This week the team worked to assemble the inner frame of the test bed in order to test the programming for our motor. During assembly we were able to identify some major and minor problems that will affect how the test bed can handle its loads. After putting together the test bed we were able to identify more issues and …
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 …
We are making good progress! We’ve accurately determined the temperature of our heating rod at different potentiometer settings with a type K, glass braided thermocouple. Our thermocouple is connected to an amplifier that converts the voltage (from the thermocouple) into temperature readings with an Arduino. With the glowing rod heated to 360 K and 953 K (the maximum temperature our …
A new year has started and members of the UCI Transat Project are working hard on completing this project in time for launching it on it’s journey from California to Catalina over Spring Break. Over the Winter break, team lead Connor Kingman installed a filter on the fuel intake line to remove impurities before they enter the engine and potentially …
On Sunday 1/22 we were able to perform our first antenna deployment test. Testing had to be conducted using a makeshift cardboard box due to being unable to 3D print the CubeSat frame. Nevertheless, the test was a success as the antenna was able to deploy and transmit wirelessly the data sent from the smartphone. The testing setup went through …
Reconvening after the winter break, we are now ready to start testing our prototype designs. This past week, we combed through our designs to create a bill of materials for each part. Our goal is to build crude prototypes to evaluate the overall effectiveness of each idea, allowing us to pursue the truly best design. While we wait for our …
This Winter Quarter we are ready to get the ball rolling and have very exciting updates. During Fall Quarter our team was comprised of only two members. Due to the very limited amount of resources that exists for biomimetic propulsion, a lot of research was conducted on what currently exists and where to begin. Our team created a first draft …
This week was our first meeting for Winter Quarter 2017. Over break, we contacted members of last year’s team who built the original Rover 6 robot for help on our copy. After receiving instructions over break, we reconfigured our second Rover 6 in this week’s meetings. In addition, we were able to name the 3 6-wheeled chassis, “Carlorado”, as we …
We just received the molding package. The hand molding will be finished this weekend and be used for 3D Scanning in the Ayala Library. We spoke to Terry Wang this afternoon, it turned out that there is a few things we need to do, such as the specific timeline for this quarter (what is the task and deadline for each …
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Hello readers, Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays, we are excited to be back and continue our project. A few weeks ago, we had the idea of mounting a laptop behind the flight simulator to make it self-contain and easy to transport; however, after some time and debate, we thought about the main goal of the project: “to give the user …
