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• Try and get as many people in the room as possible.

Frame updates

• Starting on landing gear prints

• MCMaster Carr order for standoff stuff & miscellaneous 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? Has antenna and control box.

  • One M9N, one RTK.

  • Mechanically identical, mounting pattern is the same.

  • will remain on posts (similar to vanny, except further).

RF updates 🌐

• Need notch filters? 5W video very much stepping on other freqs? not sure…. currently investigating

• Could get SDRPlays. (RSP1A → to be acquired)- Carbon fiber panel mfg this morning

  • Panels are done

  • Can be done on the router! No queue for the router, so should be fast

• 3D printing is coming along

• The middle aluminum block is done

• Jigs on the way

• Priority for 1 drone, 2nd drone will be done either in parallel if convenient or soon after 1st one

  • Plan is not to wait and see how the 1st drone works, we just move forward with the design

  • Aidan: we should test before committing to 2 copycat drones (for cost)

  • better to have 2nd copy even if not fully optimized - most components at least will be salvageable even if some things need to change

  • most of it is low cost… so probably ok

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middle alu block!!!!

Sensor Updates 📏

• Two M9N better redundancy with same accuracy.

• Will re-test RTK accuracy with tuned position hold & optical flow.

RF updates 🌐

• Spectrum analyzer???

Motor 3-phase connectors ✅

• Found plenty of bullet connectors in the bay

  • Seems like we have enough, is there a reason why we can’t use the ones in a connector box on the EE shelf?

• EE still needs to source Motor/ESC wire

  • Should be a small task

Battery PDB Distribution

• How are batteries going to be arranged in series/parallel?

  • Scuffed diagram that needs explanation of potential implementation for three 12S batteries

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• How will our board support this layout?

• Thoughts:

  • 2 PM02D’s (2 banks of batteries), parallel after. Potentially on either side of the battery.

  • Junction point closer to the edge of the board (away from the pixhawk).

• Do we have two PM02Ds in the bay?

  • If so, electrical member needs to test the current sharing capability of the power modules to see if we can get even current draw from each power module

  • Potentially borrow E-Load from Midnight sun

Airside Electrical Layout

• Electrical Wiring diagram experiencing slow progress (unfortunately)

  • Some of the modules are in the diagram but things need to start getting connected

  • Power distribution wiring about halfway done

• Do we have all the JST-GH connectors (housings) that we need to connect to pixhawk

  • Took a quick look in the connectors box and only found connectors for 5 pin

  • Do we need to order more from the other kinds?