Trackside Committee (TSE) 2025-26
This is a WIP for a theoretical committee pre-season which is now obsolete as we have no real need for a trackside engineering committee. Instead, refer to driveday and operational vehicle procedures.
OVERVIEW:
Startup Goal: Establish standard operating procedures for drive-days to promote safety and logistical requirements when taking our vehicles out.
Responsibilities (see more): safety procedures, drive and track-day logistics, data collection, driver training, additional packing and transportation logistics, high-level vehicle maintenance, track and testing simulating
Background: context
any DAQ input for goals already?:
Structure: Ideal membership structure
The TSE “system” will be effectively the TSE Committee. Members assigned to the TSE role will act as representatives of their own design systems in relation to TSE and drive-day responsibilities. The committee will be limited to a handful of current members and leads as managers of TSE responsibilities. The purpose is to avoid being a distinct sub-system at all for the first semester (and likely second).
Ideally committee has more than one member each under: powertrain (battery, thermals), general electrical (bps), mechanical (integration, dynamics), ergonomics, VCAT Telemetry, VCAT Controls, ..Matthew or Isaac(safety dedicated)
System Expectations Overview:
Data and Documentation:
Drive-day database (see electrics)
Run Sheet equivalent (see electrics) Basic Run Sheet Comp Car - REVISED 2-23-2024.xlsx
DAQ dash ?
Competition Metrics Tracking and Aggregation (~one-time pull)
2025 Team Expectations Overview:
Track layout
Transponders - mounting? sourcing? idk do we even need this for practice
Driver Gear
Cameras
Safety gear and cart sourcing - storage long-term
Timeline General:
Powered-run test drive sessions at __ frequency
Daybreak dynamics testing - scrutineering mock
Full Track Drive Day - grid day executed by mid-November
Powered-Run
Next-gen dynamics testing - scrutineering mock