Before starting the project, I feel it would be helpful to outline what our objectives are. That way we don’t get distracted and end up going down a blind alley building a machine that can’t be used anywhere. Or, for that matter starting a project that will never get finished.
It needs to be cheap, partly because our budget is very limited, but also cheap materials allow my sons to get involved without the danger of making expensive mistakes. The car needs to be finished for May next year, but that includes being tested and sorted so it needs to be complete at least a couple of months before that. Also, allowing for the short attention span of digitally addicted youngsters, progress has to be continuously apparent.
With these considerations in mind, the strategy is to come up with a concept that is easily realized but flexible enough to allow continuous development. That means doing a workable solution now and maybe upgrading it to the optimum solution at a later date. Once complete and running, it should in theory be possible to gradually work through the entire car replacing different parts to refine it. Eventually you might end up with a new vehicle that is better in every respect and have enough parts left over to recreate the original vehicle. But meanwhile, back in the real world, the primary objective is to get it sitting on its wheels and running as soon as possible.
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