2024-06-05 Big Fixed Wing Architecture Sync

Pre-Meeting Notes

Questions

Engineering Decisions

  • Wingspan

  • Weight

  • Number of props

  • Prop/motor locations

  • Motor type

  • Tail type (V-tail, elevator/rudder, inverted v-tail)

  • Landing gear (wheels?)

  • Manufacturing methods

  • Simulations

In-Meeting Notes

 

Action Items

  • Go through what motors we have in the bay as options for this vehicle, prop research -Smile

  • Select puller, pusher, center, or side prop options as initial configuration -Mech

  • Make a list of the components we want to run - Nathan

  • Block diagram for electronics first draft - Daniel