week 2 report

This is the second week of the class. After the first week presentation, I have a general idea of the track and the full scale bogie system. Based on research, our bogie system is mainly based on the Futran project.

From the video above, me and my team have a general idea of how it works. 

Based on pictures and video demonstration, we think there are only five wheels exist. One as driver, and the other four are to fix the cart onto the track. There is a huge improvement on the number of wheels, compare with the design we have right now.

Still without the futher information from the Futran team, we still cannot make sure our guesses. There are design problems we need to solve and make sure the cart runs smoothly when changing lanes.

Dan propose an idea as the following picture shows.

A small gap will occur when second lane shows. As long as the gap is small, it shouldn't cause any major safety problem. Also the cart will run in a relative high speed, therefore the damp caused by changing lane shouldn't make the passenger uncomfortable.