Timeline F2021

Date	Gimbal	Grabber	Frame	General Tasks

Date	Gimbal	Grabber	Frame	General Tasks
Sept 28 2021	Connect with Shrinjay and Ray	conceptual design sketches, begin buying parts for prototyping	frame research, general dimensioning & concept ideas	Test rigs team intro, revamping old quadcopters
Oct 04	Design constraints and criteria defined, design begins	Prototyping begins in tandem with design (begin CAD)	Design & CAD begins (multiple options at this point)	Buying parts for test rigs and quadcopters if needed
Oct 09-17	READING WEEK	READING WEEK	READING WEEK
Oct 18-22	MIDTERM WEEK	MIDTERM WEEK	MIDTERM WEEK
Oct 26	CAD	Prototyping, trial & error, benchtop	Buying parts/prototyping trials begin	Grabber testing rig build finished
Nov 2	CAD & talk	Prototyping, trial & error with a drone	Validation simulations for force analysis
Nov 9	Finalize CAD, buy parts and prototype	Prototyping, trial & error with a drone, system integration design	System integration design validated (eg. mounting plate for gimbal/grabber)
Nov 16	Testing	Prototyping, trial & error with a drone	Manufacturing begins/design completed
Nov 23	Manufacturing begins/design completed	Manufacturing begins/design completed		Design paper documentation
Nov 30	Assembly, trial and error	Assembly, trial and error	Assembly, trial and error	Design paper documentation
Dec 07	Prototype assembled to frame	Prototype assembled to frame	First prototype created	Design paper documentation
Dec 09-23	FINAL EXAMS	FINAL EXAMS	FINAL EXAMS	FINAL EXAMS


Jan 16	Submit Phase 1 Design paper	Submit Phase 1 Design paper	Submit Phase 1 Design paper

Important dates:

Nov 9, 2021 @5pm: apply and register, including $500 registration fee
Jan 16, 2022 @5pm: Submit Phase 1 Design paper
March 25, 2022: Submit team list and pay $250+tax fee for onsite participants
April 11, 2022: Submit video proof of successful flight
- Takeoff
- Fly by circle, and hover to demonstrate stability of UAV (if applicable)
- Approach
- Full-stop landing.
May 6-8, 2022: Competition!!!