Width of one panel = 38 cm (= 3*12cm (CDs) + 2cm (just for fun))
Length of a row = 200 cm (= 5*38cm (panels) + 2 * 5cm (attachments))
The needed elevation of the furthest panel (so that we know the length of the handles) = 32 cm
At first I was being a dumbass and couldn't figure out how to solve x. I finally got it then. So if the needed elevation is 32 cm, I think 40 cm (or maybe a little less) would be a good length for the handles, since it has to go through the wood and there needs to be some space for attaching. They sell the material in 2 m long bits, so alltogether we will need 5 of those, according to these calculations.
For attaching the rows, this is what I thought of:
We'd use bolts since you need to be able to put the thing in pieces and put it together again. Do you think this attachment could work? I thought we could have the center rows and the furthest rows fixed like this (or some other way), and the two rows in the middle would be the ones you can incline if you want to reduce the efficiency of the concentrator. We still need a solution for how to rotate the rows, any thoughts on that? What's the structure of the base?
On another note, I discussed with Marko and Pamela yesterday, and it seems that the "report" is not going to be a big deal. It's 1-2 pages, and if I understood correctly it would only be a sort of an introduction to this thing we're doing. Basically something that we can present to someone, who's never heard of this project before. Why we're doing it, what's the goal of all this, why we chose to do it like we did etc. Better information about this should be sent by Pamela soonish. But so no 40 page reports, just the manual and this info thingy. Great, innit?
Great mathematician! ... I now confer on you the title "Archimedes" ... You are now "Archimedes Miina Porkka Younge" ... Also, don't forget to bring the trophy to the design factory, when you return.
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