Group 3: FSAE Pedal Box DR19

Last week (Week 9), the group focused on machining the final parts of the pedal box, as well as working on the final report and presentation. T his week (Week 10), the pedal box was completely assembled and can be seen below. In addition to finishing this construction, the group finished the final report and presentation. These were submitted and presented to an audience on June 6th. A link to the final presentation can be found here . As the project has been completed, there is no work to be done next week. The group would like to thank our advisor, Dr. Tein-Min Tan; Drexel Formula SAE; and Sean Kennedy for helping us with this project. Best of luck to the pedal box team, and thank you for a great term. Below the final schedule for the term can be seen:

Last week (Week 8), the group focused on the machining of the throttle pedal, in addition to ordering the material for the adjustable slides. This week (week 9), the group manufactured the adjustable slides for the machine shop. Before thye physically manufactured the product, the overall design was updated by a senior member of Formula SAE. This design can be seen below. A small edge of metal was added to the side of the adjustable slide in order to absorb more force from the pedal box. Additionally, more metal was added beneath the bolts connecting to the chassis in order to add more support to the overall system. A photo of the product (halfway through manufacturing), as well as a video of the manufacturing, can be seen below:         Lauren made spacers for the gap between the pedals and pressed the bearings for the brake pedals. In order to do this, she first had to bore the hole for the brake pedal bearing. A video of machining this week can be seen below: