This week we worked on our initial presentation of the spring semester. Earlier we were concerned whether or not we would be able to find motors to satisfy our specifications for the bogie. We spent time making trying to find motors suitable for our design at lower prices but ultimately couldn't find anything within our sponsors or immediate contacts.
We spent last week speaking to Spartan Superway treasurer to make sure that our most expensive parts (motors and miter gears) were included in the Associated Student application for funding. AS funding should be able to cover the expense of buying our two motors and four miter gears for propulsion. Craig has provided brake calipers and more materials for manufacturing the mounts of the brakes and motors which drove the total cost of our design down.
For the next weeks we plan on acquiring a master cylinder and any tubing to test the brakes.
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