3/2/21 Meeting

Agenda:

• Goals/constraints/criteria

• tasks/areas:

  • material - Kieran, David, Justin

    • 3D prints, composites (with mold), foam, balsa wood

    • potential sponsors - Composite Creations

  • airfoil (wings)

  • vtol (is it worth it?) - Brielle, Cindy, Alex

  • timeline

  • potential competitions/past years - everyone

  • plane body - David, Cindy (in the future)

  • propeller - off the shelf

    • single vs double engine

  • wheels/landing - Steven

  • control surfaces (ailerons, rudder, elevator)

  • instrumentation (pitot tube)

Goals for next week:

• figure out whether we want to do vtol

• rough timeline figured out

• material - 2 materials plans:

  • Composites

  • Other

• airfoil - general one for right now

Constraints:

• wing span

• space at the front of the plane for a camera gimbal

• interchangeable mechanisms/easy attachment points

• vtol? more complex

• max 55lb? check other competitions

• countering plane natural turn

• 4kg payload

• plane works for usc and auvsi

• CV possibly would like a powered taxi wheels

Do we want a new plane every year?

• more work to complete redo it every year

• generic would work for multiple competitions/years

• could make a modular fuselage for different competitions

Generic:

• use matlab? or something else to simulate

• wing cavity?

• make stuff modular so they can switch out!

  • wings

  • tail wing

  • mechanism attachment point/underbelly

  • camera gimbal