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2021-09-13 Meeting Notes - VOID Payload

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2021-09-13 Meeting Notes - VOID Payload

Jan 18, 2022

Date

Sep 13, 2021

Attendees

  • @Will Merges (RIT Student)

  • Matthew Klein

  • @Joy Sangsrichan (RIT Student) (Deactivated) 

  • @Yevgeniy Gorbachev (RIT Student)

  • @Dante Sivo (RIT Student) 

  • @Billy Siegener (RIT Student) (Deactivated) 

  • @Jonathan Russo (RIT Student) 

  • Ben H

  • Seth

Goals

  • Select parts for purchasing

    • Identify any parts that we cannot purchase right away

  • Start CAD

Discussion items

Time

Item

Who

Notes

Time

Item

Who

Notes

 

Part Selection

everyone

 

CAD

 everyone

  •  Yev is leading, everyone help out when he asks

 

arming brainstorm

everyone

  • power distribution board - wireless relays (solid state)

    • single point of failure

    • could be used for FC and transmitter power

  • screw switch / RBF pin

    • holes in rocket

    • flight computers only

    • keyed sabot - @Yevgeniy Gorbachev (RIT Student)

  • do PDB for transmitter only, screw terminal for FC arming

    • PCB that has an 900 MHz receiver

      • Send signal from GSE

    • power switching

      • batteries in → power out

  • brushed contacts for umbilical power Seth

  • DECISION:

    • PDB for transmitter only

    • Screw switch for FCs

  • PDB is a bad name, not really a PDB

    • come up with a better name, please

Action items (if no due date assume next meeting)

@ responsible people - update shipping costs of your items, make sure everything is accounted for -  due Wednesday 11:59pm
@Yevgeniy Gorbachev (RIT Student) - start CAD work
@Yevgeniy Gorbachev (RIT Student) - incorporate screw switches into CAD (coordinate with IREC airframe lead)
@Dante Sivo (RIT Student) @Billy Siegener (RIT Student) (Deactivated) @Adam Lehman (RIT Student) @kwk8261- PDB investigation
@ everyone read payload rules
@Will Merges (RIT Student) submit BOM - get money
Find new name for PDB