Small Scale Bogie Design Team_LS

FEB 13: Visitor Today, Gene visited us. He has vast experience in the railway transportation and presented his ideas on how the Spartan Superway can excel at becoming the new mode of transportation. Gene talked to the small-scale team and shared some of his thoughts. Some of his input seemed too advanced or too extravagant to include into this years project with the remaining time left. However, his idea on track system seemed plausible. He did not have much to say on the current state of the bogie. The chassis design is going a few changes to fit the new motor set up. By using direct drive for the bogie the chassis frame will be widened to allow adequate space for the drive components.

FEB. 6th: Motor Arrived The controls team bought a gimbal motor and are currently spending time on researching how it can run. Upon receiving the motor, the size was similar to the CAD drawings luckily. There was on aspect that wasn't predicted, however, which was that there is a metal shaft that holds the rotor to the stater. A new design was created to reduce the overall profile of the drive train as shown below. I will aim towards developing the chassis to mount the motor and continue to progress towards producing a prototype.

JAN 30th: First Day Back Today we were introduced to the new building for this semester. Luckily the bogie components were stored together securely and most of the components were able to be found and located to the new small scale area. Organization and cleaning up took up class time but the move towards producing prototypes is in need.