SoLar SunRidge

Event Year: 2024
Event Location: Orange County STEM Saturday
Competition: Junior Solar Sprint
Division: 7-8 (JSS Blue)
School: SunRidge Middle
Team Name: Team SunRidge
Project Name: Solar Run
Team Size: 2

SunRIdge Middle School

This is our Webpage for our newly created Solar Car – Basic. This is our first try of making a Solar Car. We call him Basic because he is basically the kit we received.

Our Car

Materials

• Balsa Wood
  2 Wide Wheels
  2 Thin Wheels
  1 Motor
  1 Solar Panel
  2 Axels
  Hot glue
  Dixie Solo Cup
  
  Pitsco Kit Approx Cost – $40
  
  
  

Daily Log

Date	Task	Time Spent on Task	Team Member	Obstacle	Modification
October 29	Open Kit and look at direction	30 minutes	Ethan T	N/A	N/A
November 5	Measure and cut wood	30 Minutes	Ethan T	Cracked wood	N/A
November 21	Put Wheels on Axels Glue on axels	30Minutes	Ethan T	Axel wouldn’t fit in wheel Hard time getting axel all the way in	N/A
November 22	Connect motor and alligator clips Test Car	30 minutes	Ethan T	Can’t use soldering – helped by teacher

Vehicle Information	Test 1	Test 2	Test 3
Solar/Battery	Solar	Battery	Solar
Weather	Sunny	Sunny	Sunny
Date/Time	11/22/24 1pm	11/22/24 1pm	11/22/24 1pm
Distance	4ft 10inches	6ft 4 inches	2ft 2 inches
Time Elapsed	12 sec	10 sec	4 sec
Comments	Turned some	Better but still curved	Died in the middle
Ideas to improve	fix axels		Fix solder connections

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