The other small scale teams were not able to get their designs working by Friday night, so the first testing happened during the demonstration. There were some problem areas of the track that we did not notice (and could not notice) before testing began, but these can be polished up by next years team. The demonstration went well overall, and next years team should be well prepped to continue our work. We will leave behind a fully assembled track, functioning track bender, and spare parts for them to work with. It has been a good year with Spartan Superway, and we wish future years' teams the best of luck.
This week we spent some time grinding the last of the welds and started assembling the track bender. We had several design challenges and some fit and finish issues, but ultimately succeeded in finishing the new track bender. The process of bending the rails is not as smooth as we had hoped but we do obtain successful bends. One of the challenges is that the caster wheels we are using are not strong enough to resist the force of the bottle jack pressing against them. These will eventually need to be replaced, but they should do fine for this semester.
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