Next Flight Test

@Smile Khatri

• Houston flight tests this Sunday (Nov 10).

• POR to test geolocation

• 2024-11-10 Houston Flight Test - Flight Tests - WARG ← add your name to this document if you are interested

Next Work Session

@Alison Thompson

• no worksession this weekend, the SDC will be packed for Fall Open House

• Next worksession on Nov. 16th

Other Announcements

@Alison Thompson

• We have decided we will be competing in AEAC this year, please read conops:

• Plz fill out team roster form for this term! Mandatory for joining the team, complete this AFTER your bootcamp! We will NOT assign you any tasks, give you the bay code, or review your designs until this is done!

  • Microsoft Forms

Comp Design

@Alison Thompson

• Had a design review yesterday, both payloads will be ready for final review by Monday and we will begin manufacturing after that

• Angled landing gear looking great, final version should also be ready by Monday

• Layup last weekend failed because epoxy got poisoned.

  • Note to tell Yuchen

• 2024-11-06 Pegasus Payload & Landing Gear + Eclipse CAD review - Meetings - WARG

Eclipse (Fixed-Wing) Airframe

@Evan Janakievski

• Materials ordered today for airframe manufacturing

• Will update when work session will occur

Tracking Antenna

@Smile Khatri

• Latest updates @Agapa Goombs

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Fuselage

• PDM problems

Landing Gear

@Ben Lovegrove

• Ran a new sim for 14 gauge, safety factor of 2.4

• Checked the specs for the servo, should be powerful enough

• Still need to put rear landing gear in assembly

• Still need to correct height for rear landing gear

• Bolt size for the front wheels @Smile Khatri

Empennage

• Design to be finalized by Nov 13

• Mounting the servos on the HS and VS

• Test LW-PLA control surfaces this weekend

Eclipse Wings

@Nathaniel Li

• First mini wing made!

Open

• Ribs too thin → Will try thicker ribs (1/8” or 1/4”)

  • add more supports - skewers, balsa wood

  • add cutouts to the ribs and place a bar across

• Rib too small for components like servos → Increased size by 50%

• Aileron design and mounts are current focus but PDM is not being nice

• Should be getting our own iron in soon

Ground Station

@Smile Khatri

• @Sam Sayad @Sacha Missaghian any updates on the hardware plate

New Task

@Evan Janakievski