Hello!
I have not been able to post for the last two weeks. I was a little too busy with university work.
A lot of work has been done to the car since we started. We added the front wheels and fixed the steering linkage. Also i constructed a new mock up gearbox just to see is the design we are going to go with fits properly.
We had to do this because i realised that the old gearbox was backwards. that is it was designed for mounting next to the firewall behind the driver's seat. It was a good design but i felt it was taking up room where we thought the batteries and the IC engine would go.
So i decided to take it apart and build a new casing more suited to our needs.
i used a laser prototyper and solid works to build it. It did not take too long but the main problem i had was taking the old gearbox apart. now usually I excel at taking things apart but in this case tight bearings and inaccessible screws made it a difficult task.
The case in the photograph is a mock up made of plywood. The real gearbox will look the same but will be made of aluminium.
Also the flicker gallery has been updated with more recent photographs.
More soon
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