2025-01-08 Mechanical:Directors Sync
Attendance
@Georgia Westerlund
@Daniel Puratich
@Alison Thompson
@Smile Khatri
@Evan Janakievski
F24 Progress
Survey results:
Went from not having a payload to having one!
Conceptually works
Needs some tuning
Comp drone
Angled landing gear, tipping bars
Eclipse
frame was machined and constructed (besides tail boom)
wing prototype done
final few things to be manufactured
need to find way to attach fuselage to frame
a few more parts to be designed
landing gear needs to be manufactured (already laser cut)
Houston
new motors ordered
needs to be tuned
Dallas
new landing gear made
Tracking antenna
new design for base plate
Ground station (IMACs)
monitor mounted
working on case for electrics, switches, keyboard
needs to be finalized
W25 Goals
Comp payload
make it work
test with practice
Eclipse flying as early as possible
end of Feb for mech completion (could conflict with midterms)
open to discussing timelines more
Camilo PMing assembly for eclipse
get a second set of wings
collect data by the end of the term
New frame
coordinate with subteams that want to use it (auto and efs)
need list of what we need to put on the frame
need this info ASAP
get someone from mech just review for quality
Ground station case
get mounting plate done for this
Tacking antenna side
CAD finalized and reviewed for redesign
manufacturing is low priority
Previous goals
Eclipse wings → first set of wings flown on Feb 1, second set mid Feb
Tail design for eclipse?
Houston
Blockers
Tracking antenna:
Doubt it’ll be ready for this year comp
Plan was to think abt. redesign last term but most of the time was spent on getting the pitch to work mechanically
A redesign of the main plate has already been done, it needs to be reviewed formally (couple leads + tracking antenna PM Sohee)
Stepping Down Plans
Smile stepping down end of this term
Alison + Evan leadership for Spring 2025
Alison to step down end of S25
Director Feedback
Doing great
Small complaint: more happens in directors channel than it needs to be
Needs to be more open
Scheduling stuff