challenges: the alligator clips for the battery pack kept detaching from the wires
Modifications
03/08/24 Team Members Present: Nick H., Cooper S., Tristan T
Task: Changed the wheels from a small design to a large 3D printed rubber wheel with a 3D printed inner hub.
Time spent: 1 hour
Challenges: The 3D printer was broken so we couldn’t print anything
Modifications:
03/22/24 Team Members Present: Nick H., Cooper S., Tristan T
Task: We made a new 3 wheeled design that has canted front tires and the motor connecting straight to the rear tire. We also mounted the solar panel above the chassis with wooden dowels.
Time spent: 15 min
Challenges: limited time for the meeting to work today.
It is great to see the adaptions you made based on how things worked. That 3 wheel design with the angled wheels is very unusual. I look forward to seeing how fast it goes!
First of all, anybody who can actually run a 3D printer is not a loser. That is a feat in and of itself. Secondly, this is an awesome design. I wish you would have posted a video, though. I would have liked to see the three-wheeled wonder in action.