Today we met from 3 to 6. As a whole,
the team spent a good deal of time discussing design (even more),
however I was not as involved in that as previously. I focused on
Project ÜberTank with Sam Sedgwick. ÜberTank will be the operating
name for the development of OmniTreads. We spent most of our time
(apart from design discussions) CADing the preliminary design, under
special orders of the team coordinator Mrs. Lindborg. We were able to
complete a model of both a single tread link, and a working flexible
chain of several links. This is a preliminary design and will be
refined greatly, however a first pass in under 48 hours from concept
to full CAD model is better time than I could have asked for. Due to
my involvement in such a covert (sideline) mission, I am hoping to be
issued a Solidworks capable computer to enable me to work on such
things, as well as other (more central) team related CAD assignments
from home. Unfortunately I was unable to prepare
screenshots/renderings of the model. I hope to do that during our
meeting Thursday (no meeting Wednesday), however I will be leaving
early so I don't know whether I will have time. When I have them, I
will show them here.
The design (as seen in a basic,
incomplete sketch in yesterday's post) is as simple as could be
managed while maintaining ease of fabrication and relatively low
cost.
No meeting tomorrow, I will post
Thursday night after my appointment (for which I am leaving early).
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