Blog 10/24/18

This week was spent working on some CAD designs based on the XOFO SOFN motor. We have decided that to make sure the motor fits our needs better, the motor should only be supported on one end, and the main housing of the motor should be converted to be the wheel, as it's an outrunner hub motor, and it makes more sense to make it our wheel and fit a tire onto it rather than attach it to a wheel, and face losses. I did two basic CADs: one shaft and one housing, to show the idea of a single shaft and a wheel, and to convert the dimensions of the XOFO CAD to standard measurements. XOFO, sent me some CAD of the actual shaft sometime after, and David and I got the shaft designed. My next task is to design the wheel, and to look at some back up motor companies incase XOFO doesn't work out.


  












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