According to our timeline we have until the 20th of April to fully design the track layout, build the base for the track, and obtain some of the other materials that are needed for this project. For track construction, we worked on building built the base and outlined the area we intend to place the magnets. Most of the track is going to be made out of wood, with the exception of the piece of acrylic that is going to hold the magnets. This is the final design we chose, mostly due to the cost of a complete acrylic construction. We purchased the BCC4 magnets from K & J Magnetics. Unfortunately we purchased the wrong dimension magnets first, but corrected it based off the model we made in inventor. The next step in making our superconductor track is to send the specifications for the acrylic circle to TAP Plastics so they can cut it for us. The specifications will also include all of the magnet cutouts. After assembling all of the pieces together, we will be on our final, most difficult step; making the actual superconductor. We will wait until our next blog to go into more detail about the superconductor and the building process. Overall, we have made fairly good progress and the project looks to be successful so far.
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