Painted (Week 7)

Since the previous post, the group has been able to accomplish a decent amount of work for the submarine. We began to seal the area where our main wires go through. We should be able to finish the job throughout the week, bringing us another step closer to waterproofing the submarine. Our programmer has also been able to program the gyroscope into giving the angular velocity of the submarine. Since we prefer the angle, he plans on solving a differential equation in order to find a function for the angle, which he can incorporate into his program.

What we plan on doing throughout Week 8 involves ballasting the tank. We plan on using bags of sand placed in the front and the back of the sub as ballasts. The only problem is we need to figure out an easy way to adjust the bags of sand without reaching in all the way into the back. We are also waiting for our USB extender to arrive so we can transmit a signal over a long wire. After we successfully ballast the sub, we have to start testing for any leaking we didn't cover and if our control system is successful underwater.


We were also able to paint the whole outside of the sub. Pomo, who did an excellent job painting it, equipped the sub with a black and yellow covering with the Drexel dragon on the side.

Drexel Lettering on the side.

Drexel Dragon on the side.