1. 2015 SAE Aero Design East Team
Group Status Report

2. SAE Aero East 2015 Team Project Advisor Dr. Drew Landman Team Leader
Jeremy Newman
Team Members
Andrew Tonkovic
Mason Hunerkoch
Chris Thurman
Michael Lauruska
Greg Shively
Ryan Laporte
Kevin Rhamy
Sara Mendelsohn
Lucas Mills
William Fisher

3. Overview Project Schedule Project Budget Competition Technology Report
Construction Progress
Test Flights
Future Work
Conclusion

4. Project Schedule

5. Project Budget Actual parts cost ≈ $1600
Budgeted Parts Cost = $
Able to reuse some parts and materials from 2014 project

6. Competition Technology Report
30 page technology report submitted January 26
Contains calculations, drawings and experimental data
Graphs:
Payload prediction
Up to 29.5 lbf
Structural analysis
Von Mises Stress =1.43 ksi
Max. vert. displacement = inches
Lift vs. Drag
Lift vs. Angle of Attack (AOA)

7. Construction Progress
Truss Fuselage
Motor mount
Wing tail section
Nose cone
Gussets and ply sections for the fuselage
Tail section/fuselage integration
Wing/fuselage integration
Main Wheel Fabrication
Monokote fuselage and wing

8. Wing/Fuselage Monokote

9. Main Wheel/Landing Gear

10. Wing Comparison 2015 Wing 2014 Wing Weight (lbf): 2.406 Span (in): 94
Chord (in): 17
Planform area (in2): 1598
Weight (lbf):
Span (in): 84
Chord (in): 15
Planform area (in2): 1260

11. Aircraft Mock-up

12. Test Flights Initial Test Flight
Vibrations induced by the motor did not excite natural frequencies of the motor mount
Triple tail tested successfully
Distance between tail and wing section tested successfully

13. Test Flights Secondary Test Flight
Rudder control surface proved insufficient
Telemetry unit collected flight data
Adequate Take-off distance (< 200ft)
Sustained flight in high wind conditions ( mph)

14. Test Flights Max. Max. Elevation ≈ 276 ft Speed ≈ 46 mph Take-Off

15. Future Work Test flight(s) final aircraft Flight data collection
Make adjustments based on test flights
Resize rudder control surface
Competition logistics
Competition PowerPoint
Document:
Competition results
Lessons learned

16. Questions?