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Engineering Projects/Poppit/Howard Community College/muzzlbock

Link to project HDM team page.

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
Typically the instructor picks teams. Students send the instructor their top 3 choices. The project choices are typically those found at Category:General_Engineering_Projects. The instructor tries to put students in the project of their choice. Put your top three choices here after they are used to assign you to this project. Create a link to the project root and to where your team will be working.

Write problem statement
Look through the existing problem statements. Find something not yet done on the project. Create a problem statement for it. Think of a new subsystem that needs to be built for the project. The goal is something simple, possible, for zero dollars.

Assign Task1
Tasks are typically done over the weekend. They are documented during the week, presented during the week and the next weekends work is negotiated during the week. Week 0 is the week that task 1 is negotiated. Record your individual task here. Plan on working on it during the weekend between week0 and week1.

Compare actual work done to Task1
Rationalize differences

Week1 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week1 and week2 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Rationalize differences

Week2 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week2 and week3 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task3
Rationalize differences

Week3 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week3 and week4 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task4
Rationalize differences

Week4 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
During this week you will perform the week0 activities of the next project.


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Engineering Projects/Poppit/Howard Community College/muzzlbock/enes100

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Engineering Projects/R.O.I.T. wheel robot/Howard Community College

Howard Community College is starting this project in the fall of 2011.
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Engineering Projects/R.O.I.T. wheel robot/Howard Community College/Fall2011

This is the fall 2011 team page for the R.O.I.T Wheel Bot project
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Engineering Projects/Rubberband gun/Howard Community College

Rubber Band gun projects for Howard Community College.
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User:Nridings2/enes100/R.O.I.T Wheel Bot

This is the link to the team page. 502_CNM

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
Anti-gravity treadmill, R.I.O.T bot, Water jet.

Write problem statement
Design and Build a functioning R.C. R.I.O.T wheel robot that can balance on its single wheel and is maneuverable. Must be able to fit a motor inside the wheel and create some sort of steering mechanism for the bot.

Assign Task1
Research R.I.O.T wheel vehicles and how they work. Look for possible materials in building a R.I.O.T wheel bot.

Compare actual work done to Task1
Rationalize differences

Week1 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week1 and week2 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Rationalize differences

Week2 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week2 and week3 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task3
Rationalize differences

Week3 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week3 and week4 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task4
Rationalize differences

Week4 Narrative
Video of R.I.O.T Wheel moving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLxYuYjIQjc

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
During this week you will perform the week0 activities of the next project.


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Engineering Projects/R.O.I.T. wheel robot/Howard Community College/Fall2011/502 CNM

This is the team page for the Howard Community College Fall 2011 R.O.I.T Wheel Bot project.

Problem Statement
Design and Build a functioning R.C. R.I.O.T wheel similar to R.I.O.T. Wheel toy robot that can balance on its single wheel and is maneuverable. Must be able to fit a motor inside the wheel and create some sort of steering mechanism for the bot.

Team Members

 * Nick Ridings
 * Caleb Woo
 * Mark Muhlbock

Summary
For this Project we set out to search for ways to build a working R.I.O.T wheel toy. Nick Ridings was assigned to find and research parts for a remote control motor. Mark Muhlbock was assigned to find and research parts for a wheel or to build a wheel. Caleb Woo was assigned to research how the R.I.O.T wheel worked and how all the parts could get pulled together. After the first model was built out of two bionicle toy caps, lego mindstorm parts and a fishing weight, we were able to demonstrate the how the riot wheel would work allowing the inner and outer structures to stay stationary as the wheels turned. We then moved on to adding a motor to the wheel but it was unable to move it do to the lack of the strength in the motor. After that attempt failed we moved on to building a bigger Model with two bowl wheels and parts from a remote control car. After constructing a frame to hold the parts from the car, attaching a gear to one of the wheels, connecting an outer seat to center axle attached to the frame, and adding yoga mat strips to the wheels to stabilize them, we were able to get a working r.c model of the R.I.O.T wheel.

Poster
Video of R.I.O.T Wheel moving: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLxYuYjIQjc Pictured to the right are the models we came up with as the project went along.

Story
For this Project we set out to search for ways to build a working R.I.O.T wheel toy. Nick Ridings was assigned to find and research parts for a remote control motor to power the wheel. Mark Muhlbock was assigned to find and research parts for a wheel or to build a wheel that could have a power source built within in and a seat outside it. Caleb Woo was assigned to research how the R.I.O.T wheel worked and how all the parts could get pulled together to make a working toy model of the actual thing. As the first week came to a close we were able to find a lot of information about the riot wheel mainly from the | R.I.O.T Wheel website, but still had no progress on the wheel and the motor. When week two came along we were able to construct a small out of Lego bionicle caps, Lego mindstorm pieces, and a fishing weight that could demonstrate how the inner and outer structures of the R.I.O.T wheel could stay stationary as the wheels turned. We then tried to add a to the  but it was too weak to move it. We wanted to use an rc car for but we needed bigger wheels to hold it. During week three we found two that we could use as wheels. We then cut apart the remote control car and built a frame connected to the center axle for the the  and the. With the battery pack acting as the counterweight we assumed the outer seat would stay stable as it drove. We then added to keep the wheels from tilting to one side and test drove the R.I.O.T wheel. It drove but the outer seat constantly went up and down. Finally for week four we worked on refining the model wheel. We tried to solve the bouncing problem by separating the motor frame from the other one so that it would spin separately until it ran into a stopper. This failed because when it ran into the stopper it caused the entire inner structure to flip along with the outer seat. we then added a rubber band to the motor frame to see if it would counter the initial jerk applied to inner structure when it is started. It didn't seem to make a difference compared to when it was still connected to the inner structure so we decided to simply add more weight to the outer seat so that it would be lightly more stable during the drive. Due to lack of time we were unable to get it any further than | this. However, we made much progress and we are sure that this prject will help jump start future R.I.O.T wheel projects.

