2024-11-14 Mechanical Meeting Minutes

Date

Nov 14, 2024

Attendance

@Smile Khatri

 

 

Team Announcements

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Next Flight Test

@Smile Khatri

Next Work Session

@Alison Thompson

  • Work session this Saturday

    • We will start with machining spacers for the fixed wing frame

Updates

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Comp Design

@Alison Thompson

  • Both payloads ready for manufacturing, order has been placed for parts

  • @Megan Spee list of parts that need to be made?

  • Angled landing gear almost done, finalizing angle and adding stopper to account for unknown exact barrel dimensions

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Eclipse (Fixed-Wing) Airframe

@Evan Janakievski

  • Updates on manufacturing? What needs to happen this weekend?

    • Will get parts needing to be water jet submitted today or tomorrow

    • Spacers need to be machined as well as spars (not sure if spars are finalized from everyone)

      • Drawings for spacers need a final look over but should be fine, simple lathe task

Tracking Antenna

 

 

Fuselage

 

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Empennage

 

  • New servos ordered.

    • Lighter than what was planned initially. 1 servo for each side for the elevator, 1 servo for the rudder.

    • Mounted inside the stabilizers

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Eclipse Wings

@Nathaniel Li

  • @Ben Lovegrove updates on cheesed spar?

  • @Agapa Goombs@Keegan Jeewan @Sam Wong aileron → PDM not working

  • @Keegan Jeewan pitot tube no progress → PDM

Ground Station

@Smile Khatri

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

Peggy 2 Jig

@Victor Sun @Shawn Henry Dragon

  • We have the plan we were just waiting for @Victor Sun to get PDM working, seeing as that hasn’t happened CAD will be done these next couple days

  • We are going to need new holes cut into the baseplate on either side of each battery for the jig

Mech leadership roles

@Smile Khatri

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