Summary

Prior to this change, the level 2 interface handled setting the model's input defaults by a call to a utility function right before setup. Since at this point, it isn't possible to figure out what inputs are in the model, we called set_input_defaults on everything in the aircraft metadata. Unfortunately, if you promote an input that isn't in the model, OpenMDAO raises an error. Our original workaround was to create the "input_sink" component, which contained almost every variable in the metadata dictionary. This approach caused other problems that we have gradually discovered...

This PR is a re-implementation, where we delay calling set_input_defaults until the top group's configure method. At this point, we know all of our subsystem's inputs and can query them, so we no longer need the input_sink.

1. Removed the "input_sink" component from the AviaryProblem interface.
2. Implemented a custom top level group (AviaryGroup) with a configure method that handles setting the input defaults.
3. Fixed a test that added an objective that didn't exist in the model.

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