Project Overview
Was Final Day of the Race Weekend at Donington park
Problem / Objective
Was in the line for scrutineering with the Ma7da and it had been raining all day so I knew it was going to be a wet race. So while waiting I was doing final checks and was testing the rain light as I knew was definitely going to be needed. As I was testing it a realised the rain light wasn’t turned on.
Investigation / Design Process
So I decided to have a think on what the problems could be. I came up with a couple of ideas and listed them to my boss Matt and we both agreed that because this is a kit car it might be that water has made its way to the connector.
Engineering Decisions
So I then ran all the way down the pit lane back to truck to grab a can of WD-40 and back to the car in the queue for scrutineering . I then sprayed it on the connectors as this where we both believed the water had gotten to. I then tested the rain light and it worked.
Results and Outcomes
The car passed scrutineeringand I then made sure this issue couldn’t happen again by making some modifications to the rain light.
Engineering Learning
This taught me teamwork skills, communication skills and thinking under pressure.