TheDaringPilot
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All 8 pieces of the wing done! Fuselage / gondola too!
Weight without electronics, flat control surfaces, and flat wingtips: (619 grams)
Fuselage was printed in PLA because that part suffers from severe warping. PLA is not as heat resistant but at least the engine firewall will be PETG.
The whole wing is PETG, red and jet gray. Where the wings meet each other with the fuselage you can clearly see significant warping because they are warping in opposite directions which makes it look worse.
I will not be reprinting the warped parts unless something doesn’t fit, or it changes the airfoil. It used an excessive amount of filament and time. I will be filling the warped gaps with either foam putty, hot glue, or only using duck tape to keep the airfoil.
Wingtips and control surfaces will be the same as the original Versa Wing, but made of wood instead of 3D printing. Will be using a 3D printed template as a guide for the wood wingtips.
Weight without electronics, flat control surfaces, and flat wingtips: (619 grams)
Fuselage was printed in PLA because that part suffers from severe warping. PLA is not as heat resistant but at least the engine firewall will be PETG.
The whole wing is PETG, red and jet gray. Where the wings meet each other with the fuselage you can clearly see significant warping because they are warping in opposite directions which makes it look worse.
I will not be reprinting the warped parts unless something doesn’t fit, or it changes the airfoil. It used an excessive amount of filament and time. I will be filling the warped gaps with either foam putty, hot glue, or only using duck tape to keep the airfoil.
Wingtips and control surfaces will be the same as the original Versa Wing, but made of wood instead of 3D printing. Will be using a 3D printed template as a guide for the wood wingtips.