In the Final Performance Test, Team F was required to have their Final AEV complete the full run of taking off from the starting dock, go through the gate and then bring the caboose back from the loading zone to the starting dock through the gate. The group had to perform the test a total of three times. The group then managed to collect all the data from each run. The code created and used is located in the Appendix page.
Final Performance Test Results:
| Runs | Score | Time Taken, s | Total Energy, J |
| 1 | 36 | 52.0 | 271.0 |
| 2 | 34 | 51.6 | 268.7 |
| 3 | 38 | 50.5 | 265.6 |
Team F managed to receive an average score of 37 and it took approximately 51 seconds and 268 J on average to complete the performance test.
Final Cost:
Since Team F did not request for any extra lab time to complete the assignments nor did the team breach any safety violations as they were cautious when completing the tasks, there were no extra R&D costs and Safety violation costs. The team’s capital cost is considerably low as they did not have any custom parts produced. After the Final Performance Test, the group was able to gather the total cost by adding the Capital and Run cost. The group’s total cost of $614412.81 exceeded the budget of $500k mainly because of their AEV’s energy consumption. The use of the propellers was found to be greatly energy consuming which caused the Energy Cost to be tremendously high than of using a direct drive.
Total Cost – $613,750.15
Final AEV Design Used for Performance Test:
