Date: 8 – February – 2019 Meeting 5
Time: 9:35-10:55
Members Present: Larenz Coles, Tara Maynard, Brittany Shine, & Allan Thomas
Location: Hitchcock 224
Objective:
Redo testing from Lab 3 to submit data and graphs to website, as well as discuss future designs for AEV.
Topics Discussed: Finishing Lab 3 and Lab 4
- All members explained their designs
- Larenz and Allen illustrated how their designs focused on aerodynamics using ideas from an airplane
- Tara explained making the base more vertical and using a flat base to decrease mass
- Allen suggested moving the battery to the top of the base
- Brittany explained the importance of decreasing the mass
- Planned date of next meeting
To Do/Action Items:
- Upload graphs to website (Larenz – Feb 8)
- Grant proposal (All – by Feb 15)
- Make sketch for AEV (All – by Feb 15)
Reflections:
- The recommended power percentage and small propellers did not make the AEV powerful enough to move
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- The propellers were replaced for larger ones and the power percentage was changed from 25% to 35%.
- The team worked well to problem solve when the first few trials of testing the AEV did not work