[burpg] Re: The Mk IIb: Overview, Schedule
- From: Joseph Beaupre <joebeau@xxxxxx>
- To: "burpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <burpg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 00:55:52 -0400
Apparently my original email didn't send. I will be available at 6pm (eastern
time) on Sunday. See you then.
-Joe
> On May 15, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Armor Harris <armorharris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hey guys unfortunately I need to move the telecon on this to Sunday at 3pm
> west coast 6pm east coast. Does this still work for everyone who was going to
> be a part of it?
>
> Feel free to email me questions about getting started on the design in the
> meantime, maybe we can use Sunday as more of a design review type thing if
> people are doing pretty well.
>
> Best,
> Armor
>
>> On Sunday, May 11, 2014, Armor Harris <armorharris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hey everybody,
>>
>> IIb or mach IIb, that is the question. We're ready to answer that question
>> by kicking off the Mk IIb project.
>>
>> Here are the key dates:
>> Feet wet teleconference: Friday at 5pm (east coast time)
>> Preliminary Design Review (CAD models complete): May 31
>> Critical Design Review (Ready to begin fabrication): June 14
>> Tank Hydrotest and tank drain tests: June 28
>> Hot Fire 1: July 12
>>
>> The driver for this is information that we'd like to have for the Mk V
>> before we lock in the long lead parts (the design of which must be done by
>> July 19).
>>
>> Here's the spreadsheet for who wants to sign up to do what. We want people
>> in Boston to be the ones who design the actual hardware because they're
>> going to have to get it machined, but there's some theoretical work too that
>> people can help out with who aren't in Boston.
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmBjfyZBss8gdEtzZ3lDaE5Ud1B1clExby1GUmdJSVE&usp=docslist_api#gid=1
>>
>> Sindel is going to be the leader of this project for the time being, and
>> it'll be a good experience for him to get some leadership experience as well
>> as for everyone else to get some experience designing a hybrid rocket.
>>
>> A specifications document is in the google drive under the Mk IIb folder, in
>> addition to a MATLAB script that calculates all of the design numbers and
>> simulates the performance. I suggest reading this and taking a look at the
>> code to see what it does.
>>
>> I'm going to be getting my wisdom teeth pulled tomorrow morning so I might
>> not be able to answer any emails for a few days, but go ahead and send me
>> any questions that you have and I might send some really interested
>> responses. It would be good for people to try to start designing some stuff
>> this week so we can have a good chat on Friday to answer questions that have
>> come up and help provide a little more direction than what is provided here.
>>
>> Sindel, you should make a diagram of the system so everyone knows where and
>> how their parts fit together for Friday.
>>
>> This is going to be really cool for a lot of people to get a chance to work
>> together on this and design a rocket that will provide a lot of good
>> information for us to design the mk V.
>>
>> Best,
>> Armor
>
>
> --
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