Week 8: Lecture

OCT. 17th 2018--Small Scale Bogie

Task Items:
-Continue developing concepts
-Create presentation

Summary:
For today we had about two hours to work on our project before meeting on campus for a lecture. Within the two hours I researched some more design concepts and looked up presentation requirements. The design concepts developed so far resemble that of a car frame allowing space between rails for placement of the drive components. Typical bogies utilize an H-frame design and will influence further design.

 The lecture discussed the effects of technology and social interaction. We conducted a survey and discussed in groups what we put down. A few groups presented in which most agreed that technology has had an effect on social interaction. 

Comments

  1. Eric HagstromOctober 30, 2018 at 11:29 AM

    Small Scale Bogie Team,

    I would like to understand how you and the controls team and the guideway team are working together to allow for induction charging? I haven't seen much cross-collaboration between your teams, but instead working separately to solve your own issues first. This is okay, but in the end, you will have to communicate successfully to integrate all of your sub-systems together.

    How will induction charging work with your bogie system???

    After reviewing your presentation #2 (more comments to follow this week), please begin 3D printing (rapid prototyping), so you can start understanding how your steering linkage system and chassis will work. Will your new motors mount similarly to the old motors?

    Please begin posting your CAD models here.

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