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After Week 7, our main designs for the structure has been finalized. We are also finalizing our list of purchases, so we can start getting things purchased. Our initial projections were estimated to be about $15,000; however, after talking to AFRL, they will be able to help provide some materials and electronics that will help us reduce the costs of …
We have been working hard finalizing our motors and fixing up our CADs to fit the motors and gears. We also have continued our analyzing our options of buying motors, as each motor averages about $3,000 due to being vacuum compatible. In addition, we have been analyzing the different gear boxes to see if we can purchase or create our …
For the past weeks, we have been working hard to get our designs ready and researching for components for our project. The biggest challenge was to be able to have the structure rotate in two different axes and also have motors mounted. In addition, the structure is planned to test a variety of articles that can range from 2″ x …
