by solar_editor | Nov 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
MSU’s Solar Car team is officially ready to work! After being introduced to one another, assigned roles, and taught safety protocols, the electrical team is now ready to jump in on the action. After a formal safety training, safety measures will be taken seriously and...
by solar_editor | May 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
The MSU Solar Car Team would like to extend a very gracious thank you to Flakeboard for generously donating all of the mold material for the body of the solar car. The team had a lot of trouble finding a proper supplier for mold material, and we were extremely...
by solar_editor | Oct 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Michigan State is one of a few schools that encapsulate their solar array by hand. Manually encapsulating, although more work than buying panels, gives us not only more flexibility in our design and ability to fix issues with the array but gives team members a greater...
by solar_editor | May 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Finals week has just ended for Michigan State, which marks the beginning of the most exciting process for our team: design finalization and fabrication! Yesterday and today we assembled a rough mockup of our chassis and butt bucket based on our current frame designs....
by solar_editor | Mar 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
3M has very generously donated several boxes worth of crucial supplies to build our solar car, including all the sandpaper and electrical tape we need, various types of panel adhesives, and the most important supplies of all: duct tape and zip ties! The body team is...
