Category Student team
Where Team Meridian solar car - student team
Year 2026
My part Design, machining, assembly, driver fitting
Result Fits drivers 1.68-1.91 m, removable in 4 minutes
After the uprights I took the driver controls, which brought a whole set of rules I had not met before: pedal travel, brake bias, and a regulation about what happens if a linkage fails.
The pedal box is a machined baseplate with adjustable pedal faces, so drivers between 1.68 m and 1.91 m can all reach without moving the seat. Everything is bolted, nothing is welded, and the whole assembly comes out in four minutes with one spanner.
Both drivers asked for the same pedal spacing after the first test day, which I took as a pass.
