The Basics Chuck Oravec Lab Supervisor in Department of Physics – Occidental College 7th Year with the Solar Cup (323)259-2827 solarcup.org oravec@oxy.edu October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

The Basics My Responsibilities: Participate in New Teachers Workshop Put on the technical presentations at all of the workshops with help from 22 Oxy students and my other team members. Grade technical reports Woody & I perform school visits Assist teams who need extra help Inspect boats at races October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

Workshops New Teachers Workshop Rules, Guidelines and General Information Planning and building your boat Timelines Demo and discussion of the motor circuit October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

Workshops 1st Technical Workshop at MWD 12/3 Students – Teachers – Electric Motors Small amount of theory Build an electric motor Electric Circuits Series parallel circuits Ohms Law Report Writing Teachers – Drive Train installation Rule changes General discussions October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

Workshops 2nd Technical Workshop at Oxy 2/4 Boat Electrical Circuit Building Reserve a demo board Bring your own components if you have any Solar Power Battery Management Drive Train Optimization Report Writing PSM October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

Bad News First You are (probably) not going to win the MWD Solar Cup this year The first year is for learning October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

Rookie Goals Have Fun Don’t get too ambitious Instill a safety culture within your team Learn as much as possible for next year Learn time management. October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

You May Say But really, I think I can win (or at least do really really well) please what is my best strategy? October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

Boat Building Workshop Use suggested tool kit as a base Look at the tool sets of other teams for ideas Watch how other teams build their boats Don’t be afraid to ask questions of other teams Don’t worry if your boat isn’t perfect, it won’t affect your performance at all. October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

A Possible Plan Follow Solar Cup Planning and Building V7.0 Use Patrick Donovan’s Drive Train Kit Attend Jim Donovan’s presentation during the workshops at Oxy Ask for help early If you’re wondering if it’s time to ask for help, it’s already to late October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

Batteries Attend the Battery Workshop at Oxy in February Choosing the correct batteries Testing battery capacity Endurance Race strategy Solar charging your batteries Extra battery sets Coming to races with only one set of batteries is not recommended October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

Tech Reports Use sample tech reports given out in the workshops as a guide to assigning tasks to your team members. Dr. Hightower will go over the sample reports in detail. Use Solar Cup Planning and Building V 7.0 to fill in the details Divide up the tasks and give everyone a chance to contribute. October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

Ask for Help Ask early – we get pretty busy as the race nears. School visit in March – April is meant to be a progress check. If you need extra help we will come to your school to help in any way we can. However, we will not build your boat for you. October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017

Web Site www.solarcup.org All of today’s presentations will be on the solar cup web site by next week. Look in the “Documents” tab All future workshop materials will be put up as soon as the workshops are over. Other reference documents October 14, 2016 Solar Cup 2017