Decision List
At the beginning of this project we decided that Mark would resarch materials for the wheel and how to get them, Nick would resarch remotes and motors and how to get them, and Caleb would research how the R.I.O.T wheel work and how to put it together. After the riot wheel with the remote helicopter motor didn't move due to too much weight, we decided to move to using bigger wheels that could hold a remote control car motor.

Material List

 * Two bowl like wheels that can connect in the middle to form one wheel. For future riot wheel, the wheels should touch the ground as close as possible to the center so that there is room to tilt from side to side. Need to be able to drill or poke a hole at the center if each wheel to insert a Lego mindsorm cylinder piece that will allow the center axle to run through the wheels freely.
 * Remote control car to use the remote controller, remote receiver circuit, battery pack, and motor.
 * Lego Mindsorm parts to make a center stationary axle that connects to an outer seat and inner frame to hold peices of the remote control battery pack and remote receiver circuit.
 * Tape or a better means of connecting the wheels.
 * Grip strips from a yoga mat to help balance the wheel.

Software List
Google and YouTube to research design and mechanics of the R.I.O.T. Wheel

Time
4 week project. Approx 22 hours working on designing and Building bot.

Tutorials
Can find most of the information about the original R.I.O.T wheel on the | R.I.O.T Wheel website and can find out it's main center of gravity functions | here. Start out by looking for two bowl like wheels that you could use so that you would be able to know how much room you have to work with. Then try to find and r.c car with what seems like a strong enough motor to move the entire weight of the riot wheel. If it can barely move itself there's no way it would move the riot wheel. make sure all essential parts like the battery pack, receiver chip and motor can all fit in the wheel in the position you want them to. Cut away all parts not needed. You may want to keep the steering mechanism and try build a tilting system with it so that the R.I.O.T wheel can tilt. Ours didn't work so we were unable to try anything like that. Build a frame that can hold it all together, connects to the center axle, and is not disturbed by the movement of the wheel around it. Lego mindstorm pieces would probably be the easiest. The way you build it would vary depending on the shape of the pieces you have but make sure it can hold everything securely while still being able easily take it apart and put it together to turn it on and off replace the batteries. Find a gear with the proper size teeth to match the size teeth on the motor and a hole in the middle. Place the gear on the center axle and build a frame for motor that positions the teeth properly together. Glue the gear to the wheel and make sure the gear teeth of the motor can make good contact that of the geared wheel. Put the wheels together, connect them by some means that wont get in the way of the drive. Make sure the center axle is sticking out from both sides and build an outer seat that wraps around the front of the wheel and is connected to the center axle. The battery pack should act as a counter weight but more refining has to be done in this area to make the drive more smooth for the seat. If all things go well and the motor is strong enough, you should have a working R.I.O.T wheel model. The wheels may need something glued to the outside to make it more stable such as strips cut from a yoga mat.

Next Steps
Create steering and a way to stabilize the outer seat. Also, to find a more suitable wheel to use that is able to tilt from side to side for steering.


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Engineering Projects/Rubberband gun/Howard Community College/fall2011

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Engineering Projects/Rubberband gun/Howard Community College/fall2011/502 ZSN

Problem Statement
Make a rubberband Gatling gun, and create an autoloading mechanism that allows the gun to fire repeatedly.

Team Members
Put each team members name here with links to their personal page here. Real names do not have to be used.
 * Zblaha2768
 * syoon9484
 * npsweet

Summary
Team started with research of potential designs, though none of the team members could think of an effective way to create an autoloading system. There was a general consensus that the rubber band gun should be built first before they begin to focus on the autoloading aspect. A general design was agreed upon, based of a video on youtube: []. Construction of the gun was limited to the barrel assembly, but was eventually switched to a base for the gun as well as implementation of a motor of some kind. Unfortunately, the team could not locate a motor that could pull the barrel and launch rubberbands at the same time, so a hand drill was used for test fires. On the final day of work, where testing needed to be done, the gun had a tendency to jam as rubberbands would not launch off teir pins, and impede future rubber bands from firing. A solution to either of these problems has yet to be determined.

Story
The team each worked diligently on the project, making the barrel assembly out of dowels, plywood, and PVC pipe. Most of this work was done in class, although some work was done at the team members' homes. Things were coming together, however time constraints forced the team to rush the body and trigger mechanism during the last week of class. A suitable motor was not found, so test fires had to be done with a drill motor. By the end of the project, it was discovered that the gun had a tendency to jam, this was not fixed due to lack of time.

Decision List
-Original design: team consensus to base design off of design on youtube:[]

-Team made a decision to make the gun a 5 barreled Gatling gun type rubberband gun.

-A suitable motor was not located, so the team made a decision to use a hand drill as a motor substitute.

-When gun continuously jammed, it was decided by the team to sand down the pins of the barrels to allow for less jams, though this idea was not implemented fully.

-The pegs became to short and gun had trouble firing.

Material List
1/4 inch dowels (barrels)

Plywood (variable size, shape and thickness; used for construction of the base and for connector pieces for the barrels)

Rubberbands (ammunition)

2mm sticks (pin material)

1 inch dowel (handle)

Switch (trigger)

Motor (size and power undetermined, did not find a suitable motor for this project; Barrel spinning/Rubberband launching system)

String (thin rope works best; attached to motor and is a part of the rubber band launching system)

PVC pipe (used as a sheath to allow the barrel assembly to spin)

Software List
Google chrome (for research).

Time
Total time in class: 8 hours in class building

Out of class: 4 hours

Costs: $4 for dowel rods

Tutorials
If future teams wish to build a gun based off the design this team based their design off of, the documentation relating to the original design is here://oggcraft.jp/eng/eng_p503_1.html

Should future teams wish to pursue a different design, many can be found in action on youtube.

