April 21, 2016

Parts arrived and the building of a working prototype began. A 3D model of the frame to hold the servos in place as well to hold the concave mirror and solar panel was designed to be printed. The design was modified several times during the course of the week. AT this point, the lens has been removed from the equation. After reading more on it at the insistence of our instructor, it was determined that it might be too risky to use. The solar panels are very important and in the middle of testing there was a risk the solar panel would blow and the project would be over. In order to protect our working model, the best decision was to remove the lens. This removed some of the complications of the design as a problem was to figure out how to attach the lens. WIthout this complication, the project was able to move forward as expected.