MSD 1 WEEK 6 SYSTEM DESIGN REVIEW Team 15462 Rochester Institute of Technology College of Engineering P1546210/2/2014 1.

MSD 1 WEEK 6 SYSTEM DESIGN REVIEW Team Rochester Institute of Technology College of Engineering P /2/2014 1 AGENDA Background Underlying Mission Problem Statement & Deliverables Customer Needs & Engineering Requirements Week 3 action item review P /2/ System Analysis Function Decomposition System Architecture Selection Criteria Brainstorm Concept Feasibility Test Plan Pugh Chart Final System Selection Risk Assessment Updated Project Plan AGENDA Background Underlying Mission Project Background Problem Statement & Deliverables Customer Needs & Engineering Requirements Week 3 action item review Glider prototype status (shows scotts cad) Glider Purchase Aero Club Flight video P /2/ System Analysis Function Decomposition Connection to Eng and Customer Reqs Selection Criteria Brainstorm Concept Feasibility 1 (who owns it 2 (what are they doing) 3 (when will it be done) Pugh Chart Final System Selection Rendering of System Component Selection Explanation and reasoning over other options BACKGROUND Team Rochester Institute of Technology College of Engineering P /2/2014 1 UNDERLYING MISSION To Harvest Energy from High Altitude Winds 250m 100m 250m P /2/2014 5 PROBLEM STATEMENT & DELIVERABLES The goal of this project is to design, build, and reliably test a powered, human-controlled tethered glider specifically for use as an airborne wind energy system (or AWT) Tethered glider capable of continuous circular flight Integration with current base station 30 flights, each 3 minutes or longer, with tether tension and glider position recorded Functional simulation of flight path P /2/2014 6 CUSTOMER NEEDS Customer Need #ImportanceDescription CN19Tethered glider system (with electric prop assist for launching) that demonstrates at least 3 minutes of continuous circular flight path with taunt tether. CN21Clean appearance CN39Human controlled plane CN43No special flight skill required CN59Use existing base station design CN69Tether tension is measured and recorded during flights CN79Tether direction is measured and recorded during flights CN89Videos with accompanying data files of all flight tests (even ones that dont work) CN99Able to survive crashes with minor repairs (short downtime) CN109Replaceable Parts CN113Maintenance Guide P /2/2014 7 ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS rqmt. #ImportanceSource Engr. Requirement (metric) Unit of Measure Marginal Value Ideal Value S19CN1Drag Coefficient S29CN1Lift Coefficient S39CN6Tether Tensionlbs523 S49CN7Horizontal Potentiometer Recordingdeg S59CN7Vertical Potentiometer Recordingdeg S63CN1Wingspanft3.33 S79CN1Weightlbs43 S83CN4Cooper-Harper Rating--31 S93CN3Flight StabilityBinaryMarginalComplete S109CN1Cost$ S113CN9Repair Downtimemin53 S123CN10Repair Cost$10050 S133CN11Profile of Surface for Airfoil Manufacturingin S149CN1Service Ceilingft