Next Steps
A suitable motor needs to be found, although a hand drill jury-rigged to the base assembly may work. The pins need to be adjusted to allow the rubberbands to fire without jamming, either by way of sanding or by making new pins. An autoloading system needs to be designed and applied to the gun.


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User:Cwoo4792/enes100/R.O.I.T Wheel Bot

This is the link to the team page. CNM

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
R.I.O.T Wheel, Robot arm, Airplane Float.

Write problem statement
Design and Build a functioning R.C. R.I.O.T wheel robot that can balance on its single wheel and is maneuverable. Must be able to fit a motor inside the wheel and create some sort of steering mechanism for the bot.

Assign Task1
Research R.I.O.T wheel vehicles and how they work. Look for possible materials in building a R.I.O.T wheel bot.

Compare actual work done to Task1
My goal was to research how the R.I.O.T wheel worked and find materials for a prototype. I was able to find out that its basic functions are to manipulate its center of gravity. Teammates are assigned to find a good wheel and possible motor. I also found that Lego parts could be very useful in making a prototype or model of the R.I.O.T Wheel.

Week1 Narrative
During week one I researched how the R.I.O.T wheel worked and started looking for testing methods for controlling the center of gravity. I was able to find out that is uses a motor that sways from 0 degrees to 90 degrees depending on the speed desired to give it more torque. I also found that it uses a counterweight attached to the frame to keep the seat upright in a steady position rather that allowing it to spin in circles with the rest of the wheel. I was able to find some pvc pipe, to possibly use as a wheel, Lego parts could possibly be used to build a fame, and figured that I may be able to use parts from a remote control car as a motor.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
Begin experimenting functions of the R.I.O.T wheel bot and try to make models to demonstrate them.

Compare actual work done to Task2
My goal was to be able to experiment on the functions of the R.I.O.T Wheel and make a model to demonstrate them. I was able to create a prototype out of lego create pieces, bionicle container tops, and a fishing weight to demonstrate the how the seat is able to stay stationary as the wheel turned. I was also able to fit a small electric helicopter motor into the wheel but it was not powerful enough to move the weight of the wheel.

Week2 Narrative
During week two I was able to find more parts to use for the R.I.O.T wheel and I was able to put together a prototype wheel. I was able to use two Lego tops for a wheel connected by a central axle that would connect to the outer seat and stay stationary as the wheel turned due to a fishing weight acting as a counterweight. Here is a picture of the first prototype with the remote control car in the back: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RIOT_Wheel_model_1_view_2.jpg I then looked for a power source and way to control it and I was able to find an old remote control car with motor and radio control chip that still worked. The problem I ran into was that chip along with the batteries and motor were unable to fit into the wheel I had. In class Mr Foerster gave me a small electric that we were able to add a gear to. I was able to fit the motor into the R.I.O.T wheel but found that it wasn't strong enough to move the wheel and it burned a few circuits causing it's response to the remote control to go haywire. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riot_wheel_model_with_motor_attached.jpg I am still exploring solutions but will most likely need to resort to a stronger motor and a bigger wheel.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Search for a larger suitable wheel and rebuild a prototype with a motor strong enough to move the wheel.

Compare actual work done to Task3
My goal was to search for a larger suitable wheel and rebuild a prototype with a motor strong enough to move the wheel and I was able to find two plastic bowls to use as a wheel and use a remote control car motor to build a new prototype R.I.O.T wheel that was able to move forward and backwards.

Week3 Narrative
I set out to find suitable wheels to replace the ones I had and use a stronger motor from an old remote control car to be able to power and move the wheel. I started out looking up information about in-wheel motors but I was unable to find any useful information that I could actually apply using the materials I had. I then took apart an old remote control car and thought about how the minimum amount of parts I needed for the wheel. I realized that all I needed was the battery pack, the R.C. receiver chip, and the motor.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parts_of_R.C._car.jpg Now I needed to find a wheel that could fit it all. I was able to find two plastic bowls that I could easily punch holes and insert Lego single hole pieces into to use as the wheels.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bowl_wheel.jpg After teammates and I finished prepping the wheels, putting a gear in one of them, and cutting pieces from the R.C. car I was able to use lego mind storm pieces to construct a frame for all the parts needed and put them into the wheels. The gears slipped the first time I tested it but I was able to add an extra Lego piece to make the motor sit more tightly secure against the gear of the wheel.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R.I.O.T_wheel_inner_structure_with_geared_wheel.jpg I then taped the two wheels together and I was finally able to get the Model R.I.O.T wheel to move forward and backwards.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Make R.I.O.T Wheel more efficient by stabilizing the wheels and the balance of the outer seat. Possibly make another model of the R.I.O.T wheel.

Compare actual work done to Task4
My goal was to make R.I.O.T Wheel more efficient by stabilizing the wheels and the balance of the outer seat and to possibly make another model of the R.I.O.T wheel. I was able to make the outer seat somewhat more stable while driving by adding a small amount of weight to the seat, however during initial acceleration the seat would still rock uncontrollably up and down. Due to lack of materials and time I was unable to make another riot wheel.

