2022-09-18 Meeting Notes

Meeting Attendees:

• Aidan B (Team Lead)

Assignments:

• Aidan: Setup asana for SysInt

Welcome to the SysInt team!

Important notes:

• Get Onboarded

• Make sure all requirements from CONOPS are met

• Plan future sync meetings for CONOPS

• Get prepped on Discord (nick, role)

• Competition 2023

  • Question: what is the specific shape / dimensions of the landing pads?

  • Question: Max length for route (30km) for task 1 includes diversions?

  • Can batteries be replaced on aircraft if we are not on the original take-off point?

  • Prepping writing report for phase 1

Main things to look at if you’re getting onboarded / the bootcamp:

• This confluence SysInt

• Look at the 2022-2023 Program Outline

Follow iterative design process with our projects

• Needs assessment (requirements, constraints, users)

• Ideas to solve the problem

• (Rough) Prototype

• Test

• Repeat

  • As you repeat more and more, slow down more as you get more familiar with the problem constraints and get real-world data

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Make sure as a project manager, keep in mind that people are volunteers, and deadlines will most likely slip

Ensure and plan for redundancy with that information in mind

Future goal: running planning meetings for prepping for CONOPS as the SysInt subteam

ZeroPilot 3.0

• Flight controller (inhouse built)

• Design process underway

• Tentative delivery (electrical): Mid October

iMacs

• Command station for monitoring and telemetry for everything

• Transmits and receives data from aircraft directly

• Ground station

• Timelines seem to be approximately followed

PHOENIX

• Very little iteration, designed to be a beater drone

• First provision by mech delivered

• No further updates, needs more follow up and reviewing before mass manufacturing

PID Tuning Rig

• PID: Calibrating the aircraft

• Needs requirements develpments

• No project timeline/deadlines so far

• Compatibility with pheonix

• Priority on firmware team

Drone Testing Protection

• Protecting drones from peoples and themselves

• Looking into sponsorships for potentially drone netting?

• Robohub cage?

2023 Competition Roadmap for next 8 months

• Create timelines and capture team strategy

• Consolidate summary document with competition tasks into confluence

• First Major Deadline: Nov 28 (Registration for the team)

• Phase 1 Design Proposal: Jan 15

  • Show how we are managing the project

  • Vehicle and algorithms selected

  • Design and passenger safety

  • Automated aspects/manual aspects

  • Path optimizations

  • Computer Vision algorithms / landing

  • Strategies and novel tech used

  • Risk management

  • Timeline timelines and deadlines and planning

  • Funding and budget planning

  • Create report from this information and send to UAS for judging

• Our responsibility as SysInt to manage this report and submitting and coordinate meetings with subteams to generate this report

• March 31 Deadline: Submit team list + $300 per participant

• 11 April 2023: Proof of successful flight

• 5-7 May: Attend Phase 2 of competition (actually participating)

• Blimp?

• Phase 2: The actual flights

  • Task 1

    • Design aircraft to emulate a fake air taxi

    • Respond to mid-air route change

    • 10-30km long range

    • Stay within 50m of route waypoints and the centerlines between the routes

    • Ability to reroute around restricted airspaces

    • Carry at least 2 doll passengers, extra points for upto 4 more dolls

    • Enclosed cabin with ramp

    • Passengers must be restrained to aircraft

    • Flight window: 30-45 minutes

    • Question: what is the specific shape / dimensions of the landing pads?

  • Task 2

    • Air taxi route, must be at least 50% of given routes

    • Automated algorithm to pick routes

    • Get money for each route

    • Some routes restrict weight to 5kg, or have obstacles nearbye

    • Must have green light visible during operation

    • BVLOS: pilot cannot directly see the aircraft during landing

    • All landing gears must be in pad, and rotors must be not moving

    • Batteries can be swapped if passengers are not on board

  • Important flight prep rules to keep note of, have plan of attack

• Last deliverable: Post-flight report

  • Comments on the task

  • Performance

  • Must be submitted within 90 mins of the flight