Week 6

I made another sketch based off of a design that Dr. Furman showed the solar team.  For this design, the support for the panels is not connected to the track at all and instead stands on it's own support beams.  I left the latter half of the track uncovered by the panels so that people could see the main support beam.  In my opinion, the best aspect of this particular design is the fact that vibrations and movements caused by the cars on the track will have much less effect on the solar panels stability, due to the fact that the racking for the solar panels is a completely separate entity from the track support.

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