ideation phase

this week in Design Futures we have begun ideating for our race car. i did some research for aero dynamic designs and found these and have based the shape of my car from these ideas. in my next post i will show you my planning drawing for my car and the design I believe will be the fastest

todays lesson

today in DT we learned about wiring our race car. Mr Ward showed us which wires connect to each other to get the engine to start. he also showed us the examples of previous cars and there different aspects. we also found out a few different ways to reduce friction and how to take the hub and tyre. over the weekend i will begin researching different ways to reduce friction and good designs so when we get back on monday i can begin planning my race car

race car brief

Today we were given the design brief and a quick outline of this terms work which is to make a race car. we were given our packs including wheels, batterys, motor and all the essential things needed to construct our race car. we also went into the workshop and was shown the race track and an few examples of previous cars racing down the track. next lesson i will begin researching the different aspects of the car and look for ways to reduce friction trying to make my car as fast as possible.