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Attendance:

Agenda:

  • Changes to AEAC Sync structure

  • W24 AEAC Sync meeting times

  • Competition timeline review

  • W24 Flight test + Asana
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    1. Changes to AEAC Sync Structure

    • Meeting minutes still avail. 1 week before. This gives teams time to fill out blockers, decision documentation, etc, before the meeting.

    • Goal is to bring updates and then next steps, ideally we explain decision documentation, but we try and have decisions made async, with documentation on the decision ready to present!!

      • Trying to be respectful of time and people who may not be a part of each project!

      • Good to bring forward global knowledge, but highly technical discussion maybe …. maybe not! Feel free to mention open invites to decision meetings (maybe just put them before AEAC sync idk).

    • Project based updates. Projects sub-divided as found on [W24 integration page]on 2023-2024 Program Outline

      • (Hopefully) increasing cross-talk between subteams on specific projects.

      • (Hopefully) allows members to be engaged during their related project, instead of having to piece through multiple sub-teams updates

      • (potentially) allows us to schedule 15 minute blocks for each subsystem across an hour

        • Video System

        • Command + Telem

        • Airframe + Propulsion + Sensing

        • General Updates + FT

      • Understood that this may require a bit more overhead from subteams in meeting prep. Happy to work with subteams on weekends to ensure meeting goes well.

    • Global action items / system architecture updates to go at the start the end of the meeting in a dedicated section.

      • Allows for team-wide recap of the meeting at the very end.

      • Leaves more time for discussion about architecture + integration instead of taking up critical meeting time early on in the meeting.

    • Project-based action items to go at the start of each project section. (so as to be easily findable)

      • (hopefully) allows subteams to call out blockers

      • Allows team-members on each project to quickly and easily find project-specific action items.


    2. W24 AEAC Sync meeting time(s)

    We are looking to find a time for W24 AEAC Sync meetings. Talked with subteam leads during Subteam : Director syncs about stacking the meeting before leads meetings:

    Good things:

    • Fewer days to travel to campus.

    • Potentially more stayover from AEAC syncs so general members may stay through leads more.

    Bad things:

    • Some subteam leads aren’t available all of Monday.

    • Potentially two back to back draining meetings.

    Decision: [tbd]: → fill out lettucemeet


    3. Competition Timeline Review

    • Jan 15th (Today): Competition Phase #1 Paper Due

    • Feb 17-25: Reading Week

    • April 8: Classes End

    • April 11: Exams begin

    • April 11: Proof of flight

    • April 12: Team list submission

    • April 21: End of final exams

    • May 6: Classes begin

    • May 24-26: Phase #2 (competition)


    4. Flight Test Timeline Review

    • Aiming to fly at least two competition simulations (end to end, fully integrated).

      • May not (necessarily) be flown with flight test team. TBD

    • Aiming to finish flight testing near the end of classes (no flights through exams planned - may use as spillover dates)

    • Aiming to schedule 1 key downtime period +/- 1 week around reading week for overall system updates and return to service ground tests.

    • Following ground test → Houston → Pegasus for all new hardware + systems.

      • Done to ensure overall safety of our airfrmes.

    • Please coordinate with Anthony Luo to order any necessary components. Currently tracking

      • diversity RX’s

      • houston props

      • vtx systems

    Over to asana!

    flight test this weekend -

    4v6 batt config - https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FT/pages/edit-v2/2391113782?draftShareId=95aa7b5b-1eeb-4c72-90e7-63ef08b70a09&createdWithTemplate=true

    Attendance

    Mechanical:

    Electrical:

    Embedded Flight Software:

    Autonomy:

    Operations:

    Directors:

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    Propulsion + Control

    Action items / blockers:

    • EFS looking for <team> to integrate <bidir dshot generic item> on <some date>

    Updates:

    • < Decision documentation >

    Mech

    < motor mounts >

    < some update >

    make sure to check motor direction

    EE

    harnessing

    the harnessing will allow 4 or 6 batteries

    otherwise, no news

    EFS

    esc

    make sure you have ESC telemetry

    check all current items: notch filtering, etc

    Auto

    Sensing

    Action items / blockers:

    • 360 Lidar mounting - Houston

    Updates:

    • Aiming to FT 360 lidar soon

    Mech

    sensing mounts

    360 lidar not on monster mount

    monster mount is done, though

    Houston has a 360 lidar mount. This has all hardware and software prepped. (maybe not harnessing)

    • task → mount lidar to Pegasus

    EE

    sensor mount harnessing

    “looks done” -

    flow sensor is tested

    CV camera + lidar also tested

    conformal coating

    no plans as of right now to conformal coat any of the sensor mount components

    figure out which components need extra help when conformal coating

    keep in mind we have SDC thermal camera - if you need access ping @director or (Megan Spee - I will ask in slack)

    EFS

    configuration

    configure for ardupilot with the objective of carrying this over to zeropilot

    Auto

    Video System

    Action items / blockers:

    • EFS looking for <team> to integrate <bidir dshot generic item> on <some date>

    Updates:

    • < Decision documentation >

    Mech

    mounting

    EE

    harnessing, power delivery

    haven’t looked into it yet - depends on RX/TX we buy

    EFS

    configuration

    configure the video MUX

    Auto

    LTE

    groundside

    geolocation not ready yet

    Telemetry

    Action items / blockers:

    • EFS looking for <team> to integrate <bidir dshot generic item> on <some date>

    Updates:

    • < Decision documentation >

    Mech

    airside

    Gemini airside mounting - proposed solution is double sided tape?

    groundside

    Tracking antenna not looked at yet

    EE

    nucleo shield still in progress

    RPi airside is USB C connected to ->> BEC pro boards

    EFS

    TX/RX

    flashing diversity onto receiver + look at multi receiver support

    make sure gemini FW works

    relay working, still need to test. After this, check out receiver on drone to check 3 wire/ 4 wire compatibility.

    tracking antenna

    ~~ maybe progress on GPS/IMU integration

    Auto

    LTE telem

    Task 1 almost ready to fly, task 2 getting worked on

    need to integrate autolanding infrastructure


    General Updates

    • phase #1 paper submitted!

    Flight test schedule

    • Next ft; blah

      • requires: blah blah blah