Improvements From Other Tech Reports

Owned by Donovan Barros (RIT Student)
Last updated: Dec 16, 2024
2 min read

Structures

  • Specify Test Standards when we report results (Team 11 BYU)

  • More detailed documentation, both written and photographed, of the tube winding process (Team 11 BYU)

  • Look into vacuum bagging for tubes (Team 11 BYU)

  • Look into oven curing for tubes (Team 11 BYU)

  • 8 Layer, 90-degree winds (Team 11 BYU)

  • Run CFD on fins (Team 11 BYU)

  • Bolt Force Calculations (Team 11 BYU)

  • List all assumptions for calculations (Team 11 BYU)

  • Look into vacuum bagging for nosecone (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • Look into using Loki Research motors (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • Include nosecone drag comparisons (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • Look into oven curing for tubes (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • Use more mold release on mylar (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • Wear gloves when working with CF tow to prevent skin oil contact (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • Look into using compression tape (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • Conduct analysis to determine if 90-degree layers are a valid solution (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • AeroFinSim for fins, not sure if we would have access to that (Team 124 University of Minnesota Twin Cities)

Avionics

  • Efficient PCB stacking system (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • All transmissions from SRAD boards done over LoRa (Team 15 Carleton University)

Recovery

  • Use dual bay deployment (Team 11 BYU)

  • Use dual bay deployment (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • SRAD Parachute (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • Validate Cd of chutes and streamers using test flights (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • Use dual bay deployment (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • Try to generate a recovery spread (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • Look into using Technora Soft Links (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • Used longer charge cups to help BP burn (Team 124 University of Minnesota Twin Cities)

  • OffWeGoRocketry ejection charge calculator (Team 124 University of Minnesota Twin Cities)

  • Spliced shock cord connections (Team 124 University of Minnesota Twin Cities)

Payload

  • Interesting guided payload (Team 15 Carleton University)

Tech Report Improvements

  • Format and write about team leadership structure more clearly and professionally (Team 11 BYU)

  • Test Standards when we report results (Team 11 BYU)

  • More detailed tube winding process (Team 11 BYU)

  • List all assumptions for calculations (Team 11 BYU)

  • Sensitivity analysis for all calculations/assumptions (Donovan's suggestion)

  • DTEG requirements table for each subteam at the start of the section (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • Include more information about the ground station (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • Cleaner CONOPS layout (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • Possibly split avionics into transmitting and not transmitting (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • Possibly add in a Native Land Statement (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • Delay level in risks tables (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • Improve the organization and detail of our procedures checklists (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • Include a mass budget with confidence in values and percentages of total mass (Team 15 Carleton University)

  • Mention our community outreach (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • Include as many decision matrices as possible (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • Implement version-controlled procedure documents (Team 90 Texas A&M University)

  • Add more team demographic information (Team 25 Duke University)