Week4 Narrative
During week 4 I set out to find ways to improve the Riot wheel model made. After the Mark and Nick added the yoga mat strips to the wheels I was able to test drive it once again. As it drove, the outer seat had problems going up and down especially during the initial acceleration of the wheel. I tried separating the motor mount from the center axle and battery pack frame counter weight but when the motor was started to power the wheel, it rotated and hit a piece of the frame and caused the outer seat to make a complete rotation around the wheel. I then added a rubber band to the motor mount to keep it in place and possibly counter the initial acceleration of the motor. The results were seemingly the same as when I left the motor connected to the axle and frame. due to lack of time I then tried adding more weight to the front of the wheel to help stabilize the weight when being driven. The Original R.I.O.T wheel is able to use a counterweight system separate from the motor to so that the driver can change the position of the seat whenever the time calls for it, but this system would need more space than what left in the wheel at the moment. The extra weight helped stabilize the seat during the drive but it still went up and down during the initial acceleration. The final version of the wheel is seen in this video shot by Nick Ridings. This is a picture of the final version of the wheel:

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
Finishing project page.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
Start working on project robot arm.

title: User:Cwoo4792/enes100/R.O.I.T Wheel Bot


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User:ZThompso7635/enes100/Model Boat

Team bottle: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Model_boat/Howard_Community_College/fall2011/502_bottle

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
Typically the instructor picks teams. Students send the instructor their top 3 choices. The project choices are typically those found at Category:General_Engineering_Projects. The instructor tries to put students in the project of their choice. Put your top three choices here after they are used to assign you to this project. Create a link to the project root and to where your team will be working.

Top 3 picks: 1. Model Boat

2. Robot Mast

3. Ice Spikes

Project root: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Model_boat

Team bottle: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Model_boat/Howard_Community_College/fall2011/502_bottle

Write problem statement
Create a small boat which can be remotely controlled, and potentially has weapons to be fired on other boats.

Assign Task1
Find boat designs and potential motors online.

Compare actual work done to Task1
Found several potential motors and electronic control systems. Several boat designs turned up. Anything between a naval ship hull or a catamaran type thing with several hulls, and an airplane shaped boat with propellers. The easiest and most likely cheapest kind of motor is a small DC powered spinning motor. Probably available at radio shack.

Week1 Narrative
My top priority for week 1 was to come up with ideas for the motor configuration that would best drive the boat with adequate speed but also allow for maneuverability. I have arrived at the conclusion that having two motors, with one mounted on each outside pontoon will work the best. If the motors speeds can be precisely controlled, the boat will be quite agile because one motor can spin one way while the other spins in the opposite direction. This will allow the boat to turn about its center axis at all times, making it extremely quick reacting.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
Look into motor control systems and voltage regulators to vary speed of motor and output of power supply.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Found a cheap but good motor that is widely available. A friend of mine has used this motor for a similar project he worked on and confirmed that it worked appropriately. It has a variable voltage capacity (9-18V), so all I need to do is now be able to vary the voltage of the circuit and the motor will respond accordingly with varied speed.

Week2 Narrative
The main problem this week was figuring out a way to vary the speed of the motors, and use this for steering. I have come up with a few different solutions to this problem, and deciding between them will begin the phase of the project where my work fuses with the work done on the radio control aspect of the project. The boat has to have a drive system, and it has to have a radio control system, and so somewhere in the middle those two have to meet to translate the users inputs into electrical signals which eventually turn into current which spins the motors with magnetic fields.

The solutions involve having a circuit consisting of a battery connected to a potentiometer (variable resistor) which in turn is connected to the motor and then back to the battery completing the circuit. The trick is going to be how to integrate the radio control aspect into the process. We could have the user control the resistance on the potentiometer which would vary the voltage across the motor, allowing a linear control of speed.

We can also do something along the lines of putting more batteries in the circuit and using relays of different turn-on voltages to connect them in parallel. This way if the control was something like a dial or stick which can be varied more than just on/off like a button, then the higher the controller goes the more batteries are allowed to join the circuit and power the motor.

We have plenty of ideas, the goal now is to figure out which is the most feasible to do with the types of RC controls we are working with.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Look into types and costs of resistors in case I need to build my own potentiometer. Consider ways to introduce Radio control into circuits.

Compare actual work done to Task3
Have a plan for building the variable resistor setup, just need to do some testing to find out what range of resistance should be used.

Week3 Narrative
I have built a circuit with 3 resistors, a motor, and a power supply (on the boat will be a battery) which will allow us to have a 4 speed motor. After testing several different resistors with widely ranging resistance, I narrowed the operational window to between 1 and 10 ohms. Much higher than that and the motor does not start up. The only remaining step is to make the RC part be able to alternate between these resistors.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Get together with current RC progress and unify efforts into functioning RC motor circuit.

Compare actual work done to Task4
Rationalize differences

Week4 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
During this week you will perform the week0 activities of the next project.

title: User:ZThompso7635/enes100/Model Boat


text:
User:Mkhan4793/enes100/AirPlane Float

this link back to project page Airplane_Float/Howard_community_college/fall2011/502_Floaters

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
Airplane float, Model Boat, Bernoulli Effect

Write problem statement
Look through the existing problem statements. Find something not yet done on the project. Create a problem statement for it. Think of a new subsystem that needs to be built for the project. The goal is something simple, possible, for zero dollars.

Assign Task1
Get the materials needed for the project. Do some research on the airplane on how to make it.

Compare actual work done to Task1
Rationalize differences

Week1 Narrative
Uploaded photos to team page

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
upload the pictures on our team page.. Look up some techniques on how to operate the propeller WITHOUT the rubber band.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Done with the wings. Working on the propeller

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Week2 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Learn how to use Auto Disk 123 for designing purposes

Compare actual work done to Task3
The propeller was made successfully after coming up with a design that would fit. All the parts of the airplane were attached together as well as the propeller, but because of the weight, our plane got a little heavier. It does float, but not for long. We need to make the Propeller a little lighter so it can push the plane forward making it float more easily.

Week3 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Find out a way to make the plane float more in the air. Taking down the propeller and making a lighter one might fix the problem, but im researching more on this issue.

Compare actual work done to Task4
Everything completed. Need to test the plane with balloon.

