Hey all.
Seems like folks are posting builds here so here goes. I'm fairly new to the hobby and, like many others, I found it very annoying to have to adjust all the components to balance. I'm not sure I'll use the battery/motor combo shown, which would throw off the balance. Currently drastically under-powered. Also I'm kind of weird about making things permanent in my projects. My solution, which seems to work very well, was to modify the parts to add M3 screw clamps. This lets you move the parts around easily as needed, then clamp them down in place. I was surprised what light screw pressure was required to lock the parts in place. Just had to snug them down gently. No glue except on the foamy bits. The flex in the clamps also allow the parts to fit nicely onto arrow shafts of slightly different diameter. I'm printing SLA so mods like this might not work well in FDM. YMMV.
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Wing back
- Lengthened and fattened the little rubberband grabbies. Also beveled the rear edges to not cut the rubber band.
- Down-facing M3 screw clamp
- Fillets! "You get a fillet! You get a fillet! Everybody gets FILLETS!!!!!" Sharp internal corners make stress cracks, which was a concern in SLA. Turned out not to be a problem but it's a little prettier.
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Wing Front, the "star of the show"
- Beveled, bigger rubberband grabbies.
- M3 clamp offset to allow use of original landing gear holes.
- Fillets, fillets and more fillets
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Tail wire:
- Thickened a bit to fit width of typical M3 screw head
- Clamp
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4ch servo holder:
- Clamp on only one side. Might be good to add a little slit to the other loop to let it 'flex' around different shaft sizes.
- Fillets
- My 5g servos didn't fit so I had to use 3.7g. What's the deal with that?
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Holder:
- Clamp
- Fillet
- Would also benefit from a flexure slit on the fixed side
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Ailerons, naturally.
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I'm like, 90% sure the little Blue Wonder isn't gonna' cut it. I didn't use the printed motor mount because:
1) I don't like how it looks
2) It's an arrow. Make it an arrowhead. So I turned that on the lathe. Particularly well suited for this 'hole'-mounted motor type. Blue Loctite.
- Printed wheels also visible. Haven't secured those yet.
- Gyro, because I'm a coward
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- 'Wing rear' and 'Tail Wire' parts, clamped in place.
I'm using 3/32 TIG wire for the gear. Not sure if that's going to cut it.
MIG wire driving rudder/elevator. I think I'll probably replace that or put it inside a tube.
