[burpg] Re: GSE Mounts for Servos

  • From: Gherman Howell <gshowell@xxxxxx>
  • To: burpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 15:34:05 -0400

I'm up for being on a team that works on it, but I am not confident in my
knowledge or experience to take it on my own, not to mention not having the
time to finish it by november.  I think that the project would be much more
successful if a team of around 2-3 people worked on it anyway.


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Michael Pettit <mtpettit@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Ditto to what Cory said, I have way too much other work to get this
> project done in a reasonable amount of time, but I can help out with the
> CAD or in another way if needed.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Cory Absi <cory.absi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I probably don't have time to do this but if a freshman takes this on I
>> can help them out with the CAD and teach them methods in Solidworks for
>> doing it.  There is CAD software installed on all the computers in the CAD
>> lab on the 3rd floor in the ME building for those of you who don't know.
>> -Cory
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 9:20 AM, D. Armor Harris <davidh@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I think the only complicated part is the shaft that connects the servo
>>> to the valve, but there is an off the shelf shaft that Mehmet knows a lot
>>> about.
>>>
>>> Drew can give you the model info of the servos (and we have one in the
>>> wind tunnel lab), and Chris Hayes was the one who did the old units.
>>>
>>> Lance and Osi, you guys should tag up with the above people and it
>>> should be everything you need.
>>>
>>> On Thursday, October 3, 2013, Lance Nakano wrote:
>>>
>>>> I might be interested in making these, are the designs fairly simple or
>>>> are there some complex portions?
>>>>
>>>> Lance Nakano
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 1:39 AM, D. Armor Harris <davidh@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> We need someone to design and manufacture two mounts to hold the new
>>>>> servo-actuated valves on the N2O and N2 ground lines. We're getting rid of
>>>>> the old planetary gear motor/arduino system that was the source of all 
>>>>> evil
>>>>> last year and replacing it with a nice slick servo system.
>>>>>
>>>>> We have the valves and we have the servos, we just need someone to
>>>>> make the mounts that keep the servo attached to the valve to actuate it.
>>>>> Email me back if interested.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a good opportunity to get involved in some design and manufacture
>>>>> work if you are new, as you can probably do it in Tinker and it's not a
>>>>> "need to get it right the first time" thing. We do need them by the
>>>>> beginning of November.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> David Armor Harris
>>>>> Boston University Rocket Propulsion Group
>>>>> davidh@xxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sent from my phone
>>>
>>
>>
>


-- 
Gherman Howell

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