9/13/2022

Old Items:

Structures:

  • Design
    • Update OpenRocket
      • Deployable payload
      • Avoid wires passing the reaction wheel
      • Continue CAD
  • Analysis
    • More research into testing ideas 
    • Pick testing to be done
    • make priority list
      • make timeline
  • Manufacturing
    •  Saturday
      • wind test tube CF
        • check materials tonight (tues)

Payload:

  • Decide payload mission and scope of reaction wheel decision: Airbrakes!!!
  • Payload weekly meeting
  • Once mission is decided create timeline 
  • Start design this Saturday and establish the goal (data collection)

Avionics:

  • finish block
  • Pick components or other mods

yev to do 101 for payload and av bay design


Reaction Wheel:

  • Generate timeline
  • Finish first prototype 
  • Find machining help 
  • Research max spin failure mode
  • Research effects of torsion
  • Research moving wheel away from the center
  • RESEARCH


TopicFinished from Last WeekBlockersAction Items for this Week
Structures
  • Manufacture
    • Finished setting up the x-winder
    • more research into tensile testing of epoxy joints
    • switched out squeegee for rubber
    • Talked to jake about wind about some fancy stuff 
  • Design
    • CAD started 
    • Basic structure finished
  • lost the cap to mandrel
  • g-code troubleshoot
Payload
  • At weekly meeting decided passive payload deployment and changed drogue to streamer to avoid collision/tangle
  • Made general rocket layout
  • Rought Electronics BOM
  • Payload 101
  • Need eyes for design not really a blocker
  • Working on rough layout of CAD this Saturday
  • Reduce electronics
  • Sin wave testing so we can look at acceleration
  • Major timeline
  • Access wind tunnel Grace Dertinger (RIT Alumni) 
Avionics 
  • Rough block diagrams 
  • onboarded some members
  • Been working on selecting components 
  • Worked on string library and networking stack 

  • Final check block diagrams 
  • Power allocation for power mod
  • Major timeline
  • Ave bay 101
Reaction Wheel
  • Alan joined and he is going to help with machining 
  • Measurement filtering 

  • Set up Major timeline
  • Measurement filtering 
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