AEAC 2024 debrief takeaways

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Competition Review

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• Check out 2024-05-29 Mechanical Meeting - Meetings - WARG (atlassian.net)

• ^ mech competition debrief, if you missed it or want to check out what other teams came up with for inspiration

Next Work Session

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• Do people want a work session this Saturday? Mostly CAD work and hanging out. Lmk

• Houston work session, add ur availability on Lettucemeet in #announcements

Other Announcements

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• Team roster Team Roster Information - Administration - WARG (atlassian.net)

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Overview of post-comp mech projects

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• Improvements to Pegasus 2.0

  • new mounts

  • Weatherproofing

• Fixed-wing program

  • this month will mostly be R&D. Looking into manufacturing processes

  • more tasks on the way. Leads and directors need to scope out requirements and specific details

• Houston

  • Houston is our test airframe. We (mostly) test various sensors and electronics on Houston before putting it on the main drone

  • some tasks relating to making a new Houston airframe coming soon!

TASKSSS

• Weatherproofing Pegasus 2

  • High-complexity task, involves CAD design and will require R&D into different manufacturing methods. I want this to look clean as possible so please spend some time on it.

  • Some ideas… thermoforming? Fiber glass layup? Layup with another type of material?

  • Open to have multiple people work on this, more exchange of ideas

  • Weatherproofing Dome - Mechanical - WARG (atlassian.net)

• Motor mounts with shields

  • During mech comp. debrief, we saw UOFT had shields integrated into their motor mount. This a cool idea that I think we should try out (more like we should steal it)

  • CAD and 3D printing task

  • Motor Shields - Mechanical - WARG (atlassian.net)

• Researching potential airfoils for our fixed-wing

  • R&D, learn about different airfoil shapes, document them.

  • @Sohee Yoon will be PMing wings

  • Feel free to test and play around with simulations with different airfoil shapes. Ping @Smile Khatri or @Evan Janakievski for any assistance with CFD

  • Air Foil Design - Mechanical - WARG (atlassian.net)

• Houston Pixhawk mount

  • Design a proper mounting solution for Pixhawk (our flight controller) on the Houston drone

  • Prefer someone onsite to take this task, will need to take dimensions for mounting hole

  • Pixhawk CAD can be found in PDM

  • Pixhawk Mount - Mechanical - WARG (atlassian.net)

Resources

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• CAD Guidelines - Mechanical - WARG (atlassian.net)

• FEA/SIM Program - F23 - Mechanical - WARG (atlassian.net)

• New Member Onboarding - Administration - WARG (atlassian.net)