30 November 2008
CDR Week
06 Dec 08 22:45
Oh the sweet taste of thanksgiving break - all 1 day of it am I right? It was safe to assume that at least two people on our team were working on CDR at any given time over break minus Thursday. We completed a great vibration test on Wednesday which really increased our confidence in the CDR Deployment Mechanism design. We also met with Professors Maute and Emery right before break, and Professor Frew during break to talk about CDR. Their insightful input really helped us elevate our presentation to the next level.
As the last day of break ran down, the prodigal team members who decided that they wanted to have a life at some point returned to Boulder - called by the siren's song of a CDR presentation that needed refining (thanks to the Professors). After working around the clock all weekend long, we turned in a CDR that we felt was very strong (minus all the little nitpicks that only we could see in it). Then we took the night off - we were only slightly sick of all the togetherness at that point. The first 3 days of December were spent rehearsing the presentation, with a quick run through around 2 PM before our presentation time.
To quote the Project Managers reaction after the presentation: "I've said it before and I'll gladly say it again: I couldn't have asked for a better team." We really nailed CDR thanks to the amazing amount of effort everyone put into the design during November, the great advice we received on the slides, and the group's Powerpoint Wizard: Jeff Mullen. We can't wait to get this system in the air next spring! Thanks to everyone who's helped us this semester!
FFR? What's that?
Posted by Jason Farmer
As the last day of break ran down, the prodigal team members who decided that they wanted to have a life at some point returned to Boulder - called by the siren's song of a CDR presentation that needed refining (thanks to the Professors). After working around the clock all weekend long, we turned in a CDR that we felt was very strong (minus all the little nitpicks that only we could see in it). Then we took the night off - we were only slightly sick of all the togetherness at that point. The first 3 days of December were spent rehearsing the presentation, with a quick run through around 2 PM before our presentation time.
To quote the Project Managers reaction after the presentation: "I've said it before and I'll gladly say it again: I couldn't have asked for a better team." We really nailed CDR thanks to the amazing amount of effort everyone put into the design during November, the great advice we received on the slides, and the group's Powerpoint Wizard: Jeff Mullen. We can't wait to get this system in the air next spring! Thanks to everyone who's helped us this semester!
FFR? What's that?
Posted by Jason Farmer
During Thanksgiving Break
05 Dec 08 20:04
This has been a very long week for team MADS. The week started out with revisions suggestions from out advisers. From there, everyone has been finishing analysis, slides, and documentation. On Saturday the sub-vehicle, deployment mechanism, and strut were hooked up to the vibration table and using the strobe light vibration modes of the beam and the sub-vehicle were found. On Wednesday this test was repeated at specific frequencies as well as frequencies in between, but this time different modes were recorded using the high-speed camera. From this test, MADS calculated the maximum force required to pull the pin as a function of frequency, the phase angle between the shaker table and the deployment mechanism, and the amplitude gain between the two in order to create a bode diagram of the system. After this test, everyone went home for a day of food and football. The rest of the week was spent again finishing analysis, CDR slides and the required documents for Monday.
Posted by Leah Crumbaker
Posted by Leah Crumbaker