KATOTA

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_ =_**UPDATE**__= 5-12-09

we are putting on new wheels from a toy wagon.
=**↓**Lowrider, our car.= media type="file" key="war - lowrider.mp3" width="108" height="37" =⇧listen here!= =⇧= =⇧= =⇧=

Our car:

We are team number six and we are awesome. Here is some info and pictures about the start of our car making process.

For the body of the car we are using T-Core

Our cars body has a diamond/heart shape. We chose it because 1) It looks sweet 2) It is aerodynamic 3) It doesn't suck.

We chose to have 3 wheels because we liked how that looked on our car. We have two big wheels in the back, and off the front there aluminum struts sticking out about 5 inches, with a wheel on the end.

We have named our car the "Lowrider". For our back wheels we decided to make our own bearings, so as to reduce friction. Since our front wheel is farther out it gives our car a unique design that keeps our car low to the ground, hence the name.

=5-13-09= ====Our car finally works! With the battery pack **and** with the solar panel. In order to make all that happen we had to change the wheels -our old ones were too heavy- and the gears -our old ones were too big. We also changed the wires that are holding up our panel, the new ones are easier to bend and lighter. Now were putting a few shiny bits on the car. We're still hoping for rain on saturday 'cause our car goes way faster with the battery than it does with the solar panel.==== = = =5-11-09= we are trying to get lighter wheels still. we tested the car in a dry place. it almost got run-over by a basketball, but it lived. we might put on wood wheels because there are no more wheels. i hope it rains this saturday! =5-8-09= great. are car works super well with the batteries but will barely move with the solar panel. we might need to get lighter wheels. we put on lighter wires that hold the solar panel. 5-6-09 Today our car is working very well again, but we are still working on making it win with the solar panel. Today we tested it with extra weight and it still worked but that was with the battery pack and not the solar panel. it is too cloudy to test with the solar panel.

4-21-09 and 4-28-09
OOOH NO! our car is not running now, we think it it because of the solar and the size of our gears. We are currently working hard on resolving this problem. Right now we are in a car quality recession. Soon we will re post with our new found skill and awesome car winningness.

3/30/09
we have finally put on the solar panels. it is held up with wire that can bend. we cut the wires that connect to the moter. we just tried to use the car with the solar panel and it did not move. we might have to much friction. when we pulled the moter out with it still connected it was working. we have to fix it.

3/27/09
we are having a troubles with our car. it will not go in a straight line or close to one. we are trying to put on the solar panel again. we have tried three different types of wire to hold the panel. we have a new can with beads in it.

3/24/09
Today we are working on attaching the solar panel. we are trying to find a way so that it can be adjusted to point south. We are having a little trouble with our long wires, but i can see the car coming together.

3/20/09
Our car is the fastest in this class so far, and we are very happy, but this is just the beginning, with a few minor tweaks, our car could get even faster. we have had a few races, batteries do count. we got new batteries and our car went faster and won!

3/17/09
It is the first day we have gotten our car rolling. Unfortunately, our car isn't rolling completely straight yet, and we are doing tests and trying to fix this problem.