Pegasus Iterations

• Investigate angled landing gear - modify Peggy 2 but not too much

  • worth investigating, Peggy 2 landing gear may work

  • Make sure member is aware, honest and transparent

• Rigid top cover - maybe fiberglass + molds

  • signal interference + weight

  • ideas for cover - thermoforming?

• Motor shields - integrated into motor mounts

  • light as possible

• Aerodynamic cabin using 3D printed molds and vacuum bagging

  • talk to Ops, C.F. sponsor

I want to try out 3D printed mold and vacuum bagging on a very small part, maybe a mini air-foil before we do something big. This will use some small amount of C.F. but worth it for learning imo.

• potential learning session with F.E.

Fixed Wing Program

• Splitting up design into sub-projects

  • Wings

    • Designing/choosing airfoils

    • Simulations

      • Planning to make airfoils 101 workshop

    • Developing a manufacturing plan

      • Don’t think CF is worth it, probably CNC foam

  • Skeleton/fuselage

    • Tubing or chassis? Thinking cheap materials like lasercut wood, aluminum?

    • Landing gear design/manufacturing

• Scale dictated by motors, props

• at least 2 airframes

  • test diff. shapes

  • modular - change fuselage and wings easily

  • leadership creates excel calculator for flight characteristics

• Airfoil

  • people looking at airfoil shapes and how to make them

• Planes have to be cheap, they will most likely crash alot

  • router queue for CNC foam

  • laser cut/waterjet for ribs, craft paper, plastic, craft foam (hotwire foam cutter)

• Aluminum too heavy

  • material selection mostly depends on scope of fixed wing

  • fuselage should be easily changeable

• Alison to investigate the frame more (need to wait until arch. figured out)

• Mention skeleton to people

Battery module

• Designing custom battery pack to simplify plugging in process

• Long-term thing, not a priority for this comp. cycle

• Wider team discussion than just mech

• Mech shouldn’t be driving this project

• Control form factor, less wiring

• Integration problems for the aircraft actually working

PMs for S24

• Cabin PM to continue?

• PM for skeleton

• PM for Wings

• Combine layups with this

• Evan to PM cabin

• Wings as a project

• Alison to PM skeleton

• Hold off Antenna tracker until EFS communicates

• PMs must PM

• Sohee interested in wings PM?