Meeting 1
Date: 01/12/17
Time: 11:10-12:30
Location: Hitchcock Hall 224
Objective:
- Introduction to overall project and check materials
Tasks completed:
- Checklist for AEV project materials completed,
- Student Responsibility and Safety Statement signed by all members,
- Group contact was set up.
- website created
Upcoming Tasks
- Updated Website with contact info and meeting notes
- Create website division H homepage
- Define individual roles
Discussion:
- What can be tested and manipulated in the overall AEV project was discussed. We discussed how the style of the AEV can be changed, how fast or slow the AEV should go, testing how much speed the motors provide, how weight would affect the AEV and much more.
Meeting 2
Date: Jan 18, 2018
Members present: All
Location: Drackett tower Lounge
Time: 10:30 PM
- updated website with goals contact information and notes
Discussed
- website update 1
Objective
- Home page set up
- enter meeting notes
- mission concept review
- determine roles for project
Lab 03
Date: January 26, 2018
Members present: All
Location: Hitchcock
Time: 11:10
Tasks
- finish activity 1, 2, and 4
- start discussing design of AEV
- Sensors secured and tested
- picture of sensors taken
Meeting 3
Date: January 30, 2018
Members Present: All
Location: Drackett First Floor
Time: 10:00-11:00
Discussed
- website update number 2
- completed activity 3
Objective
- Agree on team design of AEV project
- construct team AEV design
Tasks Completed
- distributed weekly tasks and prepared for lab on friday
Upcoming Tasks
- final design of AEV
- lab 04
Meeting 4
Date: February 5, 2018
Members Present: All
Location: Drackett floor 8
Time: 10:00-11:30
Discussed
- Progress Report 1
Objective
- Complete progress report 1
Tasks Completed
- Progress report 1
Upcoming Tasks
- AEV body design F-117 Nighthawk style
Lab 05
Date: 02/09/18
Time: 11:10-12:30
Location: Hitchcock Hall 224
Members Present: All
Task Completed
- Experiments testing Propellor configuration
Takeaways
- Larger props do the same job faster and with less energy that the smaller propellors
- The way the propellers face doesn’t much affect the performance
- The propellers facing the same way results in the best performance
Meeting 5
Date: 02/15/18
Location: Drackett tower 8th Floor
Meeting time: 5:30
Members present: all
Objectives
- Decided on jobs for Committee Meeting 1
- Completed visuals for Grant proposal
Tasks Completed
- Updated AEV design with new outer case and arduino placement
- Decided on jobs for Committee Meeting 1
- Completed visuals for Grant proposal
Upcoming schedule
- Committee Meeting 1
- Lab 06
- Grant Proposal Presentation and Voting
Lab 06
Date: 02/17/18
Time: 11:10-12:30
Location: Hitchcock Hall 224
Members Present: All
Task Completed
- Grant Proposal and committee meetings
Takeaways
- our group was awarded third place in our class so we received a 50% grant
- each member of our company is performing tasks on time and efficiently
Meeting 6
Date: Jan 18, 2018
Members present: Brad, Jacob
Location: Brads room
Time: 12:45 PM
Tasks Completed
Design AEV 117 body cover
Objective
- Finished AEV design
Lab 07
Date: 02/24/18
Time: 11:10-12:30
Location: Hitchcock Hall 224
Members Present: All
Task Completed
- motor configuration testing
Takeaways
- both motors facing directly forward provided the most efficient thrust for our AEV
- motors oriented straight up does not propel the vehicle forward
Meeting 7
Date: Feb. 28, 2018
Members present: All
Location: Drackett tower Floor 8
Time: 7:30 PM
Tasks Completed
- updated website and Complete R and D oral presentation
Discussed
- Website Update 3
- R&D Oral Presentation
Objective
- update website with current data and recent advanced research
- enter meeting notes
Meeting 8
Date: March 7, 2018
Members present: all
Location: Drackett tower floor 8
Time: 8:00 – 10:00 pm
Discussed
- Progress report number 2
Objective
- Complete progress report number 2
Tasks Completed
- Plan for upcoming tasks and complete progress report number 2
Upcoming tasks
- Performance Test 1 – March 22
- Progress Report 1 rewrite – March 23
- CDR Draft – March 23
Meeting 9
Date: March 8, 2018
Members present: all
Location: Drackett tower floor 8
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Discussed
- Progress report number 2
Objective
- Complete progress report number 2
Tasks Completed
- Plan for upcoming tasks and complete progress report number 2
Upcoming tasks
- Performance Test 1 – March 22
- Progress Report 1 rewrite – March 23
- CDR Draft – March 23
- Lab Week 8
Lab 08
Date: 03/09/18
Time: 11:10-12:30
Location: Hitchcock Hall 224
Members Present: All
Task Completed
Takeaways
Lab 09
Date: 03/09-20-22/18
Time: 11:10-12:30
Location: Hitchcock Hall 224
Members Present: All
Task Completed
- Performance test 1
Takeaways
- Accurate programming of AEV to complete performance test 1
Meeting 10
Date: March 22, 2018
Members present: Jeremy, Jacob
Location: Drackett tower floor 12
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Discussed
- CDR draft
Objective
- Complete CDR draft
Tasks Completed
- Completed CDR draft
Upcoming tasks
- Performance Test 2 – March 29
- Committee meeting 2 – March 30
Lab 10
Date: 03/23/18
Time: 11:10-12:30
Location: Hitchcock Hall 224
Members Present: All
Task Completed
- Performance test 2
- Committee Meeting 2
Takeaways
- The percentage of power the battery test greatly effects the performance of the AEV
- Eventually a good run was produced.
- Committee meeting 2 was a success
Upcoming Tasks
- Progress Report 3
- Final Performance Test
- Final Oral presentation