Weekly Team Update

On the week of 10/17/18, the Solar Canopy continued to discuss the improvements of the current solar panel mount. Currently, all members are working on concept model ideas, as well as methods on how to fix the solar panel mount to the guideway. Seeing as that the guideway is not a solid block, the mount would have to be fixed on two opposite ends and would make the design to be aware of this, because it cannot have too much stress in a spot where it is not properly loaded. Specifications from the guideway team are coming soon, before next week's meeting. Energy requirements from the wayside team have also been changed from 340 Kilojoules to 450 Kilojoules, pushing us to be more conscience about having more solar panels on our design. If we have too many panels on the design, it will not fit or it will be too angular for design, but if we have too little, we will not meet the energy requirement in a reasonable time frame, seeing as that the average panel delivers only 60 Watts. This coming week, we are planning to have a design to be approved, along with any comments and concerns.

Energy needed by panels (still work in progress with wayside team): 450 KJ
Mounting via: fixed pins

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