2024-11-06 Pegasus Payload & Landing Gear + Eclipse CAD review
lFixed Wing
Frame
Thin the bottom plate out as space for two batteries is no longer needed
Use landing gear screw for spacer that overlaps that space
Add cheesing to gussets possibly
Cheesing to tail boom and add mounting hole for standoff and rangefinder
For motor mount ensure there is a normal or loose fit for holes that motor mounts to as the bending will not be exact
Wings
Test the effect of adding cutout on monokote tensioning
Landing Gear
Double check size of bolt for mounting
Test with 14 GA aluminum
Ready by end of week
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Empennage:
Monster mount for the rangefinder and servo module
Servo placement
Design must be ready by Nov 13
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Pegasus Payload
Heli-bucket solution:
Mounting the top lid of the payload to the carbon fiber tube, same with bottom disk
use bolts
Adding spacers to the aluminum frame that mounts the payload to the center block
Using bowden cables to actuate the payload
flanges to top servo spool
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Water tank solution:
2.7 L internal volume > 2.5 L
Change bolts attaching the top plate and the tank to M3 instead of M5s
Polycarbonate for the top plate
look for gaskets instead of a funny o-ring
Float sensor to measure water level for payload
Chamfer the tube piece
flip the counter-sink screws
Maybe countersink the top plate, maybe not. Easier to manufacture if no countersink. ALso need to add space for the socket heads at the drone center block.
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Angled landing gear changes:
Update landing gear angle so there is enough clearance b/w the servo and the top of the barrel - Heli bucket solution
adding a second pump to the angled landing gear
Anti-tipping bar
make the hole for the downwards tube longer
use a bolt to lock the dove-tail instead of a pin
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