2024-04-26 AEAC Sync

Owned by Nathan Green
Last updated: 2024-04-26
2 min read

Attendance

Mechanical:

  • @Alison Thompson

  • @Smile Khatri

Electrical:

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Embedded Flight Software:

  • @Aidan Bowers (Deactivated)

  • @Hardy Yu

  • @Yuchen Lin

  • @Derek Tang

Autonomy:

  • @Amy Hu

  • @Tong Zhang

  • Xierumeng

Operations:

  •  

Directors:

  • @Nathan Green

Agenda

Propulsion + Control

Action items / blockers:

  • Label motors for location?

Updates:

  • < Decision documentation >

Mech

 

 

Electrical

  • New 6200mAh batteries being used at comp

EFS

 

 

Sensing

Action items / blockers:

Updates:

  • < Decision Documentation >

Mech

Drill holes bigger for rangefinder, 0.2mm difference

 

Electrical

 

 

EFS

 

 

Autonomy

 

 

Video System

Action items / blockers:

  • Final locations need to be decided for video components and they need to be mounted (Mech & EE)

  • (EE & Daniel) What VTX is going to be used? What frequency?

Updates:

Mech

Mount VTX

  • Mount exists and needs to be put on drone

  • Shorten the downwards facing camera mount to reduce vibration

Electrical

VTX Harnessing / RF

  • Get proper length RF cables for antenna

  • Antenna on bottom of cabin

  • Cameras interfere with door, redo harness to move video equipment to other side of drone (right side when looking at cameras)

  • Twist positive and negative power to video system to try eliminating noise, if that doesn’t work change the power source

  • Downwards facing camera is broken (green artifact in lens)

EFS

 

 

Autonomy

 

 

Command + Telem

Action items / blockers:

  • EFS & Tech Dir

  • Discuss phone vs. Raspberry Pi for LTE telemetry

Updates:

Mech

 

  • Gemini case needs XT30 location updated

  • Fans have arrived

Electrical

 

 

EFS

ELRS Gemini

  • Link stats work

  • Can test yagis

  • Configure failsafes based on CONOPS requirements

Autonomy

 

 

Airframe - General

Action items / blockers:

  • (EE, Mech, & Daniel) Drone waterproofing

  • Mech finishing Peggy 2 frame to hand off to EE next week

Updates:

  • < Decision Documentation >

Mech

  • New cabin installed on Peggy 1

  • Peggy 2 frame will be done by Sunday, most of main frame is complete and new landing gear manufacturing is done

  • Just assembly of arms and waiting on curing epoxy for landing gears

  • New landing gear is on Pegasus 2 for now

  • For Pegasus 2 electronics cases needed are: PDB Case, ESC Cases, VTX Mount

Electrical

 

  • Wiring needs to be done for Pegasus 2 ASAP

EFS

 

 

Autonomy

 

 

Tracking Antenna - General

Action items / blockers:

Updates:

  • < Decision Documentation >

Mech

 

  • Compass BMX160 needs to be mounted on antenna tracker base, compass is in the box on top of the black plastic shelf unit

  • Spacer needs to be made and placed to keep sheet metal sides parallel

  • Drive gear on pitch needs to be adjusted to increase maximum angle by 30 degrees (remove, rotate, replace)

Electrical

 

  • Compass wires need to be soldered to PCB

EFS

 

  • Software needs to be tested

  • Gemini to be installed and tested (install on standoffs)

Autonomy

 

 

General Updates

  • We need to finalize a competition strategy. How many laps are we doing, and at what altitude? Which landing pad are we trying for in task 2?

  • Pegsus 2 is almost ready to be brought up with electronics, 810g with no arms

Flight test schedule

  • Book WRESTRC for this term (every saturday & sunday before comp if possible)

  • Target May 4th for Pegasus 1 return to flight (new cabin w/ passengers, battery shrouds, changed landing gear, possible recalibration)

  • Target May 11th for full E2E with comp config, failsafe tests, pilot training for landing. Target Pegasus 2 first flight.