Servo, Gear Mechanism, & Bearings

 

Big Project

Project

Project Manager

Big Project

Project

Project Manager

Antenna Tracker

Pitch Axis

@Arjun Mandair

Task Description

Find a servo and compatible Gear train with bearings that can rotate the hex shaft (pitch).

Hex Shaft for Pitch
Aluminum Stand

 

Constraints

To be written by the Project Manager. All constraints should be their own row of the table, if a constraint is removed it should be crossed out but left in the table. The append date is when the constraint was last updated (update this when constraints are removed!) DELETE THESE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE PUBLISHING

Constraints

Written By

Append Date

Constraints

Written By

Append Date

Must be able to rotate the yagi antennae and patch antenna

@Arjun Mandair

Oct 11, 2023

Must be compatible with Hex Shaft

@Arjun Mandair

Oct 11, 2023

Gears must be compatible with each other

@Arjun Mandair

Oct 11, 2023

Mounted on the Aluminum Stand

@Arjun Mandair

Oct 11, 2023

Bearings that are Compatible with the hex shaft on the aluminum stands

@Arjun Mandair

Oct 11, 2023

Relevant Contacts

To be written by the component owner and should be used if collaborating with another subteam. This should be the “component owner” of the other subteam and/or the person on those subteams. Delete if not used. DELETE THESE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE PUBLISHING

Subteam

Contact

Contact Description

Subteam

Contact

Contact Description

Electrical

@Hardy Yu @Anthony Luo@Yuchen Lin

Confirm if the Servo is compatible with the circuitry

EFS

@Hardy Yu @Anthony Luo @Yuchen Lin

Confirm if servo is compatible with antenna tracker software

Assignees

Assignee

Asana Task

Date

Assignee

Asana Task

Date

@Arjun Mandair

Servo Gear Mechanism Asana Task Link

Sep 27, 2023

Task Progression/Updates

Author: @Arjun Mandair Date: Oct 11, 2023

Review One

Author: @Alison Thompson Date: May 10, 2024

GEAR ALIGNMENT SPACER ADDITION

Due to imperfect bends in the plates mounting the servos, severe gear misalignment is occurring. To solve this I have added a spacer to correctly space the tops of the plates so the gears mesh properly.