Drivetrain

The drivertrain subsystem is closely related to the Ergonomics, so make sure you read that. The Entry will first describe the drivetrain of ACE, our 2009-2010 ASME entry. The the drivetain of Vortex, and finally Bluenose will be described. Each entry is organized using the form below. For future edits, follow the same formula, or come up with a better one :D.

1) Goal and Objectives

What was the main goal of the drivetrain component? What were some of the objectives considered important? Emphasise what you thought at the time to be an important feature. Conclusions about whether this was a important point or not will be made either here (keep them short) or in the conclusion section.

2) Influences, survey.

Where did you get influenced from in the design? What features did you like from other bikes, and what did you try to emulate? Talk about general design, as well as individual components or fabrication techniques.

3) Design Overview

What design alternatives did you consider, and how were they analysed? A lot of this has to be in the technical report anyway, so feel free to copy from there. What were some of the main design issues, or critical variables that you need to consider?

4) Detailed design and construction

How was the idea implemented? drawings, schematics, etc. Try to make it very clear to a person who never seen the bike how it is put together. What construction procedures worked, and what didnt?

5) Updates

Over the years, the drivetrains will be repaired, updated, etc. Add here anything that was done later, and include the reasons for the change. Also the conclusion can be updated as the change the bikes.

6) Conclusion and lessons

Did it work? How well, what did you have to change, and what worked well from the first try? What lessons did you learn for the next project, did you apply them, and were they successful? Keep updating this section as you learn more about the bikes.

And now, following this simple 6 steps, onwards to ACE:

then Vortex

then Bluenose