Week 14 (Nov 24 - Nov 30)

We have begun simulating the mechanism with the cabin model made by a previous team at Spartan Superway. Minor changes were made to the Cabin Model. It needed to be scaled down to half-scale. After that it was possible to reuse the mounting plate to attach it to the suspension assembly. We would have liked to connect it to the Bogie system as well but there were issues with that in SolidWorks. However, we will keep trying to integrate everything into the simulation.

Figure 1 : Pod Car with Active Suspension

Week 13 (Nov 17 - Nov 23)

We have started working on presentations. My teammate and I are also reviewing our calculations for the force analysis on the four-bar tilt mechanism. We have also begun making designs for a mounting system for the cabin. We believe this is needed to properly simulate the suspension system with the cabin. Hopefully, this will show any issues or design constraints that need to be revised.

Week 12 (Nov 9 - Nov 16)

For this week we saw another instructor to talk about how to solve for different forces in a moving system. We want to make sure we did the right calculations before we start using FEA on our whole system, so that we would be on track according to our Gantt Chart.

Week 11 (Nov 2 - Nov 9)

 Here is the Active Suspension's Presentation 2




In addition, we also started 3D printing some of our parts, which can be seen below.