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Large Chuck Glider

by Greg · Vehicles
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I modified @Orion3DStudios “Easy Print Glider” to be larger, while maintaining a combination of lightness and structural rigidity. I also made some adjustments to the leading edge of the wings and increased the elevator angle, which I found to improve its gliding characteristics. See It In Action!Hand Tossed Dropped from an RC plane Dropped from an RC helicopter Pulled behind an RC plane I included the Fusion