I built her, now I got to fly her. Not everything went as planned... See the build video here: • Let's build the Eclips... Instagram: / hobbyfitz ------------------ Download the model at: eclipson-airplanes.com
The elliptical planform has a natural tendency to tip stall. It can be fixed with washout, progressive airfoil, etc. etc, but obviously was not fixed by the designer. It always goes one way because of precession, torque effect, P effect, and slipstream effect. and that's even if the print, and build are perfect. love your sense of humor.
Thank you for your video. I really appreciate how casual and relaxed your videos are. Life is pretty crazy right now, but your video really made life slow down for just a moment. Please keep up the great videos.
That rattle in the air is caused by the hatch vibrating. The retaining pin does not secure the canopy tight enough against the fuse and it will rattle at higher speeds. I experienced this with my Eclipson Model A. I used a rubber band on the canopy as a temporary fix and it eliminated the rattle. I plan on using magnets in the future for a permanent fix.
My ender 3 has been printing the wing for a couple days now. It's time to order the rest of the plane. I wanted to print this one to test the finish on the print. I'm satisfied with it so on with the show. Thanks for the videos. very enjoyable. The next print will be a P-39.
Darn! I was going to suggest reflexing the ailerons which would be say half as effective as similar washout but, hey, it might tame the tip stalls. The elliptical platform does reduce the weight of the wing tips but the sacrificed aerodynamics more than negates the gain. It was a nice looking plane and I bet it could be made to fly with manners with enough tinkering. Great vid!
The joys of 3D printing. My only gripe about printing, I that I have heard enough horror stories that I never allow my printer to print when I’m not home or when I’m asleep ... meaning any larger prints are printed only on the weekend. I may be overly cautious, but a 220C hot end makes me worry a bit if the printer goes into thermal runaway. Looking forward to the Mark II of the plane!
I don't recall ever hearing of a thermal runaway, but it is a good idea to monitor it. You can setup a camera and wifi power cut-off so you can monitor it when not in the room.
HobbyView I have a friend (running a Delta printer) that had one of the power ICs on the control board go ... Smokey mess that could easily been a fire. Just my PSA good deed for the day ;) Love the videos- keep em coming! Richard
Richard, I use a video camera on my printer that I can access remotely (I use Amcrest cameras), and I use a Wemo plug that I can control remotely. So if something happens to the print I can disable it.
Richard T, these parts seem to be relative quick prints because they only have one outer layer and perhaps no infill. A bit like a vase print. Perhaps you can even get away without retractions. I had a few normal objects printed without retractions, which also speeds up the print. I also don't let my printer unattended.
If you print the wheels slightly smaller , cut some rings from a push bike tube , one or two layers with have it gripping the tarmac better and get rid of the horrible plastic noise .
How familiar are you with flight controllers and such? I am building my first RC plane, the Blackwing, and I want to add lights (navigation lights on wingtips + at least one top and or bottom facing strobe) that can be controlled from the controller. I have a Matek F765 WING FC coming in and it sounds like I can use the Vsw pad, but I don't know anything about it. How do you think it should be wired up? I would imagine I want to hook some kind of bus up to that pad so that I can plug multiple lights in, or would it just be a matter of soldering all of the leads from all of the lights onto the appropriate Vsw pads (+/-)? In my mind, having a connector wired into that pad that you can plug multiple lights into makes the most sense but idk how to accomplish that...
I had a similar experience, heard something rattle, decided to fly on anyway and my motor fell out. Turned out the motor screws got loose because the PLA motormount deformed because of heat. No more motormount out of PLA for me.
It's called the CrazE Wing. Fun plane, I did two reviews of it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PPDOtIXTmvM.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EdnmeJUf4VU.html
sad news about the plane iam thinking of making one my self , but i did spy another 3d printed plane behind you on your shelf, it looks along the line as a super chipmunk ?? ,about 13 minutes in is it a project your working on , have you a video on it at all
