CanSat
CanSat: Working on the Interim Report
The first interim report has to be submitted soon, so we are working at full speed. Team meetings are held every week to bring everyone up to date. This week we finished the interim report: we calculated and elaborated all the information for it. We also estimated the amount of … Weiterlesen …
CanSat: Starting to Work on the Interim Report
In the last few days we looked at designs for the parachute and learned how to use Fusion, a program to model our designs for the CanSat as a 3D model. We have completed the parts list and continued the schedule with the new estimated time we will need for the … Weiterlesen …
CanSat: First Calculations
This week we made the first calculations, looked at the battery consumption of all devices to enable our battery to run for four hours and calculated which parachutes we can use. We looked at parachutes to buy and once again reconsidered the advantages of a flutter tape because that would … Weiterlesen …
CanSat: Thoughts on Parachutes and Preparing for Public Relations with a Flyer
We met this monday and talked about the CanSat workshop for supervisors. Our teacher gave us the necessary information so that we can build our satellite as well as possible and comply with all regulations. We made our first considerations as to how we could slow down the CanSat in … Weiterlesen …
CanSat: Parts List and Simplified Communication via GitHub
We continued with the preparation of our satellite, revised the parts list and thought about how to best implement our ideas. To do this, we had to think how we set it up and which parts can be installed so that it is not too expensive but still work well. … Weiterlesen …
CanSat: Kick-Off and First Drafts
The kick-off with the other teams took place on October 25th, at the beginning it was mainly about the rules of the competition and then the teams introduced themselves. We presented ourselves as pirates. HARRR!!! 😉 A short explanation to our mission: As pirates we depend on the open seas. … Weiterlesen …
CanSat: A new Challenge for Team MAI
This year, we – Catrina, Sophie, Michael, Nikolai, Raphael, Lucian and David – want to take part in a new competition, the CanSat in Bremen. To do this, we have to build a mini satellite the size of a beverage can, which then has to complete two missions. The first … Weiterlesen …