Last Flight Test

• Houston’s motor died.

• Started to rain so we did not risk flying Pegasus.

Next Flight Test

• There might be no flight test this weekend…. more details at comp sync. Follow along in the thread to stay updated

• Dec 14th will be payloads tests! Come if you can!

Next Work Session

• Potential work session this Saturday

  • Milling box tubes (if order arrives by tomorrow)

  • Manufacturing the tail for Eclipse

  • Fuselage for Eclipse

  • Will send an announcement tomorrow evening if the work session will happen

  • Drum fixture assembly (if RPC order is complete)

Other Announcements

• Had a fun dinner before this:

Open

• Last meeting of the term

Comp Frame

@Alison Thompson

• New landing gear exists

• New bottom plate in the making

• New clamping arm blocks going to be printed today

Payloads

@Alison Thompson

• Both on track to be done this weekend

• Ground testing before flight test on Dec 14th

E3 Machine Shop

@Evan Janakievski

• Eclipse motor mounts, landing gear, and tail plates were sent in

• Pegasus bottom plate was handed off

• Arm clamping blocks plates was sent off

Pegasus 2 Bottom Plate/Jig

@Evan Janakievski

• Ready for machining, just need to make drawings and order boxtube

  • If box tube is ready have drawings ready for Saturday

Eclipse

@Smile Khatri

• Airframe assembly is complete

• EMS is out of 3/4” alum sq tubes so we can’t mill the tail boom immediately

• Wing spars are ready, we can start wing manufacturing asap depending on the status of ailerons

• Tail parts are being waterjet and laser cut atm. If ready before Saturday, we can begin tail assembly

Eclipse Wings

@Nathaniel Li

• @Camilo Artigas Alos any updates on pitot mount?

  • Sorry for the delays, it should be ready before next week.

• Aileron and full wing CAD should be finished this weekend

Eclipse Fuselage

@Sohee Yoon

• Fuselage CAD is finalized

Open

• We will start creating the first iteration of the fuselage this Saturday

  • Draw out the outline and cutout the panels

Tracking Antenna

@Sohee Yoon

• Organizing the layout and all electronic mounts needed in rev2

• Question: Is revision 2 gonna be all manufactured?

Mech leadership updates

• Our new mech lead will be Evan!

  • Evan will be near-site next term and support work sessions on weekends

• We also want to welcome our newest PM Camilo! Camilo will be on-site next term

  • Can’t come to the meeting but it’s an honour!