aR&D 1

Push vs Pull

Equipment

• Reference AEV design
• measuring tape
• Li-Po battery

Method
*Use the same code between trials (run both motors at 30% power for 3 seconds)
*Try to use batteries with similar charge
1. Set AEV on track
2. Run code with the motors in the push configuration and start timer
3. Measure distance traveled using the measuring tape on track and record time took to travel the
distance
4. Calculate the average velocity in push configuration
*Conduct a minimum of 3 trials in push configuration
5. Rebuild the AEV in the pull configuration
6. Run code with the motors in the pull configuration and start timer
7. Measure distance traveled using the measuring tape on track and record time took to travel the
distance
8. Calculate the average velocity in pull configuration
*Conduct a minimum of 3 trials in pull configuration
9. Compare the two configurations by looking at their velocities and distances traveled

Code– Add reverse(4); to beginning when going in opposite direction

motorSpeed(4,30);

goFor(3);

Data aR&D 1

Findings aR&D 1

With the reference AEV design, pulling is the more powerful setup for the motors.