10/19-10/26

During this week, our team continue working on the new adjustments towards our bogie, steering and failsafe. A meeting via Skype with Bengt was made in order to discuss our adjustments and new possibilities to improve our design. It was decided that the bar connecting both bogies will be lowered below the track. By lowering such bar, the normal forces will be greatly increased thus the amount of torque necessary by the motor to go up the 17 degree incline will decrease considerably. Another advantage of lowering the bar is the spacing within the bogie will increase. The more space we can provide for the other sub-teams the better it will be as they will not be limited to certain parts and design. The steering was decided to be maintained as a gear and pulley system which will provide more safety thanks to the gear ratios in place. Our communication with other teams is and will continue to be essential as we want to make sure all sub-systems can fit as expected. Also, we had another meeting with all the sub-teams where we decided on a date where we will finalize our design and all the parts that will be order. November 16 is the day every sub-team will submit their list and prices of all parts needed to essentially obtain the funding and finally placing the order. By setting the date we will ensure the parts will come before the beginning of next semester.