August 4

Assembled flywheel shafts, connected flywheel motors to relays, and assembled flywheel structure. Modeled and 3D printed guide rails for the inside of the intake. Disassembled old rover and laid out pieces for new rover.

Since all of the parts for the flywheel subsystem finished printing overnight I assembled it first thing today. I got all the bearings, collars, wheels, and pulleys on the shaft and put them onto the top plate. 

I then soldered both of the motors onto a relay of their own then then the motor negatives onto the battery’s. I had to expand the splitters attached to the batteries so that there would be enough ports to power everything. 

The sheet metal parts got delayed again and would be complete tommorow and thankfully the test day got moved back for the final time. Honestly this manufacturer the parts have been sent to is not great and I could probably find a better option.

Lastly, I finished modeling the guide rails that go inside the intake so that I can attach a servo onto them and have an arm that blocks the balls entering the flywheel before then. I left them 3D printing overnight so that tomorrow I can assemble everything. 

Tomorrow will be only an assembly day hopefully with a bit more testing the lidar.