Week 10: 10/24 - 10/31

This Week:

-> Received no reply from MAC Motor or TDCM, so we have removed them from our team's back up plan. QS motor has replied, but they do not have a suitable motor for us.

-> Spoke with bogie interaction team about mounting points for our motor. Two sheets of metal will have a hole for our shaft to run through. On the center end of the shaft, we will secure the motor with a nut that will be torqued down. I currently do not have the torque specifications for that at the moment.

-> I looked into airless tires and KBL controllers that would be suitable with our motor.

-> After speaking with Dr. Furman about pricing and his opinion, he wanted us to look into cutting down on the number of motors and controllers. We decided to postpone purchasing motors for one more week, that would be the absolute latest.

-> I also spoke with Ty about getting the funding to make our purchases.


Next Week:

-> Purchase controllers and motor

-> Finalize on CAD design of shaft and housing.

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