July 2020 Newsletter – Flight Club Aerospace

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SAN FRANCISCO FLIGHT CLUB AEROSPACE

August 2020 Newsletter

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See What's New

Flight Club has reached a major milestone! Thanks to all of our donors, we were able to raise over $15,000! We have begun shipping rewards to our donors, check your email if you donated to claim your rewards.

BUDGET BREAKDOWN

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DESIGN

OnShape CAD (computer-aided design) of our airplane as of mid-June. It's almost complete with just a few final details to be added.

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In the design process, we have learned a lot about configurations, variables, and equations in OnShape, enabling us to create a highly versatile wing generator.

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While designing, we have collaborated with experienced professionals on the Home Built Airplanes Forum. With over 140 messages and counting, their community has helped us greatly. We sincerely appreciate all of their support, advice, and guidance. This updated truss design is just one example of the many ways they have helped us.

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We've started to contribute useful resources to the Home Built Airplanes community, including battery comparisons, powertrain comparisons, and an AN bolt configurator.

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We're Starting Prototyping!

Rudy getting a feel for the sizing of our airplane’s cockpit in a cardboard model

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Unboxing new mill

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CNC routing rib profiles

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Completed rib profiles

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OUTREACH

We've been establishing connections with teams similar to ours, such as the E-Hawk Team and our local EAA Chapter. Because we want our team to succeed in the future, we've been spearheading the admissions process and are ecstatic to announce that we have 13 new members! If you or someone you know is interested in joining our team, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] We’ve also been working to establish a name for ourselves by creating and adapting a variety of social media accounts. Check us out at: Instagram: @flightclubaerospace, Facebook: @flightclubaerospace, & Twitter: @Fly_Ultralight

Our design team learning tips and tricks from the 'Iolani E-Hawk team

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PHYSICS

Our team has been working to make sure our ultralight safe to fly and informing important design decisions backed with physics calculations. Our future research includes analyzing fluid dynamics and stress testing various components of our aircraft.

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Graph showing different angles of attack, producing different amounts of lift

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Calculations to determine compression of tubing members on our empennage

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To insure we have a strong truss frame, we double-checked the design team's CAD. We researched truss analysis, beam theory, took an online statics course, and learned the equivalent of AB calculus. We are now finished with truss analysis and are preparing to present our research to an industry professional.

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SOFTWARE

We're designing a digital dashboard to display useful information to our pilot. We've connected with experienced pilots to figure out the best ergonomic and visually pleasing way to display this data. Our sensors have been connected and programmed with a microcontroller to display vital information, as well as researched how to render maps using offline data.

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Early iteration of our dashboard

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We have done an in-depth analysis on our powertrain requirements to create a highly optimized design capable of around 90% total efficiency.

MARKETING

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We've worked on website development, PR, and finances. We've just received our limited-edition donor t-shirts! If you're a tier 2 donor or higher, you can claim one. Check your email for more information.

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