FTC 7314 Engineering Notebook 2015-09-21

Competition Season Meeting

Meeting Date	Meeting Time	Location	Attendees
Monday 21-September-2015	6:00-8:00pm	TCHS Brandywine	Josh, Justin, Braden, Trevor, Amal, Wade, Daniel, Jacob, Myles

Objectives / Systems	Hypotheses, tests, observations, conclusions, plans
Tetrix Treads measured dimensions	Ordered Tetrix Treads (2 kits plus accessories) have arrived. Idler wheel diameter = 2.560" Tread thickness = 0.175"; Tread width = 1.560" Idler / Tread effective diameter = 2.910" Pitch (19 1/16" for 50 links) = 0.381" (0.384" measured in CAD model) Drive sprocket had 20 teeth - pitch diameter = 2.445"
Intake	Braden, Myles, Amal, Wade,and Trevor were helping out with the intake We measured the length and width of our mini chasis.We also used Polycarbon glass as well.

Tasks	Reflections
Drive Chain treads	Josh worked with Gary and Daniel to attempt to put together the tank treads. We put the rubber tread grips into the treads. This took a long time and Gary reported that His arm ached after he slid all the pieces into their proper place.
Possible scoring methods	Braiden, Wade, Myles, and Trevor brainstormed ideas that would intake the debris and move it into the storage system. The intake method found to be most effective was using axels and a motor with surgical tubing attached in order to suck the debris in.

Action and idea Journal

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  First climb to the top!

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