[Autosail] Action Items

[Trevor McKee]

thanks Will!

congrats to team for all the work already done so far.

Aug 13 is close...  with respect to potential funding sources (and due to
fact that I may not be able to be that physically present for lots of
things), I'd be willing to help on the financial back-end to maybe do
something like set up a hacksail PayPal account and put in some seed funds
to it, then spam potential donors (perhaps we can have a publicly facing
page on the knowledge.hacklab.to wiki we could use for "promotional"
purposes?), to try to raise external funding? what does the team think to
the idea of sponsorship logos on certain parts of the exterior of the
boat,  sort of a la Nascar type decals? or are we not talking so much money
that it's maybe just better to self-fund and avoid crass commercialization?

spamming potential equipment /parts / robotics / government funding sources
is something I can contribute to,  should that be of interest to the
team...?

I'll try to post a similar question to Slack, maybe under a "financials"
tab...?

a proper name (besides hast) would help... I like the sound of "hacksail"
as it incorporates Hacklab (and mit-style hacking) and sail, but maybe I'm
being too simplistic...?

- T
On Jul 7, 2016 22:52, "William Gibson" <william.gibson.wg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello team!
>
> For those who weren't able to make it to the meeting yesterday, I'm hoping
> to help guide you into what is going on, so that you can start working as
> soon as possible! Join us on Slack <http:///>! Meeting minutes are posted
> there.
>
> We have 11 weeks until race day (as of Saturday), and due to the
> *colossal* amount of risk in this project, want to have construction of *hardware
> and software* by the *five week mark*. That's *August 13th*.
> I expect three weeks of hardware/software integration, leaving 3 weeks of
> slack for optimization, race tactics, and for when our deadlines slip.
>
> The philosophy I pushed at the meeting were: *simplicity first* and *low
> risk*.
> There are a billion cool things we can do with this platform - but it has
> to *work,* before we go down the rabbit hole optimizing it. To minimize
> risk, look at what is conventional - if 95% of model sailboats are a
> certain way, there is probably a good reason.
>
>
>
> Work is progressing on getting hull plans ready for laser cutting -
> perhaps as early as next week, thanks to lots of effort by Norm and Mark L.
>
> I am working on getting a version of Ardupilot set up with some empty
> functions for the various software components that are to be constructed.
>
> Lots of thought is going into the various sensors we must have, and would
> like to have; the materials we can make the sails out of, etc.
>
> Below is the exhaustive(-ish) list of action items, distilled from the
> meeting minutes, as I see them. Some points may change based on the outcome
> of others!
>
> Thanks everyone - this is gonna be fun!
> -Will
>
>
> HAST *unassigned* action items
>
>    -
>
>    Think of names for boat and/or team (because HAST sucks)
>    -
>
>    Consider sources of funding? Self-fund, ads, sponsors..?
>    -
>
>    What camera can we use & works well with Ardupilot
>    -
>
>    Wireless connection to ground station - investigation
>    -
>
>    Drum vs Arm type of servo for rigging - investigation
>    -
>
>    Track down a canoe/kayak/inflatable and paddles we can use to rescue
>    the boat
>    -
>
>    Bling! Definitely necessary. No flamethrowers though.
>
>
> HAST action items
>
>    -
>
>    Keel casting (Mark V, Alan)
>    -
>
>    Wind Sensor (Alan, Norm, Mark L)
>    -
>
>    Hull
>    -
>
>       Plans (Norm, Mark V)
>       -
>
>       Laser cutting balsa (Will, ?)
>       -
>
>       Skeleton construction (everyone!!)
>       -
>
>       Skinning with balsa (everyone!!)
>       -
>
>       Fiberglassing (?)
>       -
>
>       Painting (?)
>       -
>
>       Waxing (?)
>       -
>
>       Rudder & servo (?)
>       -
>
>       Rigging & servo (?) [advanced!!]
>       -
>
>    Sails
>    -
>
>       Continue parallel investigation of wingsail and Bermuda rig (main +
>       jib) sails (Mark L, ?)
>       -
>
>       Construct mast, boom, etc
>       -
>
>       Construct and grommet sail
>       -
>
>    Liase with RC sailboat group here in Toronto (Mark V)
>    -
>
>    Ardupilot
>    -
>
>       Determine which hardware we should get. Requirements are relatively
>       lax – sailboats act much more slowly than a quadcopter.
>       -
>
>       Overall software (Will)
>       -
>
>       Sensor integration (?)
>       -
>
>       Camera integration (?)
>       -
>
>       PID Tuning (Will)
>       -
>
>       Testing (Rob)
>       -
>
>       Ground Station (?) - sets target waypoints, relays and displays
>       sensors
>       -
>
>          Modify ardupilot ground station to plot ship's next planned
>          waypoint(s) – coordinate with Navigator team. [optional]
>          -
>
>       “Navigator” (Will, Rob, Ravi) - computes sail-able waypoints to
>       achieve target waypoints
>       -
>
>       “Helmsman” (?) - Steers boat to achieve next sail-able waypoint.
>       -
>
>          Should handle cross track error, course over ground, bearing,
>          heading (XTE, COG, BRG, HDG, etc).
>          -
>
>       “Trimmer” (?) - Trims (sets) the sails, open loop control [LUT]
>       -
>
>          Investigate how we could close the loop on sail control – e.g.
>          strain gauges on mast, force sensor on rigging. Not sure what is required
>          or sufficient. [advanced!! optional]
>          -
>
>    Procurements
>    -
>
>       Mast / spars
>       -
>
>       Rigging [fishing equipment]
>       -
>
>       Balsa, other wood (Emma)
>       -
>
>       Modelmaking supplies [T-pins, etc]
>       -
>
>       Fiberglass and epoxy
>       -
>
>       Paint [colours? Stencil for boat name, logo, etc?]
>       -
>
>       CA glue (Will, ?)
>       -
>
>       Servos
>       -
>
>       Ardupilot hardware
>
>
>
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