engineering brief

engineering brief

1. electronics

   • motors
   • switch
     • button

2. materials

   • plastics
     • easily machined
       • cheap
         • brittle
           • light
       • colours
         • acrylic
   • ferrous
     • magnetic
       • cheap
         • tough steels
     • non ferrous
       • copper
         • market
           • great conductor
       • aluminium
         • light
           • flexible

3. propulsion

   • 2 wheel drive
     • track wheels
   • 4 wheel drive
     • wheels
   • axles
   • motors

4. collector

   • magnet
   • string
   • forks
   • rotatational arm
   • fixed arm

5. chassis

   • metal
   • plastic
   • ladder chassis
     • tubular space frame chassis

6. gears

   • bevel gear
     • spur gear
     • milter gear
       • screw gear
         • worm gear