3D Printed 50mm EDF Jet Trainer

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telnar1236

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3D Printed 50mm EDF Jet Trainer - A small 3D printed trainer EDF

This is my 50mm EDF Jet trainer designed as a cheap and fairly easy to build alternative to store-bought jets. It is designed to be printed in either normal PLA or ABS and weighs in at 1100g ready to fly. It requires a 4s power system and can fly off a 1550 mAh to 2200 mAh pack. Top speed is 75 mph and it is fully aerobatic. The airplane is built using a modular system so that individual parts can easily be replaced without needing to replace the whole plane. It can take off from a runway...

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tomlogan1

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Must be my settings, but when I started printing using the settings in the instructions, my prints looked just like frames.
 

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telnar1236

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Must be my settings, but when I started printing using the settings in the instructions, my prints looked just like frames.
That's very odd. It might be something to do with the minimum feature size or wall generator settings. Turning on print thin walls and reducing the min feature size to less than 0.1" might fix it? Or if you're using Orca slicer, switching to the Arachne wall generator and again turning on print thin walls?
 

telnar1236

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Something else that you might run into would be with the extruder extra prime amount (Cura terminology) or extra length on restart (Orca slicer terminology). On the wings, you may have some minor issues with the walls not connecting properly if this value is zero (it seems to depend on the printer). If there are small holes at the seams, you may need to turn this value up to around 0.2 - 0.5 mm^3 or 0.1 - 0.25 mm (Cura is by volume and Orca slicer is by length). If it's too high, you can end up with big seam lines on the skin, but it can help make sure everything connects right if it isn't doing so.