2023-02-08 ICARUS Timelines Meeting

Current State of Icarus Manufacturing

• Fuselage - all flat panels except for two are cut, remaining two are to be waterjet

• Frame to add the components to has been build

• Fuselage skin made

• Mold for avionics compartment is complete

• Foam nosecone complete

What Needs to be done re Manufacturing

• Needs to be shaped

• Wet layout for mold needs to be done

• Proper mold to be completed by Sunday

• Need to make nosecone

• Avionics compartment to be made w fibreglass

• Fuselage assembly

Changes to Manufacturing Scope

• Bottlenecks:

  • Manpower

• Push forward with actual frame

• Rest of carbon fiber components can’t be fitted until landing gear components are made/finalized (Blocker)

New Timelines for Manufacturing

• Landing Gear

  • Handled by Alison, EOD Saturday (Feb 11th)

  • Need to 3D print more connectors for landing gear

• Full Fuselage:

  • Blocked by landing gear (Feb 11th)

• Avionics Compartment Lid

  • Sunday, February 12th

• Nose Cone (March 5th)

  • Mold finalized by Sunday Feb 12th

  • Nosecone manufacturing - one week, Feb 19th

  • Can use foam until more comfortable with frame

• Frame (Feb 12th)

All major components made by February 12th

• Assembly (Sunday February 19th)

  • Need access to aeroskin component lab to cut it (Friday Feb 15th)

Icarus Harnessing

• Harnessing work can begin on February 19th (functional frame completion)

  • Forward facing camera dependent on nosecone, might be a bit later

• Wiring Diagram Requirements

  • No hard blockers

  • Detailed wiring diagram complete by 19th February

  • Ideal competition layout is decided on

• Look towards flying Icarus by end of February