My first 3D printed plane - Avro Vulcan

[CarolineTyler]

Working on dialing in the print settings and it's looking pretty good...
Do you know what it will be yet?

 

[The Fopster]

Working on dialing in the print settings and it's looking pretty good...
Do you know what it will be yet?
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Please let it be a Vulcan... 🤞

 

[CarolineTyler]

Please let it be a Vulcan... 🤞

It sure is!!!!!! What a glorious plane.

 

[The Fopster]

It sure is!!!!!! What a glorious plane.

If it's the one on RCGroups with a 50mm fan I will be following very closely. Good luck! Print looks great so far...

 

[CarolineTyler]

If it's the one on RCGroups with a 50mm fan I will be following very closely. Good luck! Print looks great so far...

Yes, it's that one and from the videos I've seen, it seems to fly great!

 

[The Fopster]

Yes, it's that one and from the videos I've seen, it seems to fly great!

Then I'm crossing my fingers for you. Hoping to make one myself someday, but I need to sharpen up my flying skills first. Enjoy the build!

 

[CarolineTyler]

First two actual parts printed. As my printer is not huge the inside parts of the delta have to be printed in two parts.
Since the white PLA I'm using has slightly different properties of the black I was testing with (both were Amazon basics PLA) it took a couple more prints to dial in the settings for a decent quality print.
Thin walled printing is pretty demanding on the printer.

 

[OliverW]

A guy I've messaged quite a bit through Instagram made a few of these. Said that they fly fantastically

 

[CarolineTyler]

A guy I've messaged quite a bit through Instagram made a few of these. Said that they fly fantastically

That's good news 😊

 

[CarolineTyler]

Left wing building...

 

[CarolineTyler]

Left wing apart from the control surfaces printed. Love how this is going...

 

[LitterBug]

May it Live Long And Prosper!

 

[CarolineTyler]

May it Live Long And Prosper!

At least to the end of the maiden 😂

 

[LitterBug]

I have a pilot looking for a new ride

 

[CarolineTyler]

It's becoming crowded on my little build desk!

 

[quorneng]

Nice Vulcan.
My fear with printed structures like is not the 'flight' strength but its crash resistance coupled with the difficulty of repair when you do!

 

[CarolineTyler]

Nice Vulcan.
My fear with printed structures like is not the 'flight' strength but its crash resistance coupled with the difficulty of repair when you do!

Well, it's easy to reprint any broken bits but I expect a 'proper' crash scene with bits littered everywhere! 😂

 

[CarolineTyler]

Getting there...

 

[CarolineTyler]

And my 3D printer died just before I could print the control surfaces.
There will now be a week delay whilst awaiting a replace motherboard for my chesp-arse printer

 

[LitterBug]

Aint that how it always works?? I need to replace the hotend temp sensor on mine. No strain relief, so unless I re-engineer the wire routing it will be a recurring problem.