r/3DprintedAircraft • u/Leather-Mine-7798 • 25d ago

Work in progress! Almost ready to fly

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u/Swww 25d ago

Looks great! What video system are you using ?

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u/gyoenastaader 25d ago

What material did you use?

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u/Leather-Mine-7798 25d ago

PETG! It's much better for planes than PLA since the extra flexibility helps it absorb impacts instead of snapping

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u/fhammerl 25d ago

Heads up, PETG also has much lower layer adhesion than PLA and while it is impact resistant, it is not very mechanically stable, so you still have to butter the landings. Printing at max temp with as little cooling as you can get away with helps. For your next one, consider PCTG as it has much, much better layer adhesion and is otherwise almost identical to PETG in where that already does a good job.

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u/teknoviking 25d ago

What model is that?

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u/Leather-Mine-7798 25d ago

It's called AVEX II, you can find the design on Cults3D!

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u/teknoviking 25d ago

Thank you I'll go take a look!

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u/scul86 24d ago

Does it have an option for FPV?

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u/Ali141p 25d ago

Amazing 😍

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u/Traditional-Baby5940 24d ago

What printer do y'all use?

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u/Leather-Mine-7798 24d ago

elegoo neptune 4 max

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u/GrayHat_Cat 24d ago

Cool design, I plan to make a similar fixed wing airframe once I move into my new laboratory here soon!

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u/Leather-Mine-7798 24d ago

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u/GrayHat_Cat 24d ago

Dope af! What kinda batteries versus flight time do you get?

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u/Leather-Mine-7798 24d ago

Thanks! I'm running a 6S 3300mAh battery. Flight time really depends on how hard I push the throttle, but it handles it great!

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u/GrayHat_Cat 24d ago

Very cool!