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Yes, Andrew’s plane flew very well. I reckon he is happy with it and we’ll get to see it flying at the field a lot more.
Yes Gerald. A few starts and stops on the inside wing pieces as they kept on lifting at the skinny end.
However, I came up with a working solution.
In original position on the bed, the skinny end is not very close to the heating element and I measured the temp at that point to be 25-30 deg. I think the cooler temp causes that end to lift as the job progresses.
I resized the printing area to 300 x 300, moved the job to the center of the bed and increased the bed temp. The fibreglass sheet seems to drop the surface temp by about 10 deg. I also roughed up the area where the skinny end is printed with sandpaper and applied a bit of glue stick.
The print comes out perfect and you almost need a crowbar to lift the skinny end when the job is complete! 🙂
Amazing what a bit of CA, CA kicker and 3D printing can do….
I was able to repair the fuselage and only needed to reprint the wings 🙂
Yes, the slow motion is excellent. So, I reckon the prop broke when it hit the ground. Surprisingly, the bottom of the fuselage where the wing connected is not damaged at all so the rubber bands must have done their job.
Here is the video for setting up flaperons and using Global Variables in OpenTX and OpenTX Companion
The author shows how to set it up using Jumper T16, then he goes over how to set it up using the OpenTX Companion software which is the way he recomends.
Might be a short video but great footage Gerald.
After closer inspection of the Zero, I think I will be able to repair the broken tail so I’ll only need to print replacement wings and nose cone.
A great day flying today with perfect conditions and thanks to Kermit for cooking another delicious BBQ.
As discussed around the BBQ today, here is a link to the fibreglass sheets to help with 3D printing:
And here is an AU link to where they can be purchased. I have ordered three to see how they go.
Great write up Bodge. Thank you for those fine words capturing today’s drama.
And drama it was!
I was on the second lap of the first race and I noticed my sails stopped working. Thanks to Phil for assisting in directing my boat back to the jetty.
After promptly removing the hatch to see what was going on with the winch servo, I was greeted with smelly smoke billowing from the hull. I didn’t think it was meant to do that so I immediately unplugged the battery.
A fire may have been prevented due to the watertight (airtight) hull starving it from oxygen. Phew!
Here is a photo of the damage.
Luckily, I have a spare DF65 winch servo so a quick clean up, deoderise and servo replacement and I’ll be back next DF65 Tuesday.
Congratulations to the podium places in today’s classes. Great sailing indeed.
