1 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of Engineering From one dream flies another... Connecticut Corsair Senior Capstone Design Project

2 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 Founder President of Bootstrap Aircraft Vintage Aircraft Expert

3 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 Founder President of Bootstrap Aircraft Vintage Aircraft Expert

4 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of Engineering Problem Statement Overhaul and reengineer an outdated and incomplete flight simulator base to working condition.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.

5 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of 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

6 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of 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

7 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of 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

8 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of Engineering Milestone 4 Flight Simulator Software Analysis and Design Flight Simulator Software- Current design: Necessary tasks

9 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of Engineering Milestone 5 Determination of Software and Hardware I/O Requirments I/O requirments Current design: Necessary tasks

10 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of Engineering Milestone 6 Redesign of System Monitoring System System Monitoring System- Current design: Necessary tasks

11 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of Engineering Major Responsibilities MichaelArthurLaurenAmandaZachRandyDavid Design/CAD Structural Analysis Reports & Presentations Software Design Communications

12 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of 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

13 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of Engineering Training SolidWorks SolidWorks Electrical ANSYS

14 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of Engineering Schedule To be decided

15 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of Engineering Questions School of Engineering

16 Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of Engineering Student Assessment Style Readability of material Team project and deliverables are clear? Grade A,B,C with clicker