Last flight test

• Tested Houston

• Lots of broken props

  • did not have M6 lock nuts, tried regular nuts with thread locker but the vibes still made the nut loose

  • some props were over tightened leading to cracks

FLight test

• Houston FT this saturday

Upcoming Team Events

• Fire pit team social this Friday

  • check #announcements if interested

Other Announcements

• Plz fill out team roster form

  • https://forms.office.com/r/ka0MJHJQ9D

CAD

• New SolidWorks 2024 license, mech leadership team will be looking more into it and distribution may start next week

  • hopefully this solves PDM issues

Electronics Cases

• Pixhawk mount

  • 3D print

• VTX mount updates

• EP2 case updates

New Task

• IMACS Case

  • IMACS Case - Mechanical - WARG (atlassian.net)

  • Calum interested

• Empennage/tail R&D + Design

  • Empennage Design - Mechanical - WARG (atlassian.net)

  • Thushanth & Agapa

• Fuselage design

  • Fuselage Design - Mechanical - WARG (atlassian.net)

Wings

• Seems we still need to figure out the proper wing span + chord length combination for ideal wing loading (~26 oz/ft^2?)

  • 58 oz/ft^2 with 5 ft wing span and 8in chord length

  • aim for high 20? ~35 is the heavier side

  • 4:1

  • standardize units - metric

  • m/s > km/h

  • use metric for wingspan moving fwd

  • specific numbers ~ a range

• 8% camber airfoil isn’t standardized

  • find something within 6-10%

  • high camber = better lift at low speed

  • low camber = less drag

• spread sheet calculator

• Open

  

  • Ping @Conall Kingshott w questions