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  1. AKNick

    3D Printing General Discussion

    Had a fan go out on my CR-10S PSU. It was vibrating bad, a little love tap and it would start working... so I took it apart and ordered another fan... in the meantime I also upgraded my Ender 3 with a MicroSwiss Direct Drive All Metal Hot End. Fun to put together... about a days worth of...
  2. AKNick

    Alert! The FAA want's you out of the NAS!!!

    I've read the summary. Boy does it look better than before, but still terrible. Looks Like AMA would be happy with the FRIA. But for the poor 18yr old kid getting started in fixed wing line of sight in an open field.... he'll be fined, or go to jail thanks to government overreach through...
  3. AKNick

    110" TIMBER Assembly Thread

    I couldn’t tell you other than probably using a center bolt spinner, as a 3” spinner doesn’t leave much room for the larger width of a 50cc prop. I don’t own a DA50 unfortunately.
  4. AKNick

    Timber 110" Twin Build

    Oh how wonderful news this is!!! Rejoice!! So happy to hear shes doing well and that crud is gone! Merry Christmas!
  5. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    Skipped over talking about to e throttle servo. I used a ProModeler DS305CLHV for this. I actually had one bad from stock, so that one was sent back. Just so happened to have another one and it’s just fine. Wierd. I used dubro 2-56 ballinks for 4-40 rods with a Secraft rod. The GP76 throttle...
  6. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    Attached my Futaba temp telemetry sensors the the back side of the cylinder wall. used a piece of silicone fuel tubing to act as a tensioner by pulling it towards the cylinder with some twine thus pushing the sensor against the cylinder. I added some copper RTV to just behind the sensor before...
  7. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    Screwed my air dams in place with a bit of clear silicone and clamped them in place. Let it sit overnight and took the clamps off. Link to the AirDams I made: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4688662/files One thing that bugged me with my 91ARS is the flex in the fuel tank tray when...
  8. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    @anaign I have not forgotten about the baffles. I’ve been busy with other things and just now finished my mesh errors that were driving me nuts. I also added some info to the baffles to signify what they are designed for and by whom (me!). next I need to reprint and see how it turned out...
  9. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    Thanks Mike! Krylon Fusion is good stuff. Super easy to work with.
  10. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    Another photo dump. Mounted the canister! Woot woot! Not sure why, but my jungle green canister mounts bring me bountiful joy. Lapped the 2:1 flange mounts lightly, surface prepped with isopropyl, light smear of copper RTV, longer bolts with nordlocks and some more copper RTV on the clean...
  11. AKNick

    Yippee! Kelli 49 dimes

    Thanks so much for the update!
  12. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    That is very kind of you Andreas. Pictures alone give me joy! -Nick
  13. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    Thanks for the link @anaign - from the looks of it, this product is similar to a product here I'm looking into HTPLA from Proto-Pasta in the USA, it requires annealing to crystallize the plastic to create a more heat resilient product. Anything using a higher temp filament will require...
  14. AKNick

    Scale Don Smith P-51 Mustang

    YAY!!!!! The behemoth plane master has been in the skunk works! Welcome back!
  15. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    Added my tunnel Air Dams to Thingiverse. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4688662 Also a J&J Tailwheel hold down bracket: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4687849
  16. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    Was making good progress when my throttle servo started not acting right. Darn. E-mail sent. Edit: Told me to send it in. . .
  17. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    At 0.9lb increase from a stock muffler setup, it’s not too bad for this size of plane. I couldn’t imagine it in a 30cc plane. here’s my painted jungle green custom canister mounts. Woot woot!
  18. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    Well. The holes were a bit too wide for everything to line up despite them being oversized. Also, I must have miscalculated the thrust angle. Instead of 2.5 it should be closer to 3.5°. I was able to elongate the holes strategically to make it work and increase the angle at the same time. A...
  19. AKNick

    89" SkyWing Laser 260 V2 Assembly Thread

    Thank you for the compliment! I cannot say they are perfect, but they will work. Might have to sand the printed part a little bit to get the proper clearance and also the fiberglass cowl excess fibers or resin. There is a couple small imperfections in the CAD work, but it still prints out and...
  20. AKNick

    3D Vertigo build, any interest in a build?

    Sometimes GSN wont let you attach pics unless you refresh the page prior to uploading
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