{"id":11049,"date":"2025-11-30T18:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=11049"},"modified":"2025-11-30T18:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:48:14","slug":"project-seven-pt7-qa-and-weekly-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/project-seven-pt7-qa-and-weekly-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Project sEven pt7 : Q&amp;A and Weekly Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quick update video this week. I picked a few of the questions from the last YouTube video and give a quick update on what I&#8217;ve been up to this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kJteEJRCbA4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the chapter list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>00:26 &#8211; Quick Project Recap<\/li>\n<li>00:50 &#8211; Q&amp;A &#8211; Mission Statement<\/li>\n<li>01:16 &#8211; Is it Achievable<\/li>\n<li>01:37 &#8211; Is it Emotional<\/li>\n<li>02:22 &#8211; Is it Affordable<\/li>\n<li>02:57 &#8211; Vehicle Safety<\/li>\n<li>05:17 &#8211; Why are the Chargers on the High Side<\/li>\n<li>06:42 &#8211; Steering Column Knuckles<\/li>\n<li>07:20 &#8211; Attention to Detail<\/li>\n<li>07:52 &#8211; It\u2019s time for an Update<\/li>\n<li>08:05 &#8211; Schematics<\/li>\n<li>09:15 &#8211; Drive Shafts, Diff and Prop Extracted<\/li>\n<li>12:26 &#8211; Scanned and Modelled Prop-shaft<\/li>\n<li>13:31 &#8211; Prop-shaft 3D Model<\/li>\n<li>15:03 &#8211; Battery Terminal Caps<\/li>\n<li>16:02 &#8211; Gearbox is GA Complete<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick update video this week. I picked a few of the questions from the last YouTube video and give a quick update on what I&#8217;ve been up to this week. Here&#8217;s the chapter list: 00:26 &#8211; Quick Project Recap 00:50 &#8211; Q&amp;A &#8211; Mission Statement 01:16 &#8211; Is it Achievable 01:37 &#8211; Is it Emotional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"They're coming quick and fast now... this time a quick response to some questions and this week's updates. 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