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2024-03-12 Mechanical Meeting

2024-03-12 Mechanical Meeting

Date

Mar 12, 2024

Attendance

Team Announcements

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Next Flight Test

@Nathan Green

  • Pegasus will be flown on the 12th to test the video system after rewiring

  • Checking for interference issues

  • Testing auto landing on Houston if possible

  • Same flight test plan as last week’s test that was postponed

Work Session This Weekend

@Alison Thompson

  • Continue arm connectors

    • @Conall Kingshott @Smile Khatri @Ben Lovegrove @Merek Lohnes Any of you have time to work on some of these during the week since there’s not normally machines on Saturdays?

  • New landing gear?

New Mech Lead

@Alison Thompson

Congrats @Smile Khatri

Updates

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Pegasus 2

@Alison Thompson

  • New landing gear CAD was grinded though after last meeting

  • Will review prototype CAD once it is fixed to be accessible

Seats

@Nathan Green

  • Progress on the simplified seats?

Antenna Tracker

@Arjun Mandair

Current State

  • Spoke with @Yuchen Lin, said EFS will not be ready for testing until after next flight test.

  • Currently working alongside @Justin Liu on Aluminum Yaw Servo Mount. Great work and visuals!

    • Currently, this is the implementation.

    • Utilize countersunk holes to avoid tripod interference.

    • Not too sure if we have these? Could use counterbore holes instead?

    • Preference for Red or Green Configuration? Is red possible for manufacturing?

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Current Implementation - Green

 

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Current Implementation - Red

 

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Countersunk vs Counterbore

 

Next Steps

  • Will manufacture Servo Backholder and Mount simultaneously once new aluminum mounts are verified.

  • Will update Aluminum Yaw Servo Mount after this meeting with review.

  • @Justin Liu Once CAD design is approved, you may create the DXFs and edit the assembly. Again, great work!

Cargo Compartment

@Evan Janakievski

  • Cargo Compartment is in its final stages and we will want to print soon to test. Good job @Wallace Lee

  • Seats are being worked on and currently being lightened and simplified by @Billy Karantzoulis

  • Door is under a change in design by @Divit Gawri

  • The redesigned mounting bracket I designed for the top, using the original threaded hole for its original purpose. Dimensions will be adjusted to accommodate other items such as the door and the aeropanels

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More mass can be cut off of these. Just rough design for now as a placeholder

  • Aeropanels are also being redesigned right now

    • Going to go with normal layup and pressure hold them in shape, easier to manufacture like this compared to a mold

 

Houston Landing Gear

@Sam Wong

@Agapa Goombs

  • Modifications to existing CAD is complete.

  • Increased the angle of landing legs while decreasing the length of each leg → reduced total height and increased bottom footprint with a slight decrease in weight

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  • To Do

    • Final CAD Review

    • Update drawings → drawing for bottom plate

 

Next Meeting

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