Overall, our design process has been really optimized during our time together as a group. One thing we can be more intentional about that will make manufacturing time easier is distributing tasks better and more clearly outside of team time. Additionally, communicating around these individual tasks is imperative for shared understanding. 

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Risks include lack of functionality as winch stake is unable to withstand vehicle loads. This could occur as winch stake has been downsides for ease of handling purposes. However, this action also leads to a design that is rated at lower winching loads. Additionally, the tip of the stake may be too fragile for repeated ground penetration trials and may need to be reinforced in the future.

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We are continuing with the current design concept, however, with revised loading data we now plan to run FEA simulations on the 1.25-inch tubing, as well as different material strengths, to determine what the best final product would look like. For future manufacturing, we will be using 513 alloy as it is inexpensive and available. 

Moving from there, we will build an updated iteration of the design that incorporates some ergonomics (rubber grip), smaller tubing, an appropriate striking height for our users, and we will test with both the primary target group (Randy) and the secondary target group (Chad). 

Finally, we will conduct a user clinic with this iteration of prototyping to get an idea of the remaining areas of improvement to make a product that will satisfy our demographic! 

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