Week4 Narrative
Uploading the photos

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Done

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
Created the team page for our next project. Get all the materials that are needed.

title: User:Mkhan4793/enes100/AirPlane Float


text:
User:Hsingh8658/enes100/AirPlane Float

this link back to project page Airplane_Float/Howard_community_college/fall2011/502_Floaters

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
Typically the instructor picks teams. Students send the instructor their top 3 choices. The project choices are typically those found at Category:General_Engineering_Projects. The instructor tries to put students in the project of their choice. Put your top three choices here after they are used to assign you to this project. Create a link to the project root and to where your team will be working.

1. Airplane Float 2. Helicopter 3. Ballbot

Write problem statement
This project is a new project, so we have to start everything from beginning. The weight and dimensions of the plane which would be ideal for flying should be figured. Material required for making plane should be selected, keeping in mind the weight of the plane.

Assign Task1
I'm going to watch photos and videos of airplanes that float to figure out size, shape and weight of the plane. I'm also going to do some research on how professionals make those airplanes.

Compare actual work done to Task1
Rationalize differences

Watched videos on youtube of F1D flying competitions and found that those planes float for an about hour and weight of the plane plays an important role. A typical plane weighs about one gram. I also looked a site that shows the making of indoor floating planes. They use microfilms for wings and very thin(1/32)'' basalt wood for ribs and rolled basalt sheets for base but these materials are not available in hardware stores like home depot or ace, so I think we should use very thin sticks of wood for ribs and very thin cellophane sheet for wings.

Week1 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
Will buy cellophane sheets and other stationary and will discuss my structure of plane with other team members and will start working on our project in class.

Compare actual work done to Task2
We brought wood, cellophane sheets, and other stationary to the class and from different wood samples, we selected the ones that were very thin and flexible. Then we discussed about the structure of the plane and compared the structures and sizes of the plan of each other. Then we started making the structure of wings. So, work done was same as assigned in task 2.

Week2 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Airplane_float_floatters_2.jpg

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Airplane_float_floatters_3.jpg

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Airplane_float_floatters_4.jpg

Before starting working on making the plane, we had argues about the dimensions and structure of plane but then we agreed that main wing will be (18 X 5)in and back wing will be (9 X 3)in. We also had argues about the thickness of the wood for ribs and for base but then we agreed for thinest and most flexible wood for ribs and stiffer wood for base. Main wing was made rectangular with extended ends which were 45 degrees to the wings. We tried to make back wing elliptical but the wood was not that flexible, so I soaked the wood in water for 10 minutes to make it flexible. The wood become flexible but this plan didn't worked because we didn't had any base to hold wood on place till it dries and it was hard to hold wood in its shape, so we decided to make back wing of the same shape as the main wing, i.e., rectangular. Then we worked on covering main and back wings with thin plastic sheets. I put glue on the structure while Adnan hold the structure and spread plastic sheet on it. Amount of glue to be used was an important part as more glue will make holes in the thin plastic, so amount of glue should be just enough to hold plastic and glue has to be evenly spread and we have to do this in first try because removing plastic will destroy our structure of wings. Me and Adnan did it and the plastic was very evenly spread.

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Air123.jpg

The next task was to attach wings to the base but the wood used for base seemed heavy and so I gave the the idea of rolling paper and using it as a base. I told my team members to think about it over the weekend and come up with their ideas about the type of paper that would be suitable for our project.

Week2 Peer Review
Done

Assign Task3
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week2 and week3 of the project here.

I'm trying learn more about propeller; how it works, what is the good size for propeller for our plane with main wing dimensions of (18X5)'' and what should be the angle of propeller. I'm also comparing rubber band propellers and propellers that don't work on rubber but on force with which the plane is released.

Another task is to find a paper that when rolled is lighter than wood and is strong enough to hold the weight of plane.

Compare actual work done to Task3
I looked for many plans for propeller but most of them required Balsa wood, they used A-grain, B-grain and C-grain balsa wood for different parts but we don't have balsa wood and the wood we have didn't have any special properties like those used by professionals, so keeping in mind the material we have, I made my own design for propeller. Then we worked on that design in class and made the propeller. After that we attached all parts to base to make the airplane. After attaching all parts together we tried a test flight but it not very successful, probably because our propeller was a bit too heavy. I was assigned to look for the design for propeller and I made the design and designed it according to the materials we have. Our goal was to finish the propeller this week but we not only made propeller but also attached all parts of the plane and did a test flight too.

Week3 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

I was assigned the task to make a design for propeller. I looked many plans and designs, some of them are,

http://www.indoorduration.com/IndoorDurationBHuntF1DPlans.htm

http://www.indoorduration.com/ftp/DoubleTroubleSO.pdf

http://www.indoorduration.com/IndoorDurationDarrylStevensF1D.htm

http://www.indoorduration.com/ftp/F1LSweeps.pdf

http://www.indoorduration.com/ftp/CompressionRib.pdf

Most of these designs use different types of Balsa wood which is very flexible, light and strong, and is ideal for these kinds of models, but we were not able to get Balsa wood as it is not available in any of the local hardware stores. These designs though gave me an idea of basic design of a propeller but these were not suitable for our project as our wood was not that strong and flexible. So, I thought of making four parts of propeller individually and then gluing them together. This way we don't have to use more flexible wood and we can adjust the angle while gluing. Parts of a propeller http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Airplane_123.jpg

I and my team members worked on this design in class. We made four parts, each of which was 7in long and the circumference was 9in. Then thin plastic sheet was carefully glued to all four parts and then they were attached at angles such that the propeller rotates when air hits it perpendicularly from forward direction. Plastic propeller from an airplane model was used for reference.

Parts attached http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Airplane_14141414.jpg

Creating the angle of the propeller (pitch) http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Aiplane125.jpg

Final propeller http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Plane_pic_3.jpg

Then we started working on base for the plane. Last week we thought of rolling paper instead of wood but were not able to find suitable paper. If we roll regular paper, its weight was same as two sticks of the thin wood we used to make wings of airplane. Also paper was not giving a good support for propeller. So, we decided to glue two thin strips of wood and use them as base.

