Amjad Yaghi

Logbook

Aerodesign Payload

Robotics Systems on the SAE Aerodesign Advanced Payload subteam. Avionics decisions and firmware research.

3 entries

  1. May 2026

  2. Reading the payload history

    Read through the team's internal payload history. Need to find what the broader community has done for short-distance localisation and docking.

    • research

  3. Subteam alignment & concept gen kickoff

    First proper subteam meeting. Confirmed avionics owns detection and localisation. Last year's approach failed by putting all locating on the plane. Timeline is more aggressive: 6 weeks to a solid design, then prototype.

    • meeting

  4. First general meeting!

    First SAE Aerodesign general meeting. Got oriented on team structure and the payload subteam mission: capture and release on the DLZ. Summer focus is research and derisking.

    • meeting