Week 1: Spring 2018 (1/25-1/31)

The faculty and advisors of Spartan Superway requested the change in design due to the overall cost reduction in building prototype. As a follow-up, the solar team made a radical design change, which helped the cost to drop a lot.

The supporting structure materials including clamps and straight steel sections were researched again to make the entire structure lighter and cost-efficient. Also, since the length of the one module of the prototype is being shortened, the required number of solar panels will be dropped as well.

I have made a list of things that will be discussed in the full-scale teams meeting with advisors of the Spartan Superway that will be held on January 31st, 2018. One of the factors that have to be confirmed is the width dimension of the entire canopy design as it remained in the midst of confusion.