Week 4

A presentation was given today that demonstrated the progress of the design phase for several different full-scale and half-scale teams.  The teams showed off different design concepts, as well as the pros and cons of those design concepts.  The presentations also included expectations for challenges in the future and also a final design concept that each team believed to be ready for prototyping.  The presentations took most of the allotted class time, but there was still some time left for questions in the end.  The recently returned Africa team showed off some of their design concepts based off of the Futran system and was able to give advice on what they believe to be the final design.

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