April 17
1) Take spline from the edge of the panel and extrude it, potentially use foam blocks to raise the middle of the panel up to its desired height and geometry
Aidan and Salman
2) Trying to replicate the original panel geometry by adding more ribs
Mohamed and Min
3) Seeing how much patchwork is necessary if we disregard the geometry and go with a panel that has a rectangular cross-section everywhere
Abdel
April 24
Solution 1
Updates:
worry abt making foam blocks tangent with sheet metal, as well as thinness
solved placing blocks on the ground, or equivalent surface as opposed to the sheet metal surface.
using foam/MDF on the outsides and sheet metal in the middle constant cross-section parts.
Next Steps:
explore the following ideas and get a prelim design CAD ready for May 1
foam/mdf sections on the edges, sheet metal in the middle
using inside surface of the roof as "a-side" to reduce the amount of additional material needed to get the desired geometry and reflect the proper curve
Solution 2
Updates:
isolated problem areas
getting deviations in order to figure out how many ribs we need
Next Steps:
define the number of ribs needed
create mockup
upload to grabcad and catch Mohamed Goha up
Solution 3
Updates:
found that the problem area is not terrible in surface area, but does have deviations of 1/4in
Next Steps:
measuring how much of the roof panel comes off of the mold using surface extrude and displacement thing
ms aero comparison - create mock roof panel using original mold and insert into assembly to see what it looks like, try sldprt first then assem if not possible
Others/Misc.
Next Steps
check if changing “a-side” of the panel comes with any negative impacts on aerobody or layup processes