Fall 2024 Dayfixing - repairing Daybreak

Wheels down: 12/9/2024

i.e. we have 3 months

Leads 9/10: outline for repairs

  • Dynamics: suspension and steering at the beginning and for the most part can be worked on separate until suspension extended control arm length finalized-ish

    • Wishbone elongate -

      • redesigning - two weeks

        • a bit dependent on comms w aeroshell and wheel cutouts

        • reinforce shell between access panel and wheel cutout w panel glue / layups / etc.

      • bearing inserts purchase after design changes to wishbone - two week wait time

      • manufacturing wishbones - waterjetting(?) = wait time

      • maybe need to re-sim the bellcranks (last prio)

    • Steering -

      • dependent on suspension new geometry and wheelcutout interference

      • purchasing a new rack - waiting time

      • new longer tie rods update cad and manufacture, helicoiling

    • steering column mount welding -

      • maybe need to order the tubes for it? - design and add to cad - 2 weeks? waiting time for order

      • then weld - midway through dynamics completion/after new rack for testing and fitting for compliance

    • Shock Extender - last in suspension

      • do we need to redesign? - machining time - 1.5 week

    • Fix tabs welding (low key fergo job) - new stronger/thicker tabs - last

      • want to maybe run sims on new/old frame tabs - parallelize

 

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Leads set daybreak timeline

 

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my brain dump for adjusting suspension geom