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2015 SAE Aero Design East Team

Status Report(April 2, 2015)

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SAE Aero East 2015 TeamProject Advisor

Dr. Drew Landman

Team MembersAndrew Tonkovic

Chris ThurmanGreg ShivelyKevin RhamyLucas Mills

Mason HunerkochMichael Lauruska

Ryan LaporteSara Mendelsohn

William Fisher

Team LeaderJeremy Newman

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Overview• Project Schedule• Competition Objectives• Design Summary• Competition Summary• Competition Results• Discussion• Recent Work• Future Work

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Project Schedule

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Competition Objectives• Overall length, height and span of the aircraft cannot

exceed 175 inches• The maximum weight cannot exceed 55 pounds• The use of fiber-reinforced plastic is prohibited• Payload bay dimensions of 10” x 4” x 4”• Unload and reload payload in one minute• 1000 watt power limiter • Take off in 200 feet, fly a 360 degree circuit, and land

in 400 feet

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Design Summary• Utilized Modified Pratt Truss to minimize weight• Optimized cargo weight capacity • Produced high lift coefficient• Maximized ground effect

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Competition Summary• Pre-Competition Prep– Submitted tech report– Reconstructed aircraft– Completed final test flights– Created PowerPoint for oral presentation– Created marketing flyer for presentation– Travel logistics

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Competition Summary (cont.)

• Technical inspection– Failed 1st inspection due to non-compliant payload bay– Received penalty point deduction for failure to report

dimension changes– Constructed new payload bay– Passed 2nd inspection and cleared to fly

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• Oral Presentation– Gave technical overview of aircraft design and construction– Payload load/unload demonstration

• Earned bonus points for completing within time limits

Competition Summary (cont.)

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• Flight Rounds– Flight 1: Disqualified because lost nose gear on landing– Flight 2: Disqualified because of crash on landing– Flight 3: Successful flight carrying 13.5 lbs– Flight 4: Successful flight carrying 18.5 lbs

Competition Summary (cont.)

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Competition Results• Flight Scoring:

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Competition Results (cont.)

• Technology Report Scoring:

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• Oral Presentation Scoring:

Competition Results (cont.)

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• Overall Competition Scoring:

Competition Results (cont.)

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• Overall finish of 13th out of 37 entrants• Finished 7th on the tech report• Finished 10th on the oral presentation• Aircraft carried 18.5 lbf

(improved upon 2014 max payload weight of 9.11 lbf) • Tech report and oral presentation results improved

Discussion

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Discussion (cont.)

• Lessons Learned from Competition– Double check dimensions: match aircraft to technical

report– Weight must be homogenous mass: no loose plates– Solid wheels– Reliable front nose gear design– Implement trade studies in oral presentation– Access panels for all servos

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Recent Work• Constructed revised front landing gear• Compiled lessons learned• Gathered media from competition• Sent Thank-You letter to sponsors• Begin editing final report and

presentation

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Future Work• Organize all documents and media for future teams• Implement new nose gear and replace damaged

rudder servo• Continue test flights– Attain ultimate goal of more than 20 lbf payload

• Recruiting efforts for 2016 team• GROUP BARBEQUE!

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Questions?