Last Flight Test

@Alison Thompson

• Flew Pegasus on 6 batteries and on 4 batteries

• 4 batteries flies for ~ 40 mins @ 8m/s, 6 batteries flies for ~ 60 mins @ 7m/s

• Decision was made to shift to 4 battery config with new higher capacity batteries that are around the same dimensions as current batteries

Next Flight Test

@Alison Thompson

• Next flight test will be Jan 27th

• Testing

  • PEGASUS: Sensor Calibration + Perf Evaluation

  • HOUSTON: Gemini, Obstacle Avoidance

  • GROUND: Tracking antenna

• Add yourself to attendees in 2024-01-27 Pegasus + Houston Flight Test if you plan on attending

Upcoming Team Events

@Alison Thompson

• Team Social: Jan 27th - next Saturday - bake night! Please see ⁠ops-events⁠: this is a team-wide event, please drop a reaction on Megan’s 'bake night thread' message or reply to it if you're planning to attend. We'll be making cupcakes/cookies/something easy and fun! :D

Last Work Session

@Alison Thompson

• Machine shop was full and I forgot to book the composites room so we mostly worked on people’s CAD tasks

• CF tubes for cabin were cut

Next Work Session

@Alison Thompson

• Unformal work session led by @Conall Kingshott at some point during the week potentially? Monday Jan 29, 2pm next week

• Official work session on Saturday Jan 27th @1:30pm

• Will work on peggy rev 2 plate layups, hopefully rev 2 center block + connectors, drill and cut rev 2 x-frame tubes

Other Announcements

@Alison Thompson

• Proper PDM, Solidworks, and docs usage

  • Mech Design Workflow

  • Any questions on this?

• Please read conops! Links

• If you have any questions about 3D printing, PDM issues, or any mech processes, you can find docs here:

• AEAC Syncs are Mondays @7pm in E7 4043, recommended if you are working on comp related projects (pegasus, houston, and tracking antenna)

Electronics Cases

Frame

@Alison Thompson

@Nathaniel Li - Give update on

@Hao Gao - I think we need to talk some of these ideas through after the meeting

@Conall Kingshott - ? Don’t think you’ve gotten to this yet but if you have anything you wanna share

@Jonathan Di Giorgio - anything you want to share on these? Do you need anything from us? ETA on this? Current ones are broken

Cabin

@Evan Janakievski

• Carbon fiber tubes for the cabin were cut

• PEEK inserts still need to be manufactured

• Added the new seats to the layout and it has a lot more room, just need to solidify the plan for the cargo and position of the seats

• How is the coming along? Is any support needed for this @Divit Gawri - @Alison Thompson

Antenna Tracker

@Arjun Mandair

Antenna Tracker General Updates

• Good news, Servos just restocked today!

• Edit holes sizes and bending radius of sheet metal components to be more realistic

• Had a variety of conversations with @Anthony Luo about electrical components and understanding

  • He suggested making a small box for small electrical components that could be taped to ensure weatherproofing (Sounds like an Asana Task!)

• Edit the components to include full list of electrical and mechanical components

  • According to calculations present during the , TOTAL = $274 + SHIPPING + TAX + ALUMINUM

• For easy assembly and disassembly of electronic components on the metal baseplate, we were thinking about utilizing Velcro instead of screwing into the metal.

  • Original plan was to screw electrical components in but since height adjustment mechanism is no longer a requirement, we no longer need super secure components

  • Any objections?

Member Development Updates

• @Thushanth Parameswaran Saw your email on the Gemini Mount Completion. Looks pretty good. Thanks for the help!

  • I saw that you have screws at the bottom, however, we plan on using Velcro and having a similar mounting pattern as the drone instead.

  • Do you mind tailoring it to using Velcro instead of the screws?

  • Also please move the CAD into the antenna tracker folder

• @Sohee Yoon @Sohee Yoon how’s the

  • Saw the CAD on PDM looks pretty good. Thanks for the help!

  • Can you also CAD the AKK TS832?

  • Can you also change the CAD similar to what @Thushanth Parameswaran is doing?

Open

Cool Picture of Antenna Tracker

New Tasks

Antenna Tracker

• Box for small electrical components: @Alison Thompson to assign to ben

FPV front camera mount: to be reviewed