This week the small scale track worked closely with the small scale controls and bogey teams to finalize our design goals. We plan to have a central docking station with the ability to charge the bogey's. The controls team are considering both wireless inductive charging and physical (connected) charging. We plan to support either design decision that they pursue. We took many pictures to showcase in our presentation for next week, specifically design flaws in the current model that we plan to improve. We also plan to have 12% grade in our track (bogey design permitting). Additionally, each 3D printed bracket will be replaced with new brackets (that may be injection molded).
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.
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