18/05/2023 Mech Meeting Notes
- Conall Kingshott
- Megan Spee
Date
18/05/2023
Participants
@Conall Kingshott
@Nathan Green
Goals
Update the group on progress of various projects
Review Deadlines
Allocate tasks
Discussion topics
Time | Item | Presenter | Notes |
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| Introductions | @Conall Kingshott | We have LOTS of new people!
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| Onboarding | @Conall Kingshott | New members, I dropped the ball on this! |
| Updated CAD Guidelines | @Conall Kingshott | |
| Version Control | @Nathan Green | GrabCAD is dying Solidworks is mean about PDM |
| Learning: What do you want? | @Conall Kingshott | What are you hoping to get out of the mechanical team? What skills do you want to learn? Flow simulation: @Luke Johnston @Thushanth Parameswaran Drone Specification (motors, props, etc) FEA |
| Potential projects | @Conall Kingshott | See below |
Potential Projects
Task | Owner | Reference | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Antenna Tracker | @Arjun Mandair Harleen | @Nathan Green | Nolan is working on this and wants hardware to test by July? Communicate with @Andy Zhang @Jason Li | July 15, 2023? |
Houston Lower half redesign | @Merek Lohnes @Smile Khatri @Thushanth Parameswaran |
| We need extra space for sensors, Jetson, Pi. Landing gear will need to be redone as well for space & weight. | July, 2024? |
Comp 2024 Base Drone |
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| Requirements are not ironed out, so it’s hard to say. That meeting is Tuesday. Likely either X, or H quad running a combo on the sheet below. Have “ready” for Fall term.
Try to do 2 frames as close to parallel as possible.
Anni has made motor selection reference! | August 31, 2023 |
Simulation knowledge-base | @Thushanth Parameswaran @Luke Johnston @Smile Khatri @Merek Lohnes @Lucy Lee
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| Conall knows negative amounts about SIM. |
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Fixed Wing for EFS? |
| @Andy Meng |
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New Templates |
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| We need new templates that load in properly, use proper units and good drafting standards. | June 15, 2023 |
Thrust Testing Rig | Cloudy @Luke Johnston |
| Requirements list incoming (Meeting w/Anni) Previous versions have been created, but we need a more “permanent” solution |
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Onsites!
Decisions