Current State of Icarus Manufacturing
Fuselage - all flat panels except for two are cut, remaining two are to be waterjet
Frame to add the components to has been build
Fuselage skin made
Mold for avionics compartment is complete
Foam nosecone complete
What Needs to be done re Manufacturing
Needs to be shaped
Wet layout for mold needs to be done
Proper mold to be completed by Sunday
Need to make nosecone
Avionics compartment to be made w fibreglass
Fuselage assembly
Changes to Manufacturing Scope
Bottlenecks:
Manpower
Push forward with actual frame
Rest of carbon fiber components can’t be fitted until landing gear components are made/finalized (Blocker)
New Timelines for Manufacturing
Landing Gear
Handled by Alison, EOD Saturday (Feb 11th)
Need to 3D print more connectors for landing gear
Full Fuselage:
Blocked by landing gear (Feb 11th)
Avionics Compartment Lid
Sunday, February 12th
Nose Cone (March 5th)
Mold finalized by Sunday Feb 12th
Nosecone manufacturing - one week, Feb 19th
Can use foam until more comfortable with frame
Frame (Feb 12th)
All major components made by February 12th
Assembly (Sunday February 19th)
Need access to aeroskin component lab to cut it (Friday Feb 15th)
Icarus Harnessing
Harnessing work can begin on February 19th (functional frame completion)
Forward facing camera dependent on nosecone, might be a bit later
Wiring Diagram Requirements
No hard blockers
Detailed wiring diagram complete by 19th February
Ideal competition layout is decided on
Look towards flying Icarus by end of February
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