Meeting 5

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

 

    • 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