Blog 8
Over the work period of March 23 - April 13, describe your team's project progress and the major milestone achieved by your team. As discussed in the last Blog update, the team unfortunately fell behind due to the machinist failing to meet the agreed-upon timeline. The team was able to obtain the materials back from the machinist on March 26th and communicated with Jamar to design a new timeline for the retrieval of the uprights. Luckily for us, the design for the rear upright had a fast turnaround time and the team was able to obtain the rear upright on April 2nd and began the validation on the rear upright on April 7th. As of April 7th, the team finished the validation for the weight reduction and the validation for the deflection of the rear upright. The team is still awaiting the retrieval of the front upright and will then perform the validation test. As of now, Jamar has given the team an expected retrieval date of the end of the week of April 15th. As you come to a close t