2024-03-26 Mechanical Meeting

Date

Mar 26, 2024

Attendance

Team Announcements

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Last Flight Test

@Nathan Green

  • Comp sim 1 went well

    • Didn’t crash

    • Completed 1.5 laps on old batteries

    • RFD900 worked, LTE dropouts were still present

Next Flight Test

@Nathan Green

  • This Saturday, March 30th

  • Testing new LTE system with phone instead of Raspberry Pi

  • Testing new batteries

Upcoming Team Events

@Smile Khatri

  • Paintball at 7pm on April 5th (Friday next week), this is different from the announcement in discord as it was rescheduled. React in #announcements if you are interested.

Last work session

@Smile Khatri

  • Finished machining the last arm connector

  • Houston 3/4 finished. Need to fix/possibly remake one of the landing gear legs

  • Most of the jigs were machined. Need to remake some brackets and drill holes on a couple of tubes

Next Work Session

@Smile Khatri

  • We will be doing layups for the new cabin on Friday, this is not a formal work session but you are welcome to stop by. Likely around 2pm

Other Annoucements

@Smile Khatri

  • Competition Interest Form: If you are interested in going to competition, please fill this out as soon as possible - CLOSES ON MONDAY, MARCH 31 https://forms.gle/1RKeZdagaXZSUgN29

  • Planning to assemble the new cabin on the 6th/7th of April

  • Cut CF tubes for Pegasus 2 prior to exams (April 8-11th)

  • The goal is to have Pegasus 2 mechanically assembled before exams and handed off to EE to wire

Updates

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Electronics Cases

@Nathan Green

  • Gemini case first revision is complete and will be printed/tested

Antenna Tracker

@Arjun Mandair

  • Made Purchase request for yaw servo sheet metal. Will order once approved.

  • @Justin Liu finished up the drawings. To me they seem fine, however, I would like a second opinion

    • All we really need is the dimensioning for the countersinks

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Baseplate

 

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Bent Mounts

 

  • @Sohee Yoon has been working on the AKK mount

    • To be honest, I have no idea how to review this design. Look’s very cool, but I’m not too sure about tolerancing and 3D printing.

 

 

 

 

  • I also believe somebody is working on the small box? How’s the progress on that?

Frame

 

  • Arm connectors have been CNCd. Need to mill out holes on the tube portion and tap them

  • Landing gear prototype and jig to be machined tomorrow

Cabin

@Evan Janakievski @Sohee Yoon

 

Close to final iteration of the cabin. Been working on organizing and simplifying the designs.

Waiting on door hinge design from @Divit Gawri

Otherwise, other items are ready for review.

Update on seats? -Nathan

  • Sohee and Evan cut down most of the curves on the seats to make it a simpler extrusion. We can simplify it more if needed.

New Tasks

 

 

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