Team+MRK+(aka+Radish)

**3/29/11**
Our first car prototype is up and running. We have run into a few problems, but most of the kinks are worked out. JUST KIDDING! We just did a test run and our car sorta ran in circles... I think we need to keep working on it. Hopefully we can get it to go in a straight line. Once we do get it running in a line I think it will be alright. It goes pretty fast, so we'll keep our fingers crossed. ~MRK

We fixed the wheels and now the 2 back wheels are made of clear plastic. we tested it and it went 25 feet in 4 seconds. It messed up at first, but we got it going. we still have a few problems but we are powering (electrically) through. ~MRK
 * 3/29/11 **

We managed to get our car to run and go fast, but someone in our group let Jack play with our car and he broke it :( . we haven't been able to grt our car running ever since, but we did design the ultimate gear. I'm not worried about other groups looking at our wiki and stealing it, because they have to figure out how to make it first. and trust me, it's WAY harder to make than it looks. I was able to make one successful one, but one of my teammates broke it accidentally. I can't try to make it this class because we divided our 3 jobs (solar panel, car, and wiki) up and I got this wiki. so I'm gonna leave it up to Knox. ~MRK
 * 4/14/11**

We have made a completely new car prototype... well this might end up being our final car. Anyway, we are also working on making our solar panel charging station now. Our charger is going to be adjustable so that we can change the angle depending on where the sun is. We had a really good idea on how to do it, but we sorta didn't pay attention to the angles that I recorded.... But we fixed it. Our new car isn't up and running yet, we are still working on designing the body of the car. Hopefully it will go pretty fast pretty soon. Molly gave it new wheels, and it looks pretty good. We need to finish doing time trials, but we can't do this until we put on our motor and battery pack. I think we're doing pretty well.
 * 4/19/11**

Our new car seems to be coming together nicely. The frame is complete and we are currently installing the motor. Some notable improvements that have been made include smoother axle barrings, larger wheels, and a more sturdy, well constructed frame. Our solar charging station is also progressing rapidly. Our initial measurements were ignored, however we are working on that and it should be completed in the next few classes if we stay focused. MRK
 * 4/21/11**

were so close! all we have to do now, is lock the gear and fix the straws and we have our car! whooooooo!!!!! the solar panel has 2 new measurements, but a few that where requested where imposible. it's back to me (Molly) being on the wiki, Knox on the car, and Rachel on the solar panel. it's a good thing that Knox is on the car, becuse he's the best at locking the gear. when we finish it, our car is going to PWN!

~MRK

We have finished building our solar panel charging station. IT IS ON WHEELS! DISCLAIMER: We didn't copy the design of any of the other teams. Our charging station design is completely original. ~MRK
 * 5/3/11**

I managed to get our car to go a little straighter. we accidentally broke the super strait model I had before, so I had to try to re-straiten it. were at the point where were just working on what we want to work on. but, since Knox called working on the car, I chose the wiki. we have an on and off switch on our car now. ~MRK

I'm on the wiki again. I'm beginning to get the feeling that this is the job nobody wants :( . I would put the cost list on here, but Knox took the car away. we're redoing the wheels because we found better ones. we also, need to start thinking about decorations for our car. our solar panel doesn't roll anymore either. ~MRK
 * 5/5/11**

Our car seems to run fine. What we really need to do know is figure out how we are going to prop up our Solar Panel Charging Station so that it is at the right angle to get optimum sunlight. We're also working on decorating our car so that it looks good and not sloppy. Then there are other buisnessy things we need to do like getting our price list on the wiki and supplies and things like that. Oh, and then there are Time Trials. = ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ =
 * 5/10/11**