During this month we established our place as the Fall 2021 roster of the Neigh Sayers by completing our Team Charter. After that, we began to go over the materials that the previous semester team left for us. We found that the previous team left a list of parts that we needed to order and a list of things that still needed to be done with the project. In order to get more clarification on some things, we contacted Jarren Kreska (a member of last semester’s team) to come during our lab time to give us more details on the position of the project.
Later on in the month, we completed the BioRaft training in order to gain access to the UTD design studio as well as being able to start the FAB Shop Training that we needed to work on the project. After talking to Andrew Bitner we went over the CAD files and came up with a more feasible semester plan. The goal for this semester is to complete the manufacturing of the mid ramp and lower ramp while making the adjustment to the lower ramp. The adjustment that we are considering is to make the lower ramp detachable making the folding parts lighter and lowering the risk of a safety hazard.
Trailer Update
The trailer had been parked, all throughout the summer, in the back parking lot by the EPICS Studio. On September 26, the parking permit that we had expired. We had no choice but to move the trailer inside the new EPICS room. In order to make the trailer fit through the doors, we had to remove the axle with wheels before transporting it on its side on dollys. We had 3 other people help us along with this process. In the future, we plan to move the trailer to the machine shop where we can work on manufacturing the other two sections.
