2015 SAE Aero Design East
Team
Status Report
(April 2, 2015)
2015 SAE Aero East Design Team
SAE Aero East 2015 Team
Project Advisor
Dr. Drew Landman
Team Leader
Jeremy Newman
Team Members
Andrew Tonkovic
Chris Thurman
Greg Shively
Kevin Rhamy
Lucas Mills
2015 SAE Aero East Design Team
Mason Hunerkoch
Michael Lauruska
Ryan Laporte
Sara Mendelsohn
William Fisher
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Overview
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Project Schedule
Competition Objectives
Design Summary
Competition Summary
Competition Results
Discussion
Recent Work
Future Work
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Project Schedule
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Competition Objectives
• Overall length, height and span of the aircraft cannot
exceed 175 inches
• The maximum weight cannot exceed 55 pounds
• The use of fiber-reinforced plastic is prohibited
• Payload bay dimensions of 10” x 4” x 4”
• Unload and reload payload in one minute
• 1000 watt power limiter
• Take off in 200 feet, fly a 360 degree circuit, and land
in 400 feet
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Design Summary
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Utilized Modified Pratt Truss to minimize weight
Optimized cargo weight capacity
Produced high lift coefficient
Maximized ground effect
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Competition Summary
• Pre-Competition Prep
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Submitted tech report
Reconstructed aircraft
Completed final test flights
Created PowerPoint for oral presentation
Created marketing flyer for presentation
Travel logistics
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Competition Summary (cont.)
• Technical inspection
– Failed 1st inspection due to non-compliant payload bay
– Received penalty point deduction for failure to report
dimension changes
– Constructed new payload bay
– Passed 2nd inspection and cleared to fly
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Competition Summary (cont.)
• Oral Presentation
– Gave technical overview of aircraft design and
construction
– Payload load/unload demonstration
• Earned bonus points for completing within time limits
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Competition Summary (cont.)
• Flight Rounds
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Flight 1: Disqualified because lost nose gear on landing
Flight 2: Disqualified because of crash on landing
Flight 3: Successful flight carrying 13.5 lbs
Flight 4: Successful flight carrying 18.5 lbs
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Competition Results
• Flight Scoring:
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Competition Results (cont.)
• Technology Report Scoring:
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Competition Results (cont.)
• Oral Presentation Scoring:
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Competition Results (cont.)
• Overall Competition Scoring:
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Discussion
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Overall finish of 13th out of 37 entrants
Finished 7th on the tech report
Finished 10th on the oral presentation
Aircraft carried 18.5 lbf
(improved upon 2014 max payload weight of 9.11 lbf)
• Tech report and oral presentation results improved
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Discussion (cont.)
• Lessons Learned from Competition
– Double check dimensions: match aircraft to technical
report
– Weight must be homogenous mass: no loose plates
– Solid wheels
– Reliable front nose gear design
– Implement trade studies in oral presentation
– Access panels for all servos
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Recent Work
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Constructed revised front landing gear
Compiled lessons learned
Gathered media from competition
Sent Thank-You letter to sponsors
Begin editing final report and
presentation
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Future Work
• Organize all documents and media for future teams
• Implement new nose gear and replace damaged
rudder servo
• Continue test flights
– Attain ultimate goal of more than 20 lbf payload
• Recruiting efforts for 2016 team
• GROUP BARBEQUE!
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Questions?
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