FTC 7314 Engineering Notebook 2015-10-26

Competition Season Meeting

Meeting Date	Meeting Time	Location	Attendees
26-October-2015	6:00-9:00 PM	TCHS Brandywine	Trevor, Josh, Daniel, Braden, Seth, Akhila, Amal, Bennett, Matt, Trent, Myles, Justin, Wade

Objectives / Systems

Hypotheses, tests, observations, conclusions, plans

Chassis Fabrication

Trevor, Josh, Matt, and mentor Keith worked to finish the chassis which was begun on Wednesday. In the making of this chassis we also started the extension.
Matt helped Keith refill the spool on the spool gun. Matt also helped in the welding of the chassis and got to see some welding in action. Matt hopes to be able to join the welding team in the future.
Trent worked with mentor Clem to paint the chassis parts after they had been welded. Care was taken to clean and dry the parts prior to painting.

Objective in bold

Tasks	Reflections
Axle Preparation	Braden worked hard to find the best method to sand the axles in order to fit the bearings. This took a long time for Braden to figure out. Besides working with Braden on sanding, Bennett Cut the polypropylene floor panel and drilled the bolt holes. Braden taught Daniel how to use the lathe. Daniel plans to use this knowledge in order to benefit the team in the future.
Driving Practice	Myles worked on his driving using a smaller robot made by Daniel. Seth helped with the practice, and anywhere else he could.
Programing lesson	Justin listened to the programing part of our operation. Justin also helped in the workshop. Amal was helping to program the color sensor. Amal also listened and watch Akhila program on her laptop. Today we tried to get the color sensors working. We encountered some problems but we worked out most of the kinks. I feel that I was less productive today than at the last meeting. I was tired and distracted. I could have done better
Worm gear assembly	Trent and Braden worked with Clem to build the first worm gear assembly. This assembly, with a 4:1 reduction and a Tetrix motor, will be used to elevate and depress the forward drive-train extension.
finish welding chassis	Trevor, Josh, and mentor Keith worked to finish the chassis fabrication which was begun on Wednesday. In the making of this chassis they also started the extension.