Responsible Engineers: Tamara, Aimee, Alex, Lee

General Overview

Three Primary Components:

  • Base plate
    • weld to ring holding motor
    • use aluminum plate to be able to weld
  • Motor case
    • machine lip  at bottom (+0.4 in)
    • machine 0.5-in nub, then thread
  • Thick ring to hold motor
    • hole in bottom and thread it to screw on the motor case
    • radial bolts that interface w motor
    • two rings (to be bolted together)
      • ring 1: OD = 4 in, ID = 3.4 in
      • ring 2: OD = 4 in, ID = 3 in
  • if bottom fails what happens to top?
    • have another ring on top that surround motor case
    • top layer holding onto top of case
    • hole in the center
    • keep in place w/ eye bolts and ratchet straps


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