Awe man, that sucks!!! (we need a dislike button!...)no i did not use their code, i just set everything manually. the silver filament is by far my fav. it has always been high quality for being PLA and does not seem to have a problem with grabbing ton's of moisture. the brand is "Dikale" and color is "silver." best of all it is CHEAP! LINKY
with that said, you may want to hold off for a bit. 3D printed planes are cool and the idea of them and the "just print a new part if you crash" sounds appealing, but in fact it is very impractical. once the plane is glued together you are not going to be able to just swap parts. if the plane crashes, chances are it will be totaled and you will just need to start all over.
don't ask me how i know...
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i was 100% correct on my assessment of how the flight would go. 100% chance of flight, 75% chance of catastrophic failure. it took off and flew beautiful, took some trim to get it straight but once dialed in it looked beautiful in the sky. it had a very slow roll rate but with the use of the rudder improved significantly and was able to do a loop no probs. i had it in the air for about 4 mins when i decided to do a stall test before trying to land. the one thing i had heard about this model is that it had a nasty tip stall tendency and i want to find out what it did before i was too close to the ground to recover. so i pointed it towards the sky, pulled back the throttle and pulled on the elevator. all was good, then it tipped hard left and went into a death spiral almost immediatly. i pointed the nose at the ground, gave it some throttle, and tried to pull out. about half way to the ground the right wing folded (damn orange filament) and the rest was inevitable.
i think i will maybe try and print another in just silver but it may be a bit. this took multiple days to print and assemble and only getting 1 flight is just too much work. we will see...
laters,
me
Have you thought about acetone for disassembly? It shouldn't affect the PLA.3D printed planes are cool and the idea of them and the "just print a new part if you crash" sounds appealing, but in fact it is very impractical. once the plane is glued together you are not going to be able to just swap parts. if the plane crashes, chances are it will be totaled and you will just need to start all over.
It is a sexy bird though, gotta say. I was also looking at their wings like @kilroy07 is building. They have some nice designs.
- it is heavier gauge (1.5mm skins with chunky ribs) with two 3mm steel rods through the wing as tie bars - it is an experiment!
A quick question, was it layer adhesion or did the wing separate on a glue joint?
Have you thought about acetone for disassembly? It shouldn't affect the PLA.
Try the paint department at your local Lowes/Menards, you should find a quart can of it (much better than nail polish remover which probably has oils in it.) I have not tried goof-off... does it affect cyanoacrylate glues?well, so far i have tried what i got and nothing has worked. denatured alcohol and carb cleaner can be scratched off the list. will try and find some pure acetone (beauty supply?) because my daughters nail polish remover did not, or maybe try some Goof Off.
it would be nice to save this section.
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like i said i have already started the next print. i am currently using;
Creality CR-10S+ w/PLA, Simplify3D as my slicer, Eclipson's print settings, and it is almost 18hrs in total time to print just the fuselage.
laters,
me
nope. i have the custom settings in place but on this current print i increased my flow rate to 110% and it seems to have made a huge improvement. we will see.
as for printer improvements, i haven't done anything other than replace a nozzle or two. i ordered quieter fans for the box but haven't bothered to replace the stock ones yet. they are a little noisy but i don't care. when they fail i have spares. i have been a little annoyed by the filament feed so i did order this the other day... Extruder Drive.
laters,
me