I have to do a 20 min "presentatio/lesson" on lotus 7 cars tomorrow and i am struggling to think of a group participation exercise i can give the group

anyone got any thoughts?

what colour to paint it

bec vs cec

build a space frame from party skewers & hot glue (one that hold most weight / number of skewers wins)

Get them to demonstrate the principles of space frame design by giving two groups the same supplies (A3 paper, small bit of card, blue tack, 1 meter of tape, 5 meters of string and a few canes)...get them to make a bridge to carry tennisballs or soemthing...the team that takes the most wins...

Or, like i was forced to do..given balsa cement and some balsa and told to make a bridge to span a set distance and carry as many building bricks as possible....

How about a debate about cec versus bec's,
or What's fastest ? (that could be good!)
weight as opposed to power
13" wheels against 15/17"
you could fill a whole day let alone 20 mins

Liam is the audience adults or kids ?

regards

Agriv8

Locost floors, Aluminium or Steel? Discuss

the audience are adults but they have limited if any motoring knowledge, anything specifically locost,eg steel/ali floors 13" wheels vs bigger will be lost on them i think

i think i might try something along the lines of skewers and blue tak, and build a space frame form a plan im going to give them

and then discuss it weak points and suggest improvements i.e. triangulation

what do you think, i only have 20 mins and ive got a powerpoint and a couple of hill climb clips to show

[Edited on 5/2/07 by liam.mccaffrey]

Ask them to design a lower wishbone from scratch and see if any of them are worse than the book one

im taking a book lower wishbone with me, ill ask them what they think

Good grief! take them some wire brushes white spirit rags and donor parts and get them to identify what they unearth, you can give them some clues by sketching the mechanical function of the parts on the blackboard/ whiteboard! Much more fun and you will save getting your hands too dirty!

Caber