June 17th- Section 14 – Indicator lights are not required when the E-Stop is ON (open). June 12th – The following changes were made to the Technical reference guide. Section 9.a – Switched throttle connector …
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How will the bicycle be configured in terms of gearing? The default Luna cycles kit includes two 44T gears on a freewheel, will this be used? The bike is a TREK FX2. The 44T freewheel …
Funtion test
Free Acceleration 1.Simulates a broken chain event(OSP); 2.Open circuit electrical load (48V CV dynamometer load will limit speed to 3000rpm). Q:how do we simulate this test ? in different torque or something? Q:Can you offer …
Funtion test
Efficiency map Q:When we test efficiency map this test , the torque value is a constant? if not, can you give us torque value at twelve spots? The spots are decided by the voltage set …
Elevator pitch-questions
Will judges ask us questions during the elevator pitch? At the moment we are planning 5 minutes pitch and 5 minutes questions. We’ll provide more details by June 25th.
Will we be allowed to pedal during the field test?
Yes, our intent is to have the teams be able to use their muscle power as well, along with the gears that are present in the bike. We will provide details of the gearing by …
Voltage Display
I have a question that we need to display the battery voltage. What is the external device for display? It is part of the bicycle throttle interface. You do not need to provide it.
Indication LED
Do we have to mount the Indication LED to our housing, or is it already mounted on the user interface and we have to consider a connection for it ? Status indicator LEDs are expected …
Housing at UW-Madison campus
Please find links to the following potential accommodations on the UW-Madison campus. They may not be available during the competition dates, but are lot less expensive than hotels in the area. http://dorms.cals.wisc.edu/scdorms/individual.jsp https://union-wisc.webhotel.microsdc.us/home.jsp https://pyle.wisc.edu/hotel-accommodations/
Efficiency map
Can you provide the circuit of the testing efficiency map? The test circuit is uniform for all the tests — dc power input to the DUT converter, and the dc power output from the dynamometer …