I designed this after Josh issued a challenge to the community to create an EDF Thrust Vectoring Unit. I have no idea if it will win the challenge, but the plan is for them to promote the use of the device of whoever wins, at FF 2024. its a great design, and a very simple one to print and assemble. Let me know of you need any assistance getting it working.
Ask, and you shall receive!
Congratulations on winning the Flite Test award on you thrust vectoring edf. Really an innovative design, but I still like the Quickie the best.
I'm printing a second setup this evening, the first one split at the layer lines about 1/2" up on the nozzle when mounting to the thrust tube. I will try increasing temps and try another in PETG. Considering how tight the fit is, would a relief split on the nozzle side benefit the installation process? Perhaps 3 - 120 degrees out?
if after sanding the ball joint, the fit is still too tight, you could probably dremel a relief or split in the nozzle side. I do not think that would change the overall functionality.
I have not yet been successful in getting this to work, each variation has split (even with a relief) when installing except for the PETG-CF, however I need to dry it before printing again because it came out very stringy. I'll try with regular PETG and ABS as well, I really want to have at least one functional before FF.
Which printer do you have? And have you downloaded the latest files? I have gcode for my Ender 5 plus to print PLA if that is compatible with your setup.
