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Reflection Distance
Mirror Rotation
Weight and Mirror Surface Area
The final weight of the mirrors was .81 pounds. This fulfills the requirement of being less than 1 pound. The final surface area of the mirror surface was 17.1 inches squared for each mirror. This would yield a total surface area of 34.2 inches squared of surface if both mirrors were used.
Discussion
The results of the testing yielded good results even though all the tests had to be improvised in some way. The results of the testing were accurate because all the data taken was done in the same way every time. The precision of the tests are not great because basic tools had to be used to measure and define the results. The results of the testing does say there is room for improvement.
The mirror rotation has to be improved using some other method because the ball mount didn't work as intended and created too much stiffness which didn't allow for the ball mount to move in the way that it was intended.
Other than the mirror rotation test, the other tests did yield promising results. Even though the mirrors didn't reflect a clear 200 foot image, it still resulted in being able to see behind and reflect an image for someone to be able to see. This means that more than likely they would pass the inspection of a race official. It doesn't not say that a person needs to 200 feet, this was just to follow Washington State law requirements if it were to be used on actual roads. In this case the vehicle would not be street legal.
The results of the tests are relevant because it shows what needs to be improved and what could possibly stay the same. This is important to the process of the project because allows for improvements to be made.