Progress on SubZero

We're making fantastic progress on SubZero, our latest car over the last few weeks. Tim and I were not up to our usual  shenanigans in the centre of Bristol on a Friday night but instead worked all day on the car and were far too exhausted after sanding and greasing the front axle so it moved more freely. The axle we got from the car we took apart was less than perfect and was bending the steering bar because there was so much friction. But we fixed it nonetheless and we created something truly beautiful. It now moves brilliantly and we can now concentrate on the rear axle. As per usual Mr Thomas is taking his time trimming the axle down but had a good time cutting some bearings apart to let us use them for some spacers. There were a lot of sparks. Simple pleasures. 
We've had some problems with the brakes for SubZero and Tim and I have had many trips to the local bike shops asking for obscure parts with no real clue what we want and various assistants giving us very strange looks. After the last failed location of a part to hold the brake cable in place we have had to resort to out other trusted supplier; eBay. 
The side panels for SubZero are beginning to take shape and we are hoping to rivet them on in the next few weeks or so and get testing as soon as possible for the new season.

Sadly however, Gigazord has taken a bit of a back-seat role of recent weeks as we've placed more emphasis on getting SubZero ready. Mr Thomas hasn't had much time to work on Gigazord either, due to parents' evenings, GCSE coursework and making us cups of tea.
In other news, Andy has done some rather fantastic work on a gearing calculator. It is colour coordinated and I have approved the colour scheme to ensure that there are no clashes. It is incredibly intelligent and can work out all sorts of strange things, many of which I simply cannot fathom. Either way, it will help us enormously in the new season to work out our gearing which will benefit us hugely.


Below are some photos of the work we have been doing:

The brakes.

The start of the new design battery case.