Following up with the project, there were some topics brought up when my groupmates and I met each other. We mainly discuss our concerns regarding our desired motor from MAC motor. According to our motor sizing, since we would like to have a low RPM high torque motor, the motor provided by MAC will overheat in a few minutes. So, we came up with several lists of possible solutions such as having a planetary gearbox. We planned on decreasing the speed of the bogie, while increasing the speed of the motor to prevent the motor from overheating. With that said, we tried to research more about the planetary gearbox and what gear ratios we might need to slow down bogie while maintaining the ideal RPM for our motor.
We also discussed of having a controller that can adjust the voltage input of the motor.
Assignments:
- Follow up with vendor (MAC motor)
- Research more on controller ( example: KBL control)
- Research on the planetary gearbox and how to calculate them
- Sizing of motor
- Look into beadlock rim
- Research on Tesla pump for air cooling
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