2024-05-10 Mechanical Director Sync

What are we working on right now (same as ones before comp)

Project	Next Steps	Notes

Project	Next Steps	Notes
Pegasus 2	Make arm holes near the center larger and assembly it Center assembly has been loctite Will absolutely try my best to make more landing gears b4 comp (depends on mech team involvement and schedule) plz hand off the second piece of stock to Ryan in ESMS ASAP, it will take some time for the alum to be done	Are we flying peggy 1 or 2 for comp most likely? idk what the status on wiring/when it will be ready to test peggy 1 but we want peggy 2 gear full systems check must be done after EE changes motor direction
Antenna Tracker	Needs a spacer before this is can be software tested	I need to be given a run down of the tracker design rn, where the problem is and where to add the spacer - @Smile Khatri I CADed the spacer, just forgot to make drawing/ask for it to be made, will do after this meeting - @Alison Thompson we cannot test at flight test this weekend bc we don’t have material
Misc Cases	Gemini case is DONE LETS GOO. Sat down with the EFS leads and mounted the board yesterday. fans are there

What projects before comp?
- Probably weather proofing? Is Conall still doing that @Alison Thompson ? If not, we can assign to Jonathan or Andy if they are down, need someone who can work fast
  - play around and make it work
  - batt shrouds
  - latex could stretch over the whole top
    - thermal ← black bubble & conformal coat
    - hard to take on and off
    - affects aero
    - too much effort not worth the points?
      - drone looks ok so yea
    - if it rains it’s needed
      - install there when we get on the scene
  - Conall said he could do but will be away until at least the 17th
- possible LED board installation last minute here
  - Smile needs to take them off for the landing gear to swap
    - new landing gear has bushings in the CF tubes and shoulder bolts for alignment
    - tubes need to be swapped for new gears
    - best case is two sets, but we out of bushings (and bolts?)
  - new gear is a large improvement, but old is usable
    - peggy 2 is spare parts for peggy 1
    - efforts for peggy 2 are limitted by bandwidth
  - install boards before fw ready
    - update firmware after install
  - risk pwr system
    - will be on their own system
What projects after comp?
- Really want to pursue making fixed wing.
  - Do not fly ZP, want usable mech data for learning! Change one thing at a time.
  - Maybe chance to test Zeropilot on the fixed wing = more projects for mech and efs?
  - see EE/EFS director syncs, slowly phasing out stuff that doesn’t provide advantage for competition
    - CAN controlled servos: Servo Module Improvements
    - unified sensor cluster: Sensor Cluster
    - these projects (and others) will eventually be used on fixed wing (once ready EE wise)
  - some scheming could be done before comp by leads
    - interchangable wings and/or fuselage?
    - compare sim and real life
    - tackle integration challenges
    - wire foam cutters
      - cutting by hand is ggers
- I think that this should be a sims + testing project
  - make sims of geometry that is all halved or doubled dimensions, then fly to see how the sim values effect irl performance
  - run sims on this plane airframe
  - compare sims and irl performance, learning and knowledge!!
- VTOL
  - is next thing
  - we need to spend a lot of time learning on fixed wing
  - this term after comp focus on fixed wing
  - converter fixed wing to vtol wont be directly transferable
- Pegasus upgrades based on comp performance
  - prove post comp reliability on peggy 2
What kind of support is needed?
- any fixed wings need support of EE and EFS to get flying
  - hehe don't redo foam wingspar moment
- need EE and EFS support on architecture for electronics