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\uD83D\uDDD3 Date

2023-09-20

\uD83D\uDC65 Participants

\uD83E\uDD45 Goals

  • Update the group on progress of various projects

  • Review Deadlines

  • Allocate tasks

\uD83D\uDDE3 Discussion topics

Item

Presenter

Notes

Intro 2: Electric Boogaloo

Conall Kingshott

Meeting and work session times
- Mech Meeting: Wednesday 8PM
- Work Sessions: TBD
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Comp

sync Tuesday 9PM

  • What we are trying to teach/learn and how we go about it

  • Expectations (Communication in discord, professionalism, positive learning environment)

  • Bootcamp and taking on tasks

    • Initial Question interlude

    • Any pressing questions/concerns probably linked to above content?

    Comp frame project explanation and check-in

    Conall Kingshott

    • Show CAD

    • Weight check in and manufacturing technique explanation

    • Work on Cabin, mounts, and shields in next ~2 terms

    Antenna tracker explanation and check-in

    Arjun Mandair

    • Show CAD

    Fixes that need to be implemented

    • Lessen overall weight and material consumption

      • Will help with overall inertia of the system

    • Lessen amount of set screws utilized on shaft

    • 90 degree sheet metal bend instead of machined block

    • Supports on servo mount

      • Also beef up overall design of servo mount

    • Sensor mounting

    • Waterproofing

    Questions

    • Continuous rotation servo?

    • Servo on plate instead of bottom?

      • Will make the sensor mounting weird or difficult

      • May need to increase plate size

      • Increase overall inertia

    • Servo Wire tangling?

      • Slip ring?

    • Wiring antenna tracker to ground?

    Will Update Asana after confirmations!

    Houston explanation and check-in

    Conall Kingshott

  • What is Houston

    • Landing gear stuff

  • Upcoming weatherproofing

    • FEA/SIM explanation

    Smile Khatri

    Asana Time!

    		Conall Kingshott

    • Software we can use: SolidWorks simulations, Ansys Fluent & Ansys for FEA and CFD

    • Simulation workshops starting late September

      • Workshop 1 will go in-depth about CFD, fundamentals of aircraft aerodynamics which will help us make our drone more aerodynamic

      • opportunity to learn Ansys Fluent (popular software for running CFD sims)

      • Workshop 2 will be focused on FEA, static and dynamic sims. I.e. we can use FEA to determine whether our landing gear can withstand the impact from the drone landing

    • There’ll be opportunities for running sims throughout the term for different components of the drone

    McMaster Order

    Conall Kingshott

    Arjun Mandair to give buy list by Monday

    • Ansys Fluent CFD tutorial for finding drag coefficient posted on Confluence

    Monster Mount

    Smile Khatri

    • Currently, the plan is to have the Monster Mount on the drone arm. I forgot the reason as to why we chose to have it on the arm. Is it possible to make a mount attachable to the bottom plate of the drone (w/o interferring the payload)?

      • The key concerns were

        • landing gear leg appearing on the camera’s peripherals/vision

        • vibrations on the arms since the mount is closer to the propellers

    ✅ Action items

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    ⤴ Decisions