\uD83D\uDDD3 Date
2023-01-1218/05/2023
\uD83D\uDC65 Participants
\uD83E\uDD45 Goals
Update the group on progress of various projects
Review Deadlines
Allocate tasks
\uD83D\uDDE3 Discussion topics
Time | Item | Presenter | Notes |
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Introductions | We have LOTS of new people!
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Onboarding | New members, I dropped the ball on this! | ||
Updated CAD Guidelines | |||
Version Control | GrabCAD is dying 😥 Solidworks is mean about PDM | ||
Learning: What do you want? | What are you hoping to get out of the mechanical team? What skills do you want to learn? Flow simulation: Luke Johnston Thushanth Parameswaran Drone Specification (motors, props, etc) FEA | ||
Potential projects | See below |
Potential Projects
Task | Owner | Reference | Notes | DateBudget (Remove before Mech Meeting) | ||||||||
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Antenna Tracker | Arjun Mandair Harleen | Nolan is working on this and wants hardware to test by July? Communicate with Andy Zhang Jason Li | July 15, 2023? | “Materials” <$100 | Medium Testing Drone (Phoenix/Houston/Vanny replacement) | Do we want to consider this? Materials aren’t bad, and it can be a long-term project (3-4 terms?). This is a response to the concerns that “Houston is too small for all our sensors” and we only have 1 Vanny. Try to get done for EFS to try flying ZP3 some day? Control system cost is my concern | ||||||
Houston Lower half redesign | We need extra space for sensors, Jetson, Pi. Landing gear will need to be redone as well for space & weight. | July, 2024?$60/Frame or aluminum Control system??? Vanny? | ||||||||||
Comp 2024 Base Drone | Requirements are not ironed out, so it’s hard to say. That meeting is Tuesday. Likely either X, or H quad running a combo on the sheet below. Have “ready” for Fall term?. Try to do 2 frames as close to parallel as possible. Anni has made motor selection reference! | August 31, 20233 sets of ~$700/4 motors (https://shop.compositescanada.com/#/product/CFT-22X20TW ) ~$300 of aluminum, fasteners, filament, etc. Total: $3200 | ||||||||||
Simulation knowledge-baseSimulation knowledge-base | Conall knows negative amounts about SIM. | ??? | $0 | |||||||||
Fixed Wing for EFS? | ??? | ??? | ??? | PID Tuning | Here we go again! Do we need this for ZP? Design medium testing drone with PID tuning in mind??? | July 2024? | $100 | New Templates | ||||
New Templates | We need new templates that load in properly, use proper units and good drafting standards. | June 15, 2023$0 | ||||||||||
Thrust Testing Rig | Cloudy | Requirements list incoming (Meeting w/Anni) Previous versions have been created, but we need a more “permanent” solution |
Onsites!
- Nathan Green Ansys licenses
- Conall Kingshott Book lecture hall
- Conall Kingshott Drawing Template