Today was another day of putting stuff together, but we did begin cutting everything to get anodized tomorrow, mostly the tubing, but also the gussets we got back a couple days ago. Overall, not much happened, just continued building.
Shooter
Today was another day of playing around with latch geometry. We found that if we attach the piston to the latch itself, things wouldn't work, since the piston shaft pushing open the latch travels linearly, while the latch rotates around an axle. After thinking about just creating a slot so the piston could slide within the latch, we figured it would be easier not having the piston attached to the latch, but just pushing the bottom and using the latch like a lever to open the top.
Intake
As said in previous day, not much happened with the intake.
Drive Base
For the drive base, the general layout of components for the bellypan was beginning, as we now knew the shape of the bellypan and the general components need on top.
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