This past Saturday we got the prototype rolling around on the ground. We ran into some issues.
It’s all fixable stuff. We’ll have to reinforce and redesign the shell.
For the long form from Mike, look below:
1. The shell is buckling severely. This is occuring in the spans between the welds (rather than at the welds.) And it has a shape more consistant with distributed forces parallel to the surface (sideways Read the rest of this entry »