2nd Semester Week 7 : 03/20 to 03/27
This week motor team discovered an issue with the motor we had purchased. The BLDC hub motor with a gearbox has made the motor unidirectional.
I spoke with Dr. Furman to confirm whether it is mandatory to have the system reverse on its own. He replied that it would be nice, so I initialed and held an emergency meeting with all other full-scale to discuss our issue and proposed different solutions for all teams to vote on the best solution possible. This is a critical issue for SPARTAN Superway but not a major issue. However, it does involve changes to all teams. The solution we all agreed upon is to leave the drive bogie untouched. We will be utilizing the design and motor from Summer 2019 to help face our unidirectional problem. the slave bogie will now act as a mechanism to slow the drive bogie and reverse the bogie.
I have also been continuous in contact with the Central Shop about our manufactured casing. We should be able to pick up by the end of the week.
Due to the new proposed changes, I have been looking into chain belts and other modifications to the motor used in Summer 2019. The issue they faced was the belt snapping when it attempts to overcome friction force because the teeths did not line up. I hope that using a metal belt and proper teeth ratios would resolve the issue.
I spoke with Dr. Furman to confirm whether it is mandatory to have the system reverse on its own. He replied that it would be nice, so I initialed and held an emergency meeting with all other full-scale to discuss our issue and proposed different solutions for all teams to vote on the best solution possible. This is a critical issue for SPARTAN Superway but not a major issue. However, it does involve changes to all teams. The solution we all agreed upon is to leave the drive bogie untouched. We will be utilizing the design and motor from Summer 2019 to help face our unidirectional problem. the slave bogie will now act as a mechanism to slow the drive bogie and reverse the bogie.
I have also been continuous in contact with the Central Shop about our manufactured casing. We should be able to pick up by the end of the week.
Due to the new proposed changes, I have been looking into chain belts and other modifications to the motor used in Summer 2019. The issue they faced was the belt snapping when it attempts to overcome friction force because the teeths did not line up. I hope that using a metal belt and proper teeth ratios would resolve the issue.
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