Nt1310 Unit 5 Lab 8

The team also noticed some inconsistencies in the graph that they feel could be fixed by changing their code. One of these issues being that cutting off power completely from the AEV’s resulted in the motors having to do extra work in order to get started again. Possibly changing the code so the amount of power supplied to the motors gradually decreased over time instead of stopping the power completely, could make for a more efficient AEV. Theoretically speaking, when a plane begins to near its destination the pilot begins to lower the amount of thrust given to the engines, not cease thrust completely, so if the team were able to find a way to mimic this, they feel that their AEV could save energy overall, and become more productive.

Conclusion & Recommendations
Testing a design different than that of the current AEV allowed the group to detect slight flaws in their current AEV and edit the final design in order to eliminate them. To complete Lab 8, Group D made minor changes in the final design of the AEV. Identical code was created for both the final AEV design and the altered design to make sure that the final design was truly the best it could be. Alterations made by Group D included moving the motors up higher on the AEV body and also moving the entire AEV body higher up on the arm. The identical code allowed Group D to record data from the AEV and determine which was more efficient by viewing the different values recorded by the