Adhithyan Vaiyapuri's Spartan Superway Blog

This week we ran into a pretty big problem. Because the motors were from a Chinese company, and the drawings were in Chinese. When we managed to translate, there was a sentence that suggested that the motors turn one way. These are BLDC motors, so there has to be a clutch attached to the gearbox. We need the motor to turn both ways, so we've discussed our options with the other team and decided that adding a third motor on the Slave Bogie would be the best move, to take care of the reverse. This means our team is responsible for fixing the previous years' motor/propulsion system. It should be a pretty easy thing to do, as we have all the materials and parts from that system.

This week was pretty easy. The axle design was finalized and sent off to the central shop, so all the designwork is done. We've been in communication with controls team to see if there was anything we could do for our motor. Other than that, it's been a pretty easy week. 

This week was spent mostly working on making sure the wheels would fit the track. It was a pretty simple fix,