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What is PDR and what is CDR
PDR - Saturday 1/18
CDR - 2/23
Design Freeze - 3/9
PDR and CDR date
Mechanical Nextgen Timeline - be able to present a high-level timeline to the leads and receive feedback on it
Dynamics Hardpoints Set - 10/27
Frame Bounding Box Fixed
First Frame Iteration
PDR
Frame CDR
Aeroshell CDR
Dynamics+Emech CDR
Aeroshell Molds Ordered
Mechanical Design Freeze
Aeroshell Molds Delivered
VR3 Order Sent
Battery Assembled
Aeroshell Demolded
Frame Welded
Wheels Down
Shell to Frame Integration
Powered Run -
Unveiling 2026
Machining training
Drawing standards
Gerard
Checking Standards
Philip
ClickUp
What are the point of our positions
Team Captain
TC motivates and keeps team on track to hit big milestones (Wheel’s down, Design Reviews)
Facilitates cultural health of the team
People feeling satisfied with their work
People enjoying their time
Making sure socials are happening
Making sure leads are teaching their members
Politics
Dealing with OB
Dealing with the university
Dealing with comp
Preparing us for competition
Registration, fees, submitting design documents, travel costs
High level purchasing oversight
Budget tracking
Chief Engineer
Warden of the timeline
Attention to detail
Make sure things aren’t blocking each other
Bring up timeline items that concern them
Reinforcement of engineering fundamentals
Questioning every decision
Being rigorous
Putting in the work to prove a design will work
Making sure people learn important skills
CAD, CAM, PCB Design, Coding, FEA, Machining, Welding
Establishing a common design method and strategy
For design, validation, manufacturing
Manage and run design reviews
Monitoring and execution of inter-division dependencies
Making sure regulations are being followed
Division Lead
Handle material acquisition for their division
Warden of the timelines for their division
Monitoring and maintenance of intersystem dependencies
If there is an interference, or confusion about who will make a move and who will design around it, you facilitate the discussion and if it comes down to it, make the final decision
Establishing lines of communication between electrical and mechanical
In charge of scheduling lectures, division level design reviews
Making sure mechanical regulations are being followed
Overseeing critical tasks
Big CNC ops, Layups, HV integration, etc.
The final say in large design decisions
System Lead
Subsystem Lead
Meeting structure - what do we hope to get out of them
System Meetings
Division Meetings
Lead Meetings
Architecture Selection
Action Items:
Michael talk to the other team captains to find out how they do purchasing and what we want to borrow from them