2023-11-22 Mechanical Meeting

Frame

@Conall Kingshott

• We’ve decided no change to cover threads on bolts

• EE is looking at lengthening wires on the drone

• Getting arms re-installed on the drone for open house & flight test Dec 2

  Open

  

Battery Shrouds

@Andy Zhang

• Carbon fiber layups were completed last Saturday.

• Brian at E3 said cutting it with a bandsaw would do and the piece was too flimsy for the waterjet and a waste of time / resources

• (Andy) Took Friday to cut all the carbon shrouds so its now 4 pieces that just needs to be sanded, cleaned (can the wax be washed off?) and then epoxy it onto the PLA clips.

• If someone has time, we could just tape the carbon plates onto the clips to test how it feels before doing a more permanent solution

• We have an instant set epoxy for finally attaching them together in the chemical box. We should not use aeropoxy

Cabin

@Alison Thompson

• Composites Canada order came in (ty Conall for adding this)

Open

Open

The eternal cabin

Who is interested in helping with layups? We will be doing some on Sunday November 26th at the mech work session (@2pm?) Feel free to come if you’re interested! You don’t need to have any experience, those there will teach you!

Other updates?

• @Evan Janakievski Skeleton

• @Sohee Yoon Aero-Panel Mounting

• @Georgia Westerlund Aero-Panels

• @Jason Li Seats

• @Wallace Lee Cargo Compartment

• @Evan Janakievski Interior Layout

• @Sohee Yoon Windows

• @Divit Gawri Cargo Bay and Passenger Cabin Door(s)

Admin Interlude

@Conall Kingshott

DM @Conall Kingshott if you were in the RPC weekend of the 11th/12th

Open House

@Conall Kingshott

• This is running Saturday all day

• Registering as an actual volunteer was due a while ago, but pretty sure we can still show up and talk to people, just wont have a name tag.

  • @Georgia Westerlund can confirm?

• Conall was completely wrong, please don’t come unless you’re officially volunteering

New Task !

@Alison Thompson

Looking for someone to design a 360 Lidar mount for Houston, doc and asana task on the way, I’ve been busy, doc from Anni for now: Houston 360 lidar mounting requirements

Work Session

@Conall Kingshott

• Work session on the 26th 2:00 PM

• Confirmed attendees

  • @Conall Kingshott

  • @Alison Thompson

  • @Georgia Westerlund

  • @Smile Khatri

  • @Evan Janakievski

• Anyone else welcome!