Huzzah! A man of quality!! Goodness I love Ace Combat!! I personally think the original X-02 from Ace Combat 04 would be awesome. Glad to see a fellow ace 🤙🏼
I bought and printed on as soon as I saw your teaser last week. This thing really is beautiful. Can’t wait to fly mine. Love this 3D printed content. Thanks!
As for suggestions, I wouldnt have mind if you made this episode longer. Show some more flying and let us hear Josh talk about it when he flies. Would also have liked to see what stuff that was put into it, and how. As for a new challenge, I would love to see you try to make a finless, foamboard flying wing.
This thing looks super interesting. You know I under utilize 3D printers at school, and haven’t yet flown a wing. This could be a cool first look! Also Matt you did well on the review! If you wouldn’t mind me saying tho, more additional details would be nice on the flight characteristics of the model. Technical data understand is redundant since one could just look that up, and idk, maybe its just me, but I’d love highs or lows on turn nature, climb, speed! Just a few extra picks and licks to get a solid objective understanding on what this bird can do or offer. Thanks for the video guys!
3d printed planes are still heavier then traditional balsa build up models; its just that complex shapes are easier and making identical ones is trivial. And pla is also more brittle in cold weather and can not tolerate to much heat either; none of that affects balsa.
@@cmulder002 But balsa self destructs on landing and is very time consuming to build. Planes can be too light, I often add ballasts to my 3D printed sailplanes and they perform very similarly to my (expensive AF) composite sailplanes. (They have slightly less glide (but still plenty) and thermal a little slower, both of theses are because of surface finish, not weight.) They are 1/12 the price and 95% of the performance, it's a no brainier. I use carbon string infused ABS, the parts are often too rigid even with no internal bracing and my profiles are only 2 walls thick usually. They are lighter than many balsa models, but if your perfect with balsa you could shave 2% max. And the plane is built while I sleep 👌, more time flying, less time building, and isn't that kinda the point of the hobby, to fly.
@@index7787 good that my balsa planes are to old to remeber how to "Self destruct" on "landing" ;) The chinese (B)arf models are not a good example of balsa construction. And yes its easier to ballast a model like slope soaring pilots do depending on conditions but really difficult to reduce weight for calm conditions. Time consuming depends, i have 24 hours in a day and choose to use some of that time on my hobby.
@@cmulder002 I have printed 4 of these exact planes. The last two have been perfect and I can honestly say were lighter and stronger than I could have done out of Balsa. I think the limit in printing these and the reason why it's 1.6 meters instead of 2 which would be more ideal is the size of most people's printers I think the next one I do is going to be 2 meter and will have a much better wing loading.
For anybody wondering more about 3d printing the melting plastic type is called fdm there’s also resin printers such as sla and dlp they both use UV CURE resin and a light to cure it
This is a FANTASTIC model. Mine was made from PLA and I took it to FliteFest 2019 It was out in the sun all day and did fine. But... when I left it in the tent one of the ailerons warped. Also, I hand launch mine and it is pretty easy. It would be even easier with a buddy to help. With the new LW-PLA this would be even lighter and fly better.
I always like to see cartoon planes come to life as in Porco Rossa and Tail Spin. Dark wing was a personal fave. Please get back to that kind of content. If you have the skills to create them, they make excellent memories and make my kids laugh.
There was an episode on Mythbusters, where they took a Ford Taurus and put dimples (golf ball style) in the exterior panels and got improved gas mileage. If you can 3D print a planes panels, could you add golf ball style indents to the wing surfaces to improve air drag and possibly stability?
apparently the shape of fish scrubs reduces drag; there have been experiments where a foil was made and it did reduce drag.. Will it work on model planes is more difficult to say because models fly a lot slower then full size and at much lower wing loading (landing speed and wing loading are related) and the "thickness" of the air is still the same for both big plane and small. Making a 3d printed model plane with a surface that has either dimples or fish scrubs shapes is relative simple; its most the cad design to include it. Printing the result will be more time consuming and likely better done with a smaller extruder nozzle then the common .4mm diameter one but no different then any other print otherwise. If you have the skills and time to do the design (or can bribe another one;) then go for it and see what happens just make sure you have a identical models with a smooth surface too so you have a reference to check performance changes against.
Would have liked to hear a little more on specs. What is the print time? Build time? What filaments are recommended? Overall wingspan? Required filament amount?
@@cmulder002 if your printer works well, yeah. I imagine this takes quite a few build plates to print on a prusa or ender 3 sized machine. I wonder if they offer different files for people to use with bigger printers. I've got a couple Delta printers that can do 370x450mm very fast with 0.8mm nozzles for strength.
@@elementdw the time laps show 4 wing sections and a center section in a single print session. Each wing half is 6 sections so that would make for 3 prints. assuming its a 24 hour "ish" print time each that would make for a 3/ 4 day print. That is faster then it takes to get a order shipped to you and if you use the provided g-codes the preparation time for each print session would be a few min if that. the second one would be even faster if you keep the g-codes saved on your printer.
@@cmulder002 3 days is cool, but with 0.4 nozzle and same print settings as my other machines, my delta does a print in 9 hours that takes 27 on an ender 5 plus. With 0.8 nozzle I can probably print these in a day with added strength, but might weigh slightly more
@@cmulder002 Ive printed four of these now and only the last two have been perfect. Anyone can print them but to print them well, as light and strong as possible on any printer takes some work.
