2024-07-17 Mechanical Meeting Minutes

Date

Jul 17, 2024

Attendance

@Arnav Gupta

@Ben Lovegrove

@Calum Chisholm

@Divit Gawri

@Evan Janakievski

@Justin Liu

@Nathaniel Li

@Pranav Bommireddipalli

@Smile Khatri

@Sohee Yoon

@Thushanth Parameswaran

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Team Announcements

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Presenter

Notes

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Last flight test

 

 

Upcoming Team Events

 

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Other Announcements

 

CONOPS Preview

 

https://discord.com/channels/776618956638388305/776618957138034690/1262579540773830760

Updates

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Presenter

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3D printing

 

Weatherproofing

 

  • Aim to have dome and mould design ready for review by Friday.

  • Still have to determine the process of thermoforming (temperatures, time, etc).

  • Mould can be manufactured with the foam block we already have.

    • male mould

  • Design should fit in thermoformer according to online specifications, but should check in person too before manufacturing.

Electronic Cases

 

  • VTX

    • pdm issues

  • EP1 dual/EP2

    • pdm issues

  • $200 CV camera task

Tasks

 

  • Tracking Antenna Revival

    • Justin and Sohee to take this on

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Fixed wing empennage

 

  • Conventional tail =/= t-tail

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  • we’ll try a conventional tail to start off

Fixed Wing Calculator

 

Fixed Wing Calculator.xlsx

Frame

 

 

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  • current frame + batteries = ~2kg

Wings

 

  • @Sohee Yoon @Nathaniel Li @Thushanth Parameswaran

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