1 connecticut corsair senior design school of engineering from one dream flies another......
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
From one dream flies another...
Connecticut Corsair Senior Capstone Design Project
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Connecticut CorsairRestoring Connecticut’s Airplane to Flight
Overview• Restoration of a Corsair F4U-4• STEM Programs• Internships • Multiple University Projects
Craig McBurney• Founder• President of Bootstrap
Aircraft• Vintage Aircraft Expert
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Connecticut CorsairRestoring Connecticut’s Airplane to Flight
Overview• Restoration of a Corsair F4U-4• STEM Programs• Internships • Multiple University Projects
Craig McBurney• Founder• President of Bootstrap
Aircraft• Vintage Aircraft Expert
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Problem StatementOverhaul and reengineer an outdated and incomplete flight
simulator base to working condition. The simulator in working condition will have movement and visual
characteristics of a Corsair F4U-4 aircraft.
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Milestone 1Structural Analysis and Redesign of Lower Scissor
Arm• Lower Scissor Arm- A lift
device and shock absorber
• Current design: overdesigned due to lack of engineering
• Necessary tasks• FBDs• ANSYS• Design• Fabrication
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Milestone 2Drive Motor Analysis and Replacement With Servo
Motors• Drive Motor- Used to move
simulator in 2 ½ axises• Current design:• Two motors are damaged• Current motors are
underpowered• Necessary tasks• FBDs• Flight Characteristic
Analysis• Research• Acquire
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Milestone 3Drive Motor Mount Redesign
• Mount- Used to secure drive motors to rotating base
• Current design:• Does not incorporate safety switches• May not accommodate new servo
motors• Necessary tasks• Design of safety switch system• Analysis of mounting configuration• Load analysis on mounts• Fabrication of mounts and safety
system
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Milestone 4Flight Simulator Software Analysis and Design
• Flight Simulator Software- • Current design:• Necessary tasks
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Engineering
Milestone 5Determination of Software and Hardware I/O
Requirments• I/O requirments• Current design:• Necessary tasks
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Milestone 6Redesign of System Monitoring System
• System Monitoring System-• Current design:• Necessary tasks
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Major Responsibilities
Michael Arthur Lauren Amanda Zach Randy David
Design/CAD
Structural Analysis
Reports & Presentations
Software Design
Communications
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Team Organization• Point Person- Main team communication, meeting facilitation,
schedule owner• Michael Turner & Amanda Sweat
• Meetings• Weekly team meeting with advisor on Mondays
• Faculty Interaction• Briefed each Monday with goals and progress• Each team member is encouraged to make necessary faculty
contacts• Data• Finished Documents- iHub• Working Documents- Google Drive
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Training
• SolidWorks• SolidWorks Electrical • ANSYS
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Schedule
• To be decided
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Questions
School of Engineering
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Connecticut Corsair Senior Design School of
Engineering
Student AssessmentStyle
Readability of material Team project and deliverables are
clear?
Grade A,B,C with clicker