Exams

• Our last mech meeting will be August 14, it’ll be online only

• Only runnin these meetings to grind some stuff for fixed wing so we’ll be set for fall

Upcoming Team Events

• Nothing in the next while

Job opportunity

https://discord.com/channels/776618956638388305/830134702642954280/1268263450484801586

Other Announcements

CONOPS Preview

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

• Slides can be found in #discussion

• Very early look, and very subject to change. Check out Tuesday night’s Comp meeting to see the team’s thoughts

• https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/x/CAA_n

Mech meeting time for fall term

Smile

• Thursdays at 7 pm in Fall term

PDM

• Nathan may have just saved PDM

• If you are still having issues:

  • Solidworks 2024 Installation or Update Guide

  • Check out Common PDM Issues and Solutions - Mechanical - WARG (atlassian.net)

• Once logged in, don’t recommend restarting your computer.

Antenna Tracker

@Sohee Yoon

• CAD changes have been made and documented in Tracking Antenna Revival

• Planning to assemble next week

Fixed wing empennage

• research papers, we have rough idea of size Empennage Design

  • gave it a read, the paper is way too deep. Don’t know if we need to go that far

  • recommendation: start with basic recommendations, simulate it, see if its enough

Frame

@Evan Janakievski

• General design completed

• Need to fine tune some standoffs and mounts for wingspar

  • spar is currently 1/2” boxtube

  • calculations still being completed to validate selection

• attempting to cut weight wherever possible

• Motor mount being completed by @Arnav Gupta

Wings

@Sohee Yoon

• Created the ribs (uploaded to PDM) and all the documentation is on Air Foil Design

• Based on this research article elliptical cut-out shapes result in lower stresses in the aircraft ribs

• All dimensions are open to change:

  • thickness = 5 mm

  • All 3 ellipses are different dimensions and follow the camber line

  • I wasn’t sure if the main spar and rear spar will be the same so I just made a cut-out with the one @Evan Janakievski added in the Wings file (prob the position of the cut-outs will need to be changed)

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