6-Week Comp Drone Timeline

Week 1

Full CAD assembly complete enough for a CAD review on oct 30th

Finding suppliers for carbon fibre

Planning manufacture/ materials

Week 2

System architecture meeting!

Finalizing CAD assembly based on architecture meeting: props, motors, batteries, servos

Mass calculations

Begin manufacture of frame, acquire CF

Final CAD revision for nov 6th

Week 3

Build superstructure. This means wings, booms, horizontal stabilizer, motor mounts, line everything up and make sure it fits IRL.

Fuselage model might not be manufactured (CF supply when).

Week 4

Continue building superstructure. Add internals when we have them: clear up some vague CAD, like landing gear, door hinges, anything small that depends on other things.

CF manufacture if materials are ready

Evaluate progress and update timeline if necessary

Week 5

Assemble the plane and finalize calculations to do with mass, CoG, etc.

Week 6

Test flights

Week 7

Start of week: aircraft is complete!

good luck on exams!