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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

    • 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

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

    McMaster Order

    Conall Kingshott

    Arjun Mandair to give buy list by Monday

    Asana Time!

    Conall Kingshott 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