2025-04-01 Eclipse Arch Sync

2025-04-01 Eclipse Arch Sync

https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ARCHS22/pages/3001450497

 

Attendance

  • @Manasva Katyal

  • @Rohan Katreddy

  • @Rohaan Vasa

  • @Jerry Tian

  • @Evan Janakievski

  • @Gabriel Singaraja

  • @Nathaniel Li

  • @Smile Khatri

  • @Roni Kant

General Updates

  • Eclpise taxied!!

Mechanical

Notes on manufacturing status.

STATUS: Wing Wrapping & Mounting

  • COMPLETE

  • check tension before maiden and between flights

STATUS: Landing Gear

  • Bends a lot just while taxiing

  • Proposed fix is to use steel wire to tension the metal piece

STATUS: Overall Airframe Integration

  • Other than landing gear, is all done

  • Fuselage??

    • no foam shell at maiden

Avionics/EE updates

  • STATUS: Harnessing (EE)

    • COMPLETE

    • lesson learned:

      • in the future, design harness with mounting position in mind and where connectors/pcbs will be mounted, and communicate with mech often while designing harness

  • STATUS: Electronics Validation

    • COMPLETE

  • STATUS: Pixhawk Setup

    • COMPLETE

    • TECS to be updated with new airspeed params from Mech

      • Done before meeting

updates from @Jerry Tian

  1. i re-inserted rangefinder jst conn pins, it was lose before, now it should be fixed

  2. i labeled motor wires by taping its corresponding esc wire color around it

Pilot Training - Foam Plane

  • DONE

  • @Manasva Katyal also continuing to practice in sim a bit everyday

Timeline???

  • Eclipse Strapdown Test: COMPLETE

  • Eclipse Maiden Flight Test: April 5 (Saturday)

    • Looking like rain… might move it to Friday