Christmas is Coming! Challenge
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Sweet setup - positively love the flippable table(I may very likely copy the idea
). I was also looking into the Ox at first, but sourcing the parts across the Atlantic got to be a bit prohibitive due to freight and custom taxes. The MPCNC parts can be printed/sourced locally anywhere with a few adjustments to the printed parts, and since I don't expect to have to route in anything heavier than liteply, the MPCNC can very easily be extended to a work area of 700x1000mm, equal to a Depron sheet, simply by using longer tubes pieces. If I go with 25mm stainless tubing, it should even hold up to some light aluminum work at that size. Your rig clearly has potential for better accuracy than the MPCNC though, no question; Those plastic parts will flex a bit. Should I at some point need to cut steel sheet, this will be my solution:
Well, enough off-topic. Hope you don't mind.
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Hahah, your house is going to need an exorcist now if you have fiends on your wall.
The CNC is really nice, but I cut out a lot of planes before I got one. All part of the fun. It's cool to have a project with the whole family chipping in.Heh, yeah, if only. It's harder than it sounds. Running a camera takes a bit of skill to not only keep steady, but keep the plane in frame and in focus. Best I can do so far is the GoPro head cam.
Video of the bigger maiden flight did finally finish uploading last night:
Sweet setup - positively love the flippable table(I may very likely copy the idea
I was also looking into the Ox at first, but sourcing the parts across the Atlantic got to be a bit prohibitive due to freight and custom taxes. The MPCNC parts can be printed/sourced locally anywhere with a few adjustments to the printed parts, and since I don't expect to have to route in anything heavier than liteply, the MPCNC can very easily be extended to a work area of 700x1000mm, equal to a Depron sheet, simply by using longer tubes pieces. If I go with 25mm stainless tubing, it should even hold up to some light aluminum work at that size. Your rig clearly has potential for better accuracy than the MPCNC though, no question; Those plastic parts will flex a bit.
The MPCNC looks like a pretty good choice if you access to a 3D printer and only want to cut the light stuff. My rig was way overkill. Todd and Kevin, a couple of the foamboard CNC specialists are working on an open source MDF CNC machine that looks to be pretty awesome. It's targeted at cutting foamboard and price was supposed to be somewhere not much over $500. I think they're in the final prototyping stage, not sure when release will be though.
Blackbeltrrf
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This is totally awesome Localfiend! I am printing the plans now and hope to get something built before Christmas. I can't believe how this has taken off LOL
Blackbeltrrf
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Hmmm....I am printing the plans as "Tile Large Pages" Is it really like 95 pages because this is what is printing. Or am I doing something wrong.
Yeah, sounds like you've got some print settings off there. My plans include the cover pages, full size copies of the plans, and a section that's already tiled for you just like the FT plans.
It is a lot of pages for the big one at 8.5x11, but not 95 pages worth.
If you want to print only the pre-tiled selection you need to tell you printer that, and set the scale at 100%.
Haha. Thanks. My signature is way outdated. And so is my plans thread.... Too much work lol. :black_eyed:
CrazyRCJoe
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That's really cool.
dengar256
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My printer printed out both the full size plans and the tile plans. Seems to me it was around 40 pages for just the tiled plans.
The tiled part is 32 pages.
dengar256
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Quick update on my progress. I have half the templates cut out and hopefully start cutting foam tomorrow night. Here are the current family contributions to the project. The first thing are the bells my wife got for the sleigh. Next is the "magic" start my son made so that Santa can fly and last is a gift to go into the sled.
RC Sea Foam Guy
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Here you go:
* Added non tiled plans to pdf
Swappable Size Santa's Sleigh Beta v.1 - AIO
Increased the size by 60% which is pretty typical for a MM to C pack size difference. That puts it at 50 inches long, so still smaller than an explorer/sea duck. It moved from 2 sheets to 5. I think with the center spar it will be strong enough, but doubling up foam for the center section might not be a bad idea. Or you could just run a piece of wood or cheapo carbon arrow down the the backside of the reindeer for more stiffness.
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Wing loading will be really light, even if it takes two 2200mah batteries to balance. I think you can dump a lot of weight into the nose of this thing without affecting flight performance.
A standard size swappable power pod will fit right over the center spar. Or you can just use a simple firewall. Remove as much of the forward spar material as you want to give room for your electronics.
Should look a lot more like Santa and his Reindeer at this size from a distance, and should be able to float along instead of zip around.
I also got some graphics from Rasterize which I'll be using to draw up a different set of side plates. Should make it really easy to have it be awesome looking.
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Getting ready to cut out my template with the Santa from Rasterize. Thanks Localfriend and Rasterize.
I think this will be the centerpiece on the dining room table ... not sure if the wife will agree?
RC Sea Foam Guy
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After a lot of cutting, ... a whole lot of cutting.
Now to pick out the electronics?
Now to pick out the electronics?
Nope. Wife and I both caught it.... My deer are starting to add up the grams... I may go with 7 on the small builds.
Cheers!
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