Design 1
For the first trial of motor configuration, the team decided to have a standard to compare the other tests to on the graphs and went with the angled wings with the motors on the bottom of the wings, like the sample AEV given.
Design 2
For this design, the team decided to change the layout of the AEV and put the wings angled downwards with the motors back on the bottom. Maybe since the second trial with the wings angled the same side the propellers were increased, this trial might increase the aerodynamic of the car. This test ended up to be better than the first one but not as good as the second test.
Design 3
This one was a lot like the first example, except the motors and propellers were moved on top of the angled wings. This small action actually improved a little bit on the power vs time graph so this was one of the examples that could go further with to take to the next lab.
Design 4
To see what would happen with only one motor, it was decided to center the motor on the AEV and doing that, we could take off the wings to make it lighter. Unfortunately, this type failed and did not preform nearly as well as any of the other test runs.
Power vs Time Motor Graph
The graph above is the Power vs Time graph for motors. Looking at the graph, it is obvious that configuration four, with only one motor in the middle, is the worst and was immediately discarded. Way 1 and 2 were almost the same in terms of energy, but design three really stuck out with the energy used. Looking at this graph, design three, with the two angled wings with the motors on top of the wings, was decided to go further with in this project
The graph above is the Power vs Distance graph for the motor configuration. This one shows as well that the fourth way is the worst configuration out of all four of them. Also it is shown that the third configuration is the best in terms of the distance it goes with the same code. The third way is much better than any of the other ones and is decided to go further with that design of the motors.
Looking at these trial configurations and the graphs, it is obvious that the last design with only one motor was the worst design and was immediately discarded. Design three with the wings angled up and the motors on top of the wings is shown to be the most efficient. This design was the design that the group modeled after an airplane with the angled wings. Design three is the design that was decided to move on to further labs with.