2024-07-23 Competition Architecture Sync

Attendance

• @Daniel Puratich

• @Jerry Tian

• @Nathaniel Li

• @Yuchen Lin

• @Nathan Green

• @Maxwell Lou

• @Ryan Scomazzon

• @Smile Khatri

• @Tong Zhang

• @Derek Tang

Pegasus 2 Assembly State

• Integration

  • Ordered 1.3GHz 4W VTX

• Mechanical

  • No changes so far

  • Pixhawk mount and landing gears incoming

  • VTX antenna mount

  • Need to print new opflow mount

• Electrical

  • Battery harness only needs one more joint

  • VTX harness and PDB to pixhawk still to do

  • ESC to PDB is done, waiting on wire for motors

  • Stuff we need to order (purchase request here: Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games ):

    • Order more cameras, OSD, video MUX, order GPS 1 and 2

    • Order CAN gps

Tracking Antenna

• Integration

  • Hardware requirements

  • Parts order list: cable for vectornav, M10 GPS

• Mechanical

  • Rebuild tracking antenna after comp travel damage

  • Make larger base plate

  • Add mounting hardware for vectornav

• Electrical

  • Add vectornav harwin port to tracking antenna PCB

  • Finish by end of term order (likely fall)

• EFS

  • Same place as before

  • More progress next term

IMACS

• Mechanical

  • Will pick up in fall term

• Auto

  • Some widgets are completed

  • Map integration and setup features will take more time

  • STATUSTEXT messages to receive logging data

• EFS

  • Connecting buttons and switches to windows computer through arduino

CONOPs Preview

• Discussed last week

Upcoming Flight Testing Plans

• Houston flight test July 27th

• Try autotune friday night potentially