Connecticut Corsair Senior
Design
School of
Engineering
Connecticut Corsair Senior Capstone
Design Project
From one dream flies
another...
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Connecticut Corsair Senior
Design
School of
Engineering
Connecticut Corsair
Restoring Connecticut’s Airplane to Flight
Overview
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Restoration of a Corsair
F4U-4
STEM Programs
Internships
Multiple University
Projects
Craig McBurney
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Founder
President of Bootstrap
Aircraft
Vintage Aircraft Expert
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Connecticut Corsair Senior
Design
School of
Engineering
Connecticut Corsair
Restoring Connecticut’s Airplane to Flight
Overview
•
•
•
•
Restoration of a Corsair
F4U-4
STEM Programs
Internships
Multiple University
Projects
Craig McBurney
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•
•
Founder
President of Bootstrap
Aircraft
Vintage Aircraft Expert
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Connecticut Corsair Senior
Design
School of
Engineering
Problem Statement
Overhaul and reengineer an outdated and incomplete flight
simulator base to working condition. The simulator in
working condition will have movement and visual
characteristics of a Corsair F4U-4 aircraft.
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Design
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Engineering
Milestone 1
Structural Analysis and Redesign of Lower
Scissor Arm
• Lower Scissor Arm- A lift
device and shock
absorber
• Current design:
overdesigned due to lack
of engineering
• Necessary tasks
• FBDs
• ANSYS
• Design
• Fabrication
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Design
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Engineering
Milestone 2
Drive Motor Analysis and Replacement With Servo
Motors
• Drive Motor- Used to move
simulator in 2 ½ axises
• Current design:
• Two motors are damaged
• Current motors are
underpowered
• Necessary tasks
• FBDs
• Flight Characteristic
Analysis
• Research
• Acquire
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Design
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Engineering
Milestone 3
Drive Motor Mount Redesign
• Mount- Used to secure drive motors to
rotating base
• Current design:
• Does not incorporate safety switches
• May not accommodate new servo
motors
• Necessary tasks
• Design of safety switch system
• Analysis of mounting configuration
• Load analysis on mounts
• Fabrication of mounts and safety
system
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Design
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Engineering
Milestone 4
Flight Simulator Software Analysis and Design
• Flight Simulator Software• Current design:
• Necessary tasks
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Design
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Milestone 5
Determination of Software and Hardware I/O
Requirments
• I/O requirments
• Current design:
• Necessary tasks
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Design
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Engineering
Milestone 6
Redesign of System Monitoring System
• System Monitoring System• Current design:
• Necessary tasks
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Design
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Engineering
Major Responsibilities
Michael
Arthur
Lauren
Amanda
Zach
Randy
David
Design/CAD
Structural Analysis
Reports & Presentations
Software Design
Communications
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Design
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Engineering
Team Organization
• Point Person- Main team communication, meeting facilitation,
schedule owner
• Michael Turner & Amanda Sweat
• Meetings
• Weekly team meeting with advisor on Mondays
• Faculty Interaction
• Briefed each Monday with goals and progress
• Each team member is encouraged to make necessary faculty
contacts
• Data
• Finished Documents- iHub
• Working Documents- Google Drive
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Design
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Engineering
Training
• SolidWorks
• SolidWorks Electrical
• ANSYS
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Design
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Engineering
Schedule
• To be decided
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Design
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Engineering
Questions
School of
Engineering
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Design
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Engineering
Student Assessment
Style
Readability of material
Team project and deliverables
are clear?
Grade A,B,C with clicker
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