Sunday, April 15, 2018

Spring 2018, Week 10: Making Straights

April 4, 2018

This week is the first week back from our Spring Break. Our team continues to manufacture parts for the small scale track. This week, I managed to assemble 5 straight sections. While I was doing this, Kevin continued working on the curve and switch sections. 

As of this week, we managed to create 2 curves and half a switch (Figure 1). We are currently waiting on the Small Scale Bogie team's design to determine if the bogie will fit in the curve section. When we can verify this, we will proceed with completing the switch section. 

Figure 1: Incomplete switch section

In addition to manufacturing parts for the track, our team is also preparing for the second presentation of the semester. 

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