Minutes of ERPS General Meeting #303
04 April 2005
The President called the meeting to order at 8:38 PM. Members present were
Nate Dietrich, Rick Eversole, Sean Lynch, Pierce Nichols, Julie Porter, Dan
Solvin, Michael Wallis, Dave Weinshenker, and Chris Winter.
Reports and discussion on agenda items were as follows:
DOCUMENTATION
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Chris Winter
Chris reported one nibble RE: his 20 e-mails about the arm, but no real
interest.
Chris will not have a data CD-ROM ready in time for Space Access '05.
It
obviously is better to postpone completion than to rush a shoddy product
out the door.
INFOTECH
--------
Sean Lynch
The ERPS Web site is becoming the target of multiple extraneous links.
Sean reported that an upgrade to Version 3 of Moin-Moin should eliminate
this problem.
LIAISONS
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Michael Wallis
Michael reported observing a turbine-powered model FA-18 on the
previous
weekend, and suggested this might be a good source of propulsion info for
Gizmocopter.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Michael Wallis
Nothing to report
TREASURER
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Rick Eversole
We are short of money.
We continue to operate without a budget for the remainder of fiscal
year
2004.
CHIEF SCIENTIST
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Kevin Bollinger
Nothing to report
FLIGHT CONTROLS
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Dave Masten
See Gizmocopter
PROPELLANTS/SPARGER/FF
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Pierce Nichols
Dave W reported that construction is moving ahead on a production
version
of the HTP refrigerator.
REGULATORY
AFFAIRS
-------
Dave Weinshenker
Nothing to report
SAFETY
------
Dave Masten
Safety is AOK.
TESTING
-------
Dave Masten
Nothing to report
**** PROJECTS
Composites
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Kevin Bollinger
Nothing to report
Gizmocopter
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Sean Lynch
Some changes are in the works for Gizmocopter. One is more suitable
motors. Dave W proposed using an available bench supply with adjustable
output to run parametric thrust/voltage tests on some motors, measuring the
thrust with a bathroom scale.
KISS
----
Dan Solvin
Nothing to report
POGO
----
Dave Masten
Nothing to report
SMARTFLIGHT
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Dave Weinshenker
Dave hopes to fly payload for Pierce (for a school project) at the next
Fresno launch series over the weekend of 16-17 April. The next option is
Dairy-Aire a month later.
Spike
-----
Sean Lynch
Nothing to report
NEW BUSINESS
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The cleaning service has started up in Unit 23.
Meeting #301 adjourned at 8:49 PM. The next meeting will take place at 8 PM
on 3 May at our facility in Santa Clara. Watch the list for driving
directions.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris Winter
Secretary, ERPS
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