After that all the parts of plane were attached to the base wood. Propeller was attached using small attachments( http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Airplane_129.jpg ) which Darnelle found in back room. After attaching every part, we did a test flight in the hallway but it was not very successful. Then we went outside and tried to fly it, it float but not for a long time. I think it was because of the weight of the plane. Our plane was heavier than expected, especially propeller. We have to work on propeller to make it lighter. Test Flight http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Air_view.jpg

Week3 Peer Review
Done

Assign Task4
My task is to look for the ways to make our plane lighter and also to find ways to make a rubber band motor that is very light and which can elongate the flight of our airplane.

Compare actual work done to Task4
Rationalize differences

I worked on the structure of propeller, found some ways to make it lighter. We all made propellers of different materials and I worked on propeller made of wires and covered with thin plastic sheet. My propeller didn't worked as the structure was not very stable. Though it was very light but the vibrations due to air were causing problems. The same was the problem with the one that has a frame of foam. Finally, we made the whole propeller of the light foam and it worked. No progress was made on rubber motor which we planned to make to power the plane with rubber.

Week4 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

To make the plane lighter, we all were making different propellers. I made the propeller of wire. The wire was flexible, very light and was capable to retain its shape. The dimensions of this propeller were same as the previous one, i.e., 14in in length. It was turning very well, but when we tested on the plane it didn't worked very well because air was causing vibrations in the propeller. These vibrations were shaking the propeller and the plane was not able to float for long. We made another propeller with the structure of styrofoam but it had the same problem. Our third structure was of thin wood. It was hard to make structure with that thin wood (dia 1/32 in) because it broke every time we were about to finish the propeller. Our fourth propeller was made all of styrofoam and it was the best out of four as it was stable and was with minimum vibrations.

Final propeller http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Propeller_3.jpg

We tested this propeller on our airplane and it worked better than previous propellers as it was stable than other propellers and was light too.

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/File:Propeller_5.jpg

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

Done

Start Next Project Week0 activities
During this week you will perform the week0 activities of the next project.

Trying to understand the concepts of Bernoulli effect and coanda and trying to find differences between these effects

title: User:Hsingh8658/enes100/AirPlane Float


text:
User:Afayyaz6843/enes100/AirPlane Float

this link back to project page Airplane_Float/Howard_community_college/fall2011/502_Floaters

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
My first choices were
 * 1
 * Airplane Float
 * 2
 * Model Boat
 * 3
 * Bernoulli Effect

Write problem statement
Design an airplane that floats in the air for a period of time. Use a helium balloon to guide the airplane towards different paths.

Assign Task1
We all were assigned to watch different videos and do some research to come up with the dimensions and design of the airplane we are going to build. I was assigned to bring the wooden sticks that can be used to design the airplane.

Compare actual work done to Task1
Their were disagreements with all the team mates about the materials and design we are going to use for our airplane. But we decided the best design, materials, and dimensions to build the airplane in the class.

Week1 Narrative
Did the research on Youtube and watched a lot of videos for making an airplane. Worked with the materials and have the proppeller and the front wing of the plane almost ready to be used.

Pictures of work done on the project so far.

Week1 Peer Review
Done, given and gotten suggestions on how to push the project forward

Assign Task2
We are planning do some more research on airplanes. Fill up the wikiversity pages and document everything we have got so far. We are also trying to get the back wing ready if we have time over the weekend, and think about different ways of getting the proppeller to work.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Put the assigned task 2 to work, and even did some extra work as we thought we were going to do. Back wing is also ready, and to be put on the main body of airplane. I also came up with an idea of using rubber band to put the propeller in motion.

Week2 Narrative
Pictures are uploaded in the order of the work is done.I had some differences in the design process of the airplane. I thought it is a good idea to use a smaller diameter wood than 3/4 because it is heavy. It will not let the float for a long time since it is heavy. So we decided to use the wood that was lighter than 3/4. In addition, we are having arguments on building a new propeller or use the one we have already. I think if we have a little bigger propeller it will push the airplane for a longer time. Also workedon putting the porcelain film on the top of the front and back wing.

Week2 Peer Review
Done,e-mail partners to discuss the design of the propeller

Assign Task3
Assigned to put the pictures on Wikiversity of the work we have done so far. Make the presentation to present in the class and answer the questions anybody have about our project. Watch a few videos to get the idea if the plastic propeller is good enough or we have to make a new one.

Compare actual work done to Task3
I thought that the propeller we had was not big enough to push the propeller forward, so i talked to to my partners about the idea. Their were disagreements with my idea, but finally we worked on that idea and built the bigger propeller for the airplane. The work done was similar to as I planned in Task3, and was quite successful to push the project forward with that idea.

Week3 Narrative
Photos are uploaded in the order they were taken. I have helped to put the parts together with the body of the airplane. First, attached the both the wings withe the body of the airplane. I worked on helping my partners design the propeller. helped the team-mates also on how to create the angle for the propeller. I also searched for some metal coils to attach the propeller with the body of the airplane. Finally, i tested the airplane few time. It didnot really worked as i wanted it to be, but trying to work more in next few days to make it work better.

Week3 Peer Review
done working on that and got some response from my partners of the work that i am doing.

Assign Task4
Fill the wikiversity pages. Upload pictures of what has been done so far on the project. Try to get the sketch of the airplane using autodesk123. Research on how to balance the air on the wings of the airplane. Watch some videos to get the idea of how to increase the efficiency of the airplane. Think of some ways to keep the airplane in the air for a longer period of time.

Compare actual work done to Task4
I worked with my team mates to design the new propeller since the one we had was two heavy to be used. I brought up the idea of using styrofoam instead of BBQ sticks because it was a lot lighter in comparison to them. I helped design the propeller at a desired angle and put it together with the body of the airplane.

