Last Week:
Initial CAD finished
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Grace where to reef the chute
Updates:
COTS Avionics:
- Picked: Arming switches, load cell, flight computer, working on antenna and batteries
Airbrake:
- Picked: 20kg motor
- Airbrake CAD is finished minus holes for bushings and newest load cell
Ave bay:
- No work done need other components
- height was updated (have lots of room now)
Recovery:
- Bay size changed to 100 mm
SCRAP
- Working away
This week:
Ave bay: Mary Dertinger (RIT Student)
- Mary and Jonah start av bay CAD and meet with Yev*
- remove rounded corners on ave bay columns/bottom plate*
- Add fiber glass walls*
- Get components from Louis/Jim
- put components in CAD
- Mount components in CAD
Airbrake: Grace Dertinger (RIT Alumni)
- put new load cell in CAD
- bushing holes for press fit
- double check airbrake design and fitting
- fix motor to mid plate (hole in front of the motor)
Recovery: Grace Dertinger (RIT Alumni)
- pick out chute
- pick out line cutter
- Snatch force
- where to reef the chute
- fea on snatch force
- wire holes in recovery bay
- Split the recovery bay box into walls
COTS Avionics: Louis Fleisher (RIT Student)
- finish power budget with Jim
- pick antenna and batteries (big ass battery)
- Pick big batteries with 2 flight computers (scrap will be able to replace a flight computer if we don't have room)
Scrap: Jim Heaney (RIT Student)
- Rough power budget including motor to Louis
- footprint for CAD
- Have schematic done end of the break