@Dick Fageroni Nope I meant Horten, northrop never used (non-linear) wing twist to achieve bell-shaped lift distribution. www.amaflightschool.org/sites/default/files/219072.pdf
@@MrJLouw Or you're like me and throw engines on everything. If I build one of these it's gonna be OS powered. Probably a 15LA, they're cheap and reliable. Might also modify the center section in CAD to make mounting the engine closer to CG easier(I had to add something like 300 grams to the nose of my STRIX Alatus to get it to balance on an Enya 09 ._. ))
@@pheenix42 They ought to, with all the research that Bowers did lately, their dream is slowly coming true. I am actually designing my own rc glider inpired heavily from their work, as their designs were my idols of perfect planes as a kid, but Im doing it with better airfoil and the twist that the guys at Nasa calculated few years ago. Hortens were my kind of dreamers.
Just an FYI - You don't need a bungee to launch this aircraft. It is VERY easy to launch it by hand. Just hold it by the keel, throw it with a +20% pitch angle and apply full throttle. Here's how I do it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CnVPvvSZEak.html
Would love to see how well it handles a little scraggle. If flying an FPV wing proximity you aren't doing it "right" if you aren't "brushing" some trees :)
That is sick. White flitetest needs to do now is make 3d printed speed build kits. Just imagine being able to make an rc jet or a b2 stealth bomber. And then, they should team up with ramy rc and make a carbon fiber rc plane
DAMN STRAIGHT! I want to see one of these wings with an OS 10FSR, 10FP, 10LA on the back. Currently working on a nitro ALATUS myself; Enya 09 IV on the back. Need to bench run it with this APC 7-6P and see if I need to cut the prop down or not.
3D Printing has come a long way in a short time!! I like this concept. I just wish I had a 3D Printer, or any knowledge of how to use one... or a friend with one. 😞 This is one of many things I'd love to try. Carmine ✈🚂🚙
I got in the hobby for less than 200$. Bought a Creality Ender3 on Aliexpress when it was discounted for 158$. A few spools of filament (1kg for 10$) and you are good to go.
Will you please try the GASB series of printied aircraft. The GASB-One is a flying wing the is 9pc. And does not require glue. Check it out and please review. It is my go to printed wing. Find them on thingiverse by Carletto73
More of thos new products that are not just innovative but repeatable we all crash and we all need to repair unless there's no more parts then your SOL thanks HorizonHobby... just a personal call out on almost every old model I own from them... 🍻 cheers 🥃
this thing should be no more than 400/500 grams, consider that a 1Kg spool PLA, ABS or PETG costs about 20 to 30 US$/€ depending on the quality... Although i've no idea if they used an exotic material but, considering they are selling the models themself, I think it is one of the mentioned above. In a nutshell if you already have a decent 3d printer it is actually a very cheap frame that can be repaired section by section indefinetely
Good news for you and @PoorManRC, John Overstreet has a great looking Spitfire in his lineup that should be coming out soon. Check out his Instgram page for updates on all of his projects, most of which will be available through FT. He's @trieditathomeofficial
@@mikestevens3570 Yeah sorry I hate those literal replies and then did one, I thought someone might be interested without having to search. Give someone an inch and they take 1609.344m eh.
That thing looks nice, but I can't shake the feeling that if I built one it'd shake itself to pieces before it got off the ground. Is it sturdy enough to withstand the vibrations of a two stroke?
I'm betting that it wouldn't be able to handle how hot a video TX gets. Prints melt if they get hot and that looks to be only a single perimeter or maybe two. Video transmitters get super hot.
@@nemocheerio They say it is designed for FPV. Plastics like ABS and polypropylene can handle up to 100 celsius, and polycarbonate can handle up to 120, I don't know if a VTX gets that hot. I would like to see how stable this wing is without the vertical fins.
Cool! I would love to see a foam board X-02 Wyvern (from Ace Combat 04) with the switchblade wings. I than amazing design and would be super cool to see it fly. Also, how can I get more involved with Flite test? Anything more on top of being subscribed to the channel?
I’ve been following Eclipson for awhile. They have a free design on thingiverse you can try. Thanks for the vid, but I agree maybe just a tad more info, got me pretty close to sealing the deal, but not quite there yet. Have to say, I wish Eclipson would come up with a different hinge system, maybe CA hinges like 3dPrint lab. So thanks for the interesting topic, just a little more info/length and it would have been spot on. (Off to buy some STLs, yea, the 5% sold it for me.) 😜
@@MasterControl90original it does matter...if the print cant take a moderately rough landing you will spend more time rebuilding than flying. The ability to print parts is a huge plus, but everyone would rather be flying
@@woogieman02 well surely it is faster to repair and glue together a foam plane, 3d printed ones should instead be considered more like those "boutique" rc models so not something for a beginner. Anyway it's not like it is gonna break at the first vaguely not so perfect landing but surely it is gonna shatter if it goes straight down
As much as i love the clear 3d printed look, it would be cool to cover that baby with some type of glue and wrap it with a heat shrink skin to make it extra durable.
Would become to heavy; there is a reason this already needs a bungee start setup to get the higher speed for takeoff. Then better take the negative and print a mold to make a glass fibre / epoxy layup version.