Structures and Mechanisms Card Storming¶

Unsorted list of ideas¶

DIGITAL FABRICATION OF COMPONENTS AND MECHANISMS
AN OPEN PLATFORM OF STANDARDS (Like LEGOS)
PAYLOAD MOUNT FOR ARDUINOS
UPGRADED ELECTRONICS PAYLOAD STRUCTURES - LIKE FOR FIN-FACING CAMERAS
FABRICATION IN MAKERSPACES WITH LOCAL TOOLS
EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES
SOFTWARE TOOLS - CODECAD AND OPENSOURCECAD (CADQUERY)
COLLAPSIBLE AND EXPANDABLE MECHANISMS (“ORAGAMI ROCKET”)
THE “BLACK BOX” FOR MODEL ROCKET (CHEAP, DURABLE, RECOVERABLE, LIKE www.carbonorigins.com)
HARDWARE TOOLS AND JIGS
SCALABLE PARTS, AND THE ASSOCIATED STANDARDS FOR USING THEM
SOFTWARE - STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS TOOLS (LIKE FEA, NASTRAN, etc.)
(linked to propulsion as well) PROPULSION TEST STAND STRUCTURE
(stretching outside the box a bit) SCALE MODEL OF A SIMULATED LAUNCH COMPLEX. FULL GROUND OPS SIMULATION
(linked in to aerodynamics as well) FIN DESIGN BASED ON J’S MASTERS THESIS (OPTIMIZING SUPERSONIC STRUCTURES TO PREVENT FLUTTER)
STRUCTURAL TESTING (DESTRUCTIVE OR OTHERWISE)
STRUCTURAL DESIGN BEST PRACTICES FOR MANUFACTURING, AND OPERATIONS, (AKA LIFECYCLE CONSIDERATION)
STRUCTURAL INTERACTIONS WITH THE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
MATERIALS TESTING FORM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE (UV, THERMAL, (eventually) VACUUM
STRUCTURAL INCORPORATION OF A “MISSION OBJECTIVE” (like rube goldburg, or scientific experiment)
(linked to electrical/power) HOW TO INCORPORATE POWER STORAGE INTO STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
ADDRESSING REUSABILITY CONCERNS WITH RESPECT TO STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
HIGH-RELIABILITY RECOVERY SYSTEM (MECHANISMS)
(building on Legos idea) Modular model rocket kit (1 kit, several rockets; maybe based around NARTREK missions)
Structural Analysis software for both dynamic and static analysis
Launch Pad design/structures
Go extermely small size (Just how small can I get it?)
- sharing files, etc
- educational/entertainment
- very open source
Evaluation/research of tools and machines required to build rockets at scale we are looking at -> Toolset analysis
Make sure the materials research covers non-obvious choices (to us at least) like composites, etc
unconventional rockets, like rocket/jet-powered rotors