In the month of October we did the finalization of all the logistics of the project. We managed to find the most cost efficient way to order the needed materials for the trailer and started working on the assembly drawings for the manufacturing. While analyzing the previos teams design we found that having 2 big heavy steel sections of the ramp folding on to each other would be a big safety hazard when putting it away. In order to minimize this danger we decided to make the lower ramp detachable in a way that the only real change would be a mechanical joint change. This redesign will not affect our timeline nor budget making it the most efficent way of solving this problem.
Trip to Equest
On October 10 the Neigh Sayer’s visted Equest and briefed with Bobby (our sponsor) on our team’s progress. We went over to get approval of our new redesign and along with that we got some feedback from Bobby. He approved the design as long as the lower ramp section was able to store within the mid-ramp itself.
Plans for Next Month
- Finish assembly drawings
- Begin prepping the metal for andrew to weld
- Clean metal
- Cut metal
- Sand metal
- Finish manufacturing of lower ramp and mid-ramp
