Propulsion team have successfully got one of the tilt rotors to function with the flight controller by fixing electrical gain and polarity of the set up. They discovered that the autopilot mechanism and the controller operate on opposite polarity, meaning the signals are impeding each other. The team also reworked the joints of the quadcopter prototype to reduce the vibration for the tilting mechanism.

The Mechanical Design team is fine-tuning the design the plane’s frame and joints so that they can execute a Finite Element Analysis (FEA). The problem was the mates between the rods and the joints of the frame are overlapping, therefore, when the model is meshed for the simulation, the program won’t accept the model. Also, they have not begun designing the electronics housing because they are waiting on the Avionics team to give them the component dimensions and housing layout for the electronics.

Fabrication team has completed manufacturing and monokoting the plane’s tail. They will begin assembling the wings.

Ground Station is focusing on improving the organization and debugging of their program code. They have upgraded to the new 2016 Qt 5.7 application and will begin using StarUML as an organizational tool to aid in documenting and communicating the changes in the program code. Before they begin coding again, they are cleaning up their work from quarter.

Avionics has begun implementing the plane’s servo power supply and is testing the functionality of the voltage regulators to ensure electronic protection. They are also testing the sonar to start implementing the obstacle avoidance system.