Week 10: Prototyping

Oct. 31 Small-Scale Bogie Team

The controls team and I talked about the selected  gimbal motor. Some concerns were raised about it not having a shaft and upon further investigation it was found that half of the motor enclosure would rotate not just the shaft. This will make mounting the motor difficult and we should look for alternatives. The need for a functioning test track and Bogie set up are hitting high demand and will most likely be the small scales topic for discussion among other things. As far as inductive charging the integration will be lead by the controls team with little Bogie involvement as it does not dorectly effect Bogie design. 

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