Erosion Proofing

With the conductive lubricant available, we will be applying the electrified rail with a protective coating to prevent buildup from debris as well as tarnish and friction wear. This process will need to be repeated (best before each running operation day for the current half scale model). Copper tape has also been purchased for gap fitting, and will be available for the next teams to utilize when troubleshooting or gaps introduced through reassembly.

Dual line current gaps

An issue came up when testing the dual line portion of the conductive rail. There are either gaps within this part or a fault in the wiring that connects the straight rail side. We are looking further into this as well as continuing our other team priorities.

Testing and Presentations

Over the weekend we began testing the track and found multiple gaps within the rail system, we are continuing to fix these issues over the course of the week. We are continuing the second wave of presentations this week; during this time we will be continuing our process of the testing phases as well as implementing the shoe adapter.

Testing Phase Imminent

At the end of this week, our team will be moving into the testing phase where we will be troubleshooting any potential onsite problems that may have been unforeseen. We are also presenting our current status of the project this Wednesday. We will be highlighting (but not limited to) the following:

• Due to the design of the braking system, the brackets we made became incompatible
• We defaulted to the old brackets
• We filled in the gaps of the older conductive rail
• We have fully installed the conductive rails along the entire track
• Proceeding to install collector shoes onto Bogie
• An adapter will be made to secure the contacts between the collector and the track even further
• Testing begins next week

• Conductive rail fabrication (surplus)
• Bracket fabrication (finished)
• Installation of items (nearly finished)