Desired Specifications
- Easy to fly
- Stable
- Not too fast
- Stall recovery
- Easy to build
- Easy to repair
- Cheap
- Built from existing materials
Constraints
- Use existing motor: (Power 25 EFLM4025A)
- Battery: 4s 3200mAh LiPo
- ESC: E Flite 70A ESC
Ideas
- Composite fuselage
- Rectangular or tapered wing?
- Validate CG tally procedure (Esther)
- Want more experience with Patran and landing gear code (David)
- Learn aero lol (Nick)
- Learn XFOIL (Charlie)
- Streamline manufacturing process (James)
- CAD practice (everyone lmao)
- Subteam meetings after preliminary design
- High wing for stable during turns