You woke up at 0800 today so that you could meet Travis at the hardware store at 0900 this morning. You bought screws for the power transfer system and then headed back to your house. From there you carpooled down to Baxter Academy for the second time this week.
Your arrived around 1030 and spent the rest of the day getting the PVC cut out for the through holes. The only short break we took from working was eating lunch across the street at Portland Pie Company. You had a few issues that you had to work out, and even almost broke the CNC machine. In the end it was worth it though as the holes were very smooth and fit the through holes almost perfectly.
You then went to frisbee where Freeport won against South Portland in a fairly easy game. You stayed after the game ended to watch B-team play Merriconeag.
You then headed back to your house with Liam around 1700 and worked on the power transfer system. The original plan we had fell through (as usual) and we are now going to order parts from McMaster to put together the final version sometime next week.
Finally you went to Travis's around 2000 with Liam (Josef was already there) and you had pizza for dinner. Then you started to work on the boxes that will hold the epoxied cameras. You have gone through 3 iterations of CAD models now, and expect to have a couple more tomorrow before getting the best option.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Baxter Again
Today you woke up early to help Jessica with her physics. After meeting with her in the morning, you headed to the hardware store to meet Nick. At the hardware store you bought screws for the power transfer system on the float (which you worked on last night).
At 09:00 you and Nick headed down to Baxter Academy to cut out the through holes for the thrusters. You dropped Nick off and went to rent a tux for prom...unfortunately they were closed. You headed back to Baxter and continued helping Nick make the jig for the PVC. At around 12:00 you and Nick stopped for lunch. You then headed out again and actually rented a tux this time. Soon after you got back, Liam showed up. After an hour and half more of work, all of the PVC had the correct through hole cuts needed for our final prototype!
At 14:30 you left Baxter with Quinton, Ben, and Bryce in tow. You were heading to the second-to-last frisbee game of the entire year. You played South Portland, and although they were supposed to be good, they were not. Your team beat them easily.
After frisbee you first headed home and then headed to swimming. After swimming you met the team at your house and continued working on the software. You charged the large LiFePO4 batteries (pictured below) and finished the threaded python server. You then created a few different final orders for the project (which included: LEDs, an LCD screen, jumper cables).
You also dedicated tomorrow to an entire day of project work...we're hoping to get more sensors interfaces, final orders placed, and CAD designs completed.
At 09:00 you and Nick headed down to Baxter Academy to cut out the through holes for the thrusters. You dropped Nick off and went to rent a tux for prom...unfortunately they were closed. You headed back to Baxter and continued helping Nick make the jig for the PVC. At around 12:00 you and Nick stopped for lunch. You then headed out again and actually rented a tux this time. Soon after you got back, Liam showed up. After an hour and half more of work, all of the PVC had the correct through hole cuts needed for our final prototype!
At 14:30 you left Baxter with Quinton, Ben, and Bryce in tow. You were heading to the second-to-last frisbee game of the entire year. You played South Portland, and although they were supposed to be good, they were not. Your team beat them easily.
After frisbee you first headed home and then headed to swimming. After swimming you met the team at your house and continued working on the software. You charged the large LiFePO4 batteries (pictured below) and finished the threaded python server. You then created a few different final orders for the project (which included: LEDs, an LCD screen, jumper cables).
You also dedicated tomorrow to an entire day of project work...we're hoping to get more sensors interfaces, final orders placed, and CAD designs completed.
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