Lab 04- Wing assembly and final connections

For this weeks lab, me and my team finished assembling the wings and used fiberglass tape to the edges of the wings so it is more structurally sound when in flight or landing. We also finished soldering the D-Sub connectors and installed them to the fuselage of the aircraft. Also we fixed the broken D-Sub from last lab and made sure each pin on that fixed D-Sub worked so we dotnt have to spend money and buy a new one. This was another case of improvising and problem sovling.

Step 1: First I started working on the wings and started using this fiberglass adhesive tape on the leading and trailing edge on both wings. This helps protects the wing from debris damage and dents. I also taped the engine nacelle and fused both top and bottom halves of the wings together while stuffing and arraging the ECS and servo wires into the wing. I attached the wing to the black assembly pice with the D-Sub.

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Image 1: Shows the left wing having the fiberglass adhesive taped on for damage resistance as well as keeping the two wings together. This tape prevents dents from debris hitting the wing in any circumstance.

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Image 2: Shows the D-sub soldered and connected to the ECS as well as the black wing connector which will be installed on the whole wing after fitting the servos as well as fiberglass taping the engine nacelles.

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Image 3: Shows second half of wing opened for the servo wire as well as the black wing connector to be installed. After threading the servo wire into the wing, I taped the engine nacelle together as well as installing the black connector to complete the wing

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Image 4: Shows how the engine nacelle is wrapped with fiberglass tape and so is the edges of the wing. This keeps the wing together and so it can be installed into the wing.

Step 3: After finishing the left wing, we did the same for the right wing and then screwed on the servo arms to the wings and soldered the Battery, D-Sub fuselage, Servos, and CubePilot hardware into the main fuselage so that it may connect to the wings.

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Image 5: Shows the servo arm connected to the servo actuator that is connected to the wing surface for the ailerons.

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Image 6: Shows the tailer servo, D-sub, Battery, and CubePilot wires all soldered into the two D-subs, The Cubepilot is there all the channels for the aircraft are and the wires for the components of the plane are connected to this as well at the D-subs.

Overall, this lab helped me connect the dots for where each component goes and how the Believer drone comes together. After working on the wings and installing the D-subs into the airframe, it all clicked for me for the next and final steps for this drone. Each step in this lab process was crucial to understand how each component works and how teamwork is important when challenges occur.

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