2024-08-18 Mechanical Meeting

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18 Aug 2024

To discuss how we are going to approach this year and give/receive feedback on initial plans
Discussion topics include
- recruiting plans
- onboarding strategy and curriculum
- system timelines

Purpose: develop some plan for recruiting, including roughly how many people you want to recruit and for what purpose

Purpose: discuss ideas for an onboarding strategy and curriculum (i.e. starter projects, lessons, etc.)

		Notes
General Ideas/Thoughts	I know we are pivoting away from lecture based learning, but should we have at least one lecture on CAD best practices for example? Or are we removing lectures entirely Length of onboarding process: around 3-4 weeks to allow ample time to form solid foundation Should we have people learn on their own? Since there isn’t enough time for one-on-one tutoring, is shadowing returning members while doing design work a good idea? Assigning documentation and external resources? Starter projects from Daybreak? Philip’s two stage starter project idea?
Aeroshell	Strategy: Curriculum:
Fergo/Structures	Strategy: Trial by fire (with help as needed) Dive straight into making a simple part following ASC and VR3 guidelines, experimenting and asking questions as you go along Curriculum: Some sort of introductory slides on the systems and what we will utilize in each system 2-3 weeks of designing a simple part start to finish, potentially 3d printing the parts at the end
Dynamics	Strategy: 2 weeks of independent study throughout the week and discussions and applications on workdays. Curriculum: Discussions with Jacob about content from classes like Solids Each subsystem looks into different things Suspension - Double wishbone vs Trailing arm Steering - 3-wheel steering vs 4-wheel Ackermann Unsprung - First other teams unsprung components like hubs and uprights. The purpose of those and then generative design and Ansys
Electromechanical	Strategy: Curriculum:

Purpose: develop a rough idea of a timeline for your system, including major goals, their dependencies, and when you want to accomplish them by

Major Goals	Dependencies	Rough Timeline
Demold top shell		Milestone: Deadline Ex.: Aeroshell mold sent out: 12/10/24
Demold bottom shell
Top shell layup complete
Bottom shell layup complete

Major Goals	Dependencies	Rough Timeline
Onboarding/Training	Recruitment	Training: 10/12/24 Preliminary Designs: 11/9/24 Final Designs Ideally: Before we leave for winter break Final Desings FINAL: 2/15/25 Manufacturing Begins: 2/22/25 Manufacturing Finished: Before start of winter break of 2025 Integration starts depending on other systems
Trackwidth decided
Volumetric bounding box decided

Unsprung components assembled
Suspension components assembled

Major Goals	Dependencies	Rough Timeline
Volumetric bounding box decided		Milestone: Deadline