Next Flight Test

@Smile Khatri

• Houston flight test on Saturday

• 2024-11-16 Houston Flight Test - Flight Tests - WARG

Next Work Session

@Alison Thompson

• Work session this Saturday at 9am

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

  • Cut CF tube for tank payload

  • Payload assembly

  • Angled landing gear assembly (likely epoxy)

  • Box tube for spars and tail boom

Comp Design

@Alison Thompson

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

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

Eclipse (Fixed-Wing) Airframe

@Evan Janakievski

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

  • All parts dropped off at student machine shop as well as E3 machine shop

  • Spacers need to be machined as well as spars

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

    • Spars drawings will be completed tomorrow for review, holes were added today for gps mount

Empennage

@Thushanth Parameswaran

• 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

  • The Airfoil of HS was changed to NACA0012 from 0009 since it was too small to mount the servo inside.

  • 2.5kg Goteck Metal Gear Micro Servo

• Open

  

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

• @Evan Janakievski gps mount looks great!

Open

• If you guys need to, feel free to work on it off-line and send @Smile Khatri the CAD to add into PDM

Ground Station

@Smile Khatri

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

• Working on it during Saturday’s work session

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

New tasks

@Smile Khatri

Mech leadership roles

@Smile Khatri

• I am stepping down as a mechanical lead at the end of next term. Please fill out the form below if you are interested in becoming a mechanical lead, or a project manager!

• Plan is for the new lead to be active next term

• Please fill it out by next mech meeting and feel free to reach out to us if you have questions about what either role entails!

• Subteam Lead Responsibilities - Administration - WARG

• Project Manager - Administration - WARG

• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeOJ1WSgnRcaD1U88dHK06TOHNmZSJtxSjmqRjy2582Gvpi2g/viewform?usp=sf_link