Fail Safe Team Proposal

Bogie/Fail Safe Mechanism

The objectives of the bogie/fail safe mechanism are as follows:

• Bogie must be able to traverse up and down a guideway sloped at ±17° (30% grade) at TBD m/s
• Bogie cannot fall off the guideway despite failure of switching or main support wheels
• Bogie must have extra mechanism to help move cabin to prevent blocking the path
• Allow moving the cabin for fast unload of passengers

It will fulfill the design requirements listed below:

• Bogie must handle weight of cabin and all passengers inside 
• Bogie must have multiple fail safe systems, (for wheels, cabin, switching mechanism,etc) 
• Bogie must have a fail safe system that will prevent cabin from plummeting to the ground. 
• Bogie must have at least a safety factor of 8 
• Bogie must be able to still move when the fail safe system is initiated in order to travel to safe location where the bogie can be repaired, aka (Limp Mode). 
• Bogie must meet city safety regulations

The objectives and design requirements will be proven through the construction of a working model.

Sketches and Drawings

Bogie


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