Phase 4: Active Testing

Sprint 9, March 28 — April 11

What was the overall goal of this sprint?

The goal of this sprint was to continue pushing forward with CAD for Hawsepiper and preparing for fabrication, as well as integrating software to get Git Boat ready for water testing.
 

What did the mechanical subteam accomplish?

The mechanical team continued to make advancements in the Hawsepiper CAD and building a test rig for the sail.Half of the mechanical subteam continued to work on fabricating the test sail, while the other half worked on further developing the CAD. Most of the subteam also got trained to use the composites bay in preparation for full hull fabrication later in the year. They initially planned on fabricating the outriggers to get a sense of working with the newly acquired foam, but faced a few setbacks coordinating times to use the shopbot. Overall the mechanical subteam has been pushing forward in order to get the Hawsepiper CAD completed and ready for fabrication.

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Mechanical fabricated and tested a small
wing sail (and learned how to shrink wrap it)
or Hawsepiper. Their test results were quite
promising, with the aerodynamics working
out as planned.