Week4 Narrative
I worked on finding the new material to design the lighter version of the airplane. I helped design the propeller to put together with the main body of the airplane. Took some pictures and videos to get the documentation for the airplane. Presented the final prototype in front of the class.

Week4 Peer Review
done

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
During this week you will perform the week0 activities of the next project.

title: User:Afayyaz6843/enes100/AirPlane Float


text:
User:Dkirby7518/enes100/AirPlane Float

this link back to project page Airplane_Float/Howard_community_college/fall2011/502_Floaters

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
Typically the instructor picks teams. Students send the instructor their top 3 choices. The project choices are typically those found at Category:General_Engineering_Projects. The instructor tries to put students in the project of their choice. Put your top three choices here after they are used to assign you to this project. Create a link to the project root and to where your team will be working.

Write problem statement
Look through the existing problem statements. Find something not yet done on the project. Create a problem statement for it. Think of a new subsystem that needs to be built for the project. The goal is something simple, possible, for zero dollars.

Assign Task1
Tasks are typically done over the weekend. They are documented during the week, presented during the week and the next weekends work is negotiated during the week. Week 0 is the week that task 1 is negotiated. Record your individual task here. Plan on working on it during the weekend between week0 and week1.

Compare actual work done to Task1
The task was bring in materials for the team to start working on projects. I was successful in bring in my sticks, glue, tape,and paperclips. Then the task is to decide how the team wants it to look. We agreed to a basic design. I came up to the idea of how our propeller will spin inside the stick. And then push the project forward by getting a power drill. it looks like my idea was a success.

Week1 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
The task is to keep pushing the project forward by helping with ideas to help make the plane. then once its complete think about if we can make it better. The objective is also make presentation to present our project in class and to keep updating the main page of the team page in wikiversity.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Our team got a good start on project and we are almost done on building the project. I was successful in starting the a presentation for the team so that we can gain 20 points. I was also successful in helping with pushing the project forward with my idea on how the propeller should turn. I was successful in bring some materials that was helpful in help constructing the airplane.

Week2 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week2 Peer Review
Done.

Assign Task3
We plan to use the presentation I made to present the production of our project and explain to the class what problems we have and see if the they have any further opinion on the design of the plane. hopefully I can get the sketch in Autodesk done.

Compare actual work done to Task3
Rationalize differences

Week3 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week3 and week4 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task4
Rationalize differences

Week4 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
During this week you will perform the week0 activities of the next project.

title: User:Dkirby7518/enes100/AirPlane Float


text:
User:Syoon9484/enes100/Rubberband gun

Link to project [] team page.

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
1. Rubberband Gun 2. Apps 3. Ball bot

Write problem statement
The rubberband gun can be made of something in the normal house without buying some meterials.

Assign Task1
After researching about my prject preferences and figure out which one is the best to me.

Compare actual work done to Task1
Choosing the project which is the rubberband gun and researching about it throughtout the youtube.

Week1 Narrative
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeDXVN52cHI even though it was not my own work but I got some ideas about how to make it and how to activate automatically. It was activated by the motor and string so it was connected with the string and the body which contain the rubbers. I need to fugure out the shooting procedure specifically.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
I will figure out the most important part of rubberband gun which is shooting the rubbers automatically and try to make the proto type in the next week.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Complete the prototype of the rubberband gun's body with the box board and start to construct the real body with the wood.

Week2 Narrative
In this week, out team completed the prototype of rubberband gun. Also, with the string, test the shooting of rubberband. After making this prototype, began to design it with the wood board. We had some troubles when we cut the wood board but we did it and completed the main construcor of gun's body.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Will complete the body construction and begin the shooting system.

Compare actual work done to Task3
Rationalize differences

Week3 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week3 and week4 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task4
Rationalize differences

Week4 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
During this week you will perform the week0 activities of the next project.

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User:Dammy125/enes100/Model Boat

this link back to project page Model_boat/Howard_Community_College/fall2011/502_bottle

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
Typically the instructor picks teams. Students send the instructor their top 3 choices. The project choices are typically those found at Category:General_Engineering_Projects. The instructor tries to put students in the project of their choice. Put your top three choices here after they are used to assign you to this project. Create a link to the project root and to where your team will be working.

Write problem statement
Find a design that not to heavy and not to light and can be able to float through water easily

Assign Task1
I am suppose to look for different hull designs

Compare actual work done to Task1
I found different hull designs that would work best to float. I had to find if the engines would work well with the design

Week1 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week1 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task2
Look up actual boats Find the difference between center of gravity and center of buoyancy Research displacement boats on google

Compare actual work done to Task2
Find Hull designs and took apart controllers

Week2 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:32, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week2 and week3 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task3
Rationalize differences

Week3 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week3 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task4
Record what you are planning on doing for the team during the weekend between week3 and week4 of the project here.

Compare actual work done to Task4
Rationalize differences

Week4 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week4 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and 1sfoerster 13:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC) to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Complete Project Page
Follow the "project done" format.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
During this week you will perform the week0 activities of the next project.

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User:Brantles

Brantles is the often used username for Steve Brantley a librarian in Chicago, Illinois, USA. This user page may never be updated again, but it is here among the bits.

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Microsoft Windows/Windows 7

Windows 7 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft.

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for Windows 7 include:
 * Learn about your computer
 * Desktop fundamentals
 * Programs, files, and folders
 * Internet, e‑mail, and networking
 * Pictures and games
 * Help and support

Multimedia

 * 1) Watch YouTube: Computer Basics - The Operating System.
 * 2) Watch YouTube: The Windows 7 Desktop Explained For Dummies.
 * 3) Watch YouTube: Learn Basic Computer Skills : Windows Explorer Tutorial.

