January

Date:1/18/17 Time:9:35 AM  Lab All members present

  • Objective: The team’s objective today is to complete Lab 01. This includes setting up the propellers in the testing stand, becoming familiar with the arduino structure and code, as well as writing the actual code that executes the given pseudocodes in the lab manual.
    • Tasks completed
      • Propellers mounted, arduino attached-Caleb, Sam, Matt
      • Code sequences 1 & 2 completed-Kenny
      • Motors & arduino properly disassembled-all
    • Tasks to be completed
      • Split up work for first progress report-all
      • Complete progress report 1-all
  • Decisions
    • The group decided by consensus to meet on sunday the 22nd at Hitchcock Hall to work on the first progress report

Date:1/22/17 Time:11:00 AM  Outside meeting    All members present

  • Objective: The team’s objective for this meeting was to finish the lab 01 progress report. This included equally dividing the work and meeting to discuss how the assignment should be approached.
    • Tasks completed
      • Backwards looking summary
      • Forwards looking summary
      • Appendices
  • Decisions
    • The group decided by consensus to meet at thompson library to build the AEV from before Lab 02.
  • Reflections on previous assignment
    • The team had some trouble compiling the arduino code original due to it being saved within the wrong folder but fixed it with instructional team intervention.

Date: 1/25/17 Time: 9:35 AM  Lab All members present

  • Objective: The team’s objective today is to complete Lab 02. This includes gathering wind tunnel data for the propellers as well as properly coding the AEV to run the specified distances and making observations to improve further attempts.  
    • Tasks completed
      • Wind tunnel data gathered- Caleb
      • Code sequences completed-Kenny
      • Assembly of AEV-sam, matt
      • Testing of AEV-all
    • Tasks to be completed
      • Split up work for first progress report-all
      • Complete progress report 2-all
  • Decisions
    • The group decided by consensus to meet on sunday the 29th at Thompson library to work on the first progress report

*This meeting was later rescheduled by Caleb due to leg pain*