At Long Last, Fully Mounted

This week we were able to fully mount the motor controller and charge controller.  After locating the necessary hardware Kirsten and I began to bolt the two controllers down.  In some areas the bolts could not be properly fastened because the holes in the aluminum were too big to screw on the nuts.  We were able to use washers to fasten the nuts.  We then used spring washers after the first washer on all the bolts because if we were to hit a bad bump in SK2, there would be a lower chance that the bolt would snap.

After everything was bolted down, Matt suggested that we cut the bolts down to a smaller size.  He said that if we hit a bump in SK2, the back end of the car bounce low enough to have the bolts puncture the back wheel.  We then cut and filed all the bolts, and then mounted the controllers.

Jack was able to design a rack for the batteries to be placed and has begun gathering his materials.  I have begun researching how to wire our electric motor to the controllers.  Our motor is a pancake dc motor made by Heinzmann company.  We have not yet installed the potentiometer but Jaret is looking into how to wire it.  Hopefully next week we can install the potentiometer, the battery rack, and possibly even the tires.

Serial information on the electric motor.

Bolting the motor and charge controllers down with Kirsten.