Activities

 * 1) Complete the tutorial DigitalLearn: Using a PC (Windows 7).
 * 2) Complete the tutorial GCFLearnFree: Windows 7.
 * 3) Complete the tutorial Microsoft: Windows Basics: All Topics.

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HAM/Howard Community College/Fall 2011/501 Veteran Bacon

Problem Statement
We will build a ham radio, become licensed to use it, and broadcast.

Team Members

 * N. Delaney
 * C. Furby
 * Z. Hill

Summary
We began our project believing that we could accomplish our goal using an ELENCO model AM/FM-108K radio kit. After determining it wouldn't work for our purposes, we resolved to build our own radio from scratch using foxhole radios as a model. We were able to assemble the radio and at times hear a faint popping sound, however no intelligible transmission was ever picked up, nor were we able to broadcast from the radio.

Story
We located the ELENCO radio kits in the Engineering classroom, and resolved to set it up. As it was already mostly assembled, it simply required the addition of a 9V battery and earphones. After plugging those two pieces in, we tested all seven radios by tuning them to FM 101.1 and identified two of the radios whose dials were most accurately calibrated and whose volume was the loudest (radio kits #2 and #5).

We then read up on broadcasting and Ham licensing. Realizing that the accepted range for a beginner-level operator was 50-54 MHz and that the ELENCO only functions in the FM band (88-108 MHz), we decided to switch our focus to construction our own radio, whose frequency range we could determine ourselves. This video became the basis of our new model.

We clipped the head off of a coat hanger and straightened it out to serve as the radio antenna. The inductor was made by spooling 24 AWG wire around a toilet paper tube 101 times. A razor blade was blued with a blow torch and a pencil was snapped in half to make the detector. We then stripped different segments of wire to connect all the components and attached them to a wooden board using thumbtacks. The headphones we originally attempted to splice into the circuit were USB and proved too difficult to manage. For a ground we used a sink in the Engineering room, but we did not receive any signal.

Replacing the headphones with a simpler model, we decided to measure the connectivity between all the components using the OHM function of a multimeter. All connections tested positive for connectivity. Rather than using metal piping as a ground, this time we used the ground on an electrical component test bench. We tested the radio again and this time received a small amount of static through the headphones.

Final Radio

 * Wooden block
 * Razor blade
 * Pencil
 * 24 AWG wire
 * Coat hangar
 * Cardboard tube
 * Thumbtacks
 * Paperclips
 * Headphones
 * Multimeter
 * Test bench

Original Radio

 * ELENCO radio kits
 * 9V batteries
 * Headphones

Time
We spent 27 hours on this project.

Next Steps
The small static sound confirms that the radio was properly connected, but still needs some tuning. To tune the radio we will have to add more spools in the inductor. 120 spools should put the radio somewhere in the medium wave AM band (.5-1.6 MHz). To legally broadcast, it will also be necessary to pass the FCC's "Technician" test, for which you can register here. A list of all possible test questions can be found here.


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User:Ndelaney9295/ENES100/Ham

Back to Veteran Bacon team page.

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
I gave the instructor a list of 3 project choices and was assigned Ham radio.

Write problem statement
We will assemble a radio unit capable of transmitting and legally broadcast from it.

Assign Task1
We located the radio motherboard in class, and resolved to find out any information about it available over the weekend.

Compare actual work done to Task1
I was able to locate the model number and instruction manual for the radio unit.

Week1 Narrative
Using a photograph taken in class, I was able to search Google for key phrases written on the unit and discovered that the radio was an ELENCO model AM/FM-108K and the instruction manual was available for free online.

Assign Task2
I was assigned the task of figuring out what is necessary to become licensed with the FCC to broadcast with our radio.

Compare actual work done to Task2
I registered myself with the FCC and determined test locations, required materials, and a list of all possible questions.

Week2 Narrative
I determined that the FCC license the team will require is "Technician" and registered myself with the FCC at this site. I happened upon the American Radio Relay League, who have a wealth of information regarding FCC licensing. The next available test in the local area is on October 2nd, 2011, but there are two tests the following week (October 8th and 9th). I also found a list of all possible exam questions. After determining that the equipment we were using wasn't going to work for our purposes, I researched ways to build our own radio for which we would be able to set our own frequency. I drew a sketch and presented it to the team.

Assign Task3
We assigned parts to collect over the weekend to assemble upon meeting next, and I was assigned a headset/microphone combo, a pencil, and a cardboard tube.

Compare actual work done to Task3
I obtained my assigned materials and assembled the radio with the rest of the team.

Week3 Narrative
I put together this PowerPoint document depicting the three primary parts of the radio that required building for presentation to the class. I brought the cardboard tube, headset, and pencil to the team. Not having as much electrical expertise as the rest of the team, I watched, learned, and helped hold parts while they tested the connectivity of the components. After moving the components around until they were connected properly, I listened to the radio and hear only an occasional popping noise.

Week3 Peer Review
Ndelaney has proven to be dependable teammate with following through with his duties. He has successfully brought in materials needed for the radio project, built the power point page for presentation of the project, and continually researches ways to improve the radio and push the project forward. CFurby 19:01, 10 October 2011

Assign Task4
Over the weekend I will study for the Technician test and take it on Sunday at 1:30pm.

Compare actual work done to Task4
We did not take the Technician test.

Week4 Narrative
After discussing the matter with the rest of the team, we collectively decided not to take the test, as we all had scheduling inconveniences and did not think we'd have the radio ready for broadcast before the project time was finished.

Start Next Project Week0 activities
I submitted three project choices and was assigned Static Electricity.

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I left a comment for you on User talk:Cwoo4792/enes100/poppit. Thanks. --Abd 17:37, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

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User:NathanOConnor

Text about Nathan...

Studying Business, politics and sport, at the University of Canberra

Assignments

 * /Sport Ethics Still an Issue/

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