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Meeting overviewMeeting to discuss state of Competition Aircraft big quad.
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🫂 Attendance
Daniel
Michael
Nathan
Conall
Arjun
Megan
Anni
Mena
Neel
🗒️ The Weekly Recap
✈️ Flight Tests:
Vanny SUCCESSFULLY completed auto-tune
Noticed thrust loss on Motor 3 after Battery Failsafe → Investigation ongoing.
This is (not) expected behaviour.
CV Landing pad detection works.
RTK GPS not tested .airside
works on the ground
📦 New arrivals
HERE RTK GPS Base stations here.
Carbon Fiber tubes here.
✅ Open action items
@Mech to send EE basic X-frame layout so that EE can come up with wiring diagrams/channels.
@Anni to look at static load testing
Conall Kingshott look at talking to bryan about composites Composites stuff never properly setup, not a problem that we had not given to him, Graeme figuring everything out and then letting us know. Composite manufacturing in the next two weeks.
📝 Meeting minutes
Frame Updates 🚁
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Composites in the next two weeks, before midsun gets it in (midsuns stuff is massive nad takes a while)
Try and get as many people in the room as possible.
Frame updates
Starting on landing gear prints
MCMaster Carr order for standoff stuff & miscallaneous items.
Talking to Les (machinist). Will likely have to do a lot of this ourselves and then send it off to him to finish (battlebots causing issues).
Sensor Updates 📏
RTK GPS?
RF updates 🌐
Need notch filters? 5W video very much stepping on other freqs? not sure…. currently investigating
Motor 3-phase connectors ✅
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3-phase connectors decided:
MT-30 for inner-hub-to-tube connector
3.5mm Bullet for end of tube - motor connector.
Battery PDB Distribution 
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How are batteries going to be arranged in series/parallel?
Scuffed diagram that needs explanation of potential implementation for three 12S batteries
How will our board support this layout?
Airside Electrical Layout 
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Where each component goes needs to be added to the architecture document.
Need selection of proper wire gauges, types, etc.
For Battery connections, 8 AWG can be used to handle 75A continuous (maybe a little lower if stranded)
Stranded likely needed in order to have the required flexibility
For motor connections, each motor draws around 15A (determined when discussing MT-30s)
14 AWG wire (24A) should be enough for ESC connections to PDB