Maglev Final Design Process  

By: Lorenzo

Team Members: Reese, Luke P                                                                           

Our first design for our track we used six magnetic strips, we placed the magnets horizontally in the box securing the magnets with masking tape. For the car we used two short strips and secure it with tape as well.

One problem that we faced is our group was that when we put the train on the track everything would attract and all the tape would scramble up. One way we improved is we improved our design, we figured that we could only use two long strip magnets with space between them.

Our final design was two long magnets for the track and for the car our team used two short magnets and we taped it on. This made the train repel and the car would float.  To make the track stronger we thought to put another long strip so we put one more long strip in the middle and we did the same on the car you put one short strip magnet in the middle of the car.

My group finally got  the train to work, we felt nervous because we thought it wasn’t going to work. Another reason that we thought it wasn’t going to work was because  we thought we put too much tape.The last reason we thought it was not going to work wasbecause we thought it was going to attract.