P 15462 TETHERED WIND ENERGY PLANE Project Background

P 15462 – TETHERED WIND ENERGY PLANE

Project Background

Customer Requirements • Taken from MSD 1

Engineering Requirements • Taken from MSD 1

Proposed System Design • Taken from MSD 1

Areas of Design • Design Intent mapped to Physical Parameters • Partially from MSD 1

MFG - Foam Parts • Foam Cutter • Learning Curve • Limitations • Wing and Tail Airfoils • Image(s) Here

MFG - Foam Parts • Manual Foam Cutter • Spar Holes • Fuselage • Image(s) Here

MFG - 3 D Printed Fuselage • How Design changed to reduce cost • Key Parameters for ordering • Post-Processing • Image(s) Here

MDG - 3 D Printed Motor Mount

MFG - Spar Connections • Wing Spar/Tail Spar/Boom • Anti-rotation spars • CF wrap after break • Tail spar reinforcement

MFG - Electronics Bay • Electronics Bay Cut Out • Cut-outs for batteries

Assembly - Devin • Wing to Fuselage Connections • Tail Assembly • Servo Mounting • Electronics Bay/ Wiring Schematic

Weather DATA - Carl

MSD II – Pre-Flight Opportunities • Foam Cutter - MK • Motor Mount/ propeller - MK • Control Surfaces – MK/CS • CG location/ counterweights – MK • Budget Constraints/ Problems - MZ

Final System Design - MK

Flight Testing - Maginn • Hand Launches • Car Testing • Longboard (proxy winch system) • Tether to board • Tether to plane

MSD II – Post-Flight Opportunities • Nose shearing off - MZ • Wing Spar and Tail Spar Failure - MZ • ESC Failure/ Motor Intermittency - MK • Tail Drag – Wheel –MZ • Budget Constraints/ Problems - MZ

Engineering Requirements - Maginn

Customer Requirements – Devin

Accomplishments- MZ

Lessons Learned - MZ • Plane Design is v. HARD • Planes are expensive • Hand prop launch may not be best launch method • Hollow CF tubes are not as durable as expected • H-Tail is not a survivable/durable design • Design of model aircraft vs. full scale

Moving Forward - MZ • Purchase new speed controller • 3 D print control surfaces (lightweight/rigid) • Remove material from motor mount plates to allow for more airflow • Winch/launch system design • 2 nd wheel for tail stability • Snuggy design changes