Although we were unable to complete this lab, the steps we would have taken to undergo testing are as follows:
- Due to the fact that we could only either have one motor or two motors on our AEV, we would have created two different motor configurations (one involving one motor and one involving two motors).
- Then we would test each configuration 5 different times, running each test on the same track. We would download all of the data onto the Data Analysis Tool in order to create the two plot types: Power vs Distance and Power vs Time.
- Based off of those plots, we would then determine which quantity of motors (one or two) allows our AEV to be as efficient as possible. We would look for factors such as the amount of energy used, how long it takes to go a certain distance/how far each AEV travels.
Because our team was unable to complete this lab, we do not have any data and therefore have determined that we will continue using the same motor configuration/quantity for our final AEV (two motors on the back of the AEV).