Aerodesign Payload ·

Building out the morphological chart

General team status check, then a payload session building out the morphological chart. Last log's sensing table is now condensed into annotated cells with images. Next step is picking a complete stack.

What I’m trying to achieve

Get updated on what the rest of the avionics team is doing, then finish the morphological chart.

Meeting: general avionics

Attendees: Amjad, Anas, Andrew, Aurora, Charles, Cody, Ella, Eric, Govind, Inderveer, Matthew, Radman, Ron, Sam. (Many more, not recorded.)

Status round from each subteam:

  • Firmware still refactoring.
  • Other subteams still researching.
  • Some inventory work still going on.

Meeting: payload

Attendees: Amjad, Aurora, Owen, Leo, Isaac.

Working session to build the morphological chart. Basically just put pictures of each subsystem with commends in the cells.

I took my comparison table from the last log, summarised each entry into a short paragraph, and embedded those as comments in the chart alongside the images.

Driving questions

  • How many motors can we stuff on the payload?
  • How configurable is the bottom of the plane?
  • Do we give up on the flight time bonus to make sure the payload is delivered and captured perfectly?
  • What makes a “complete stack” of options good enough to commit to?

Next

  • Meet with the team and pick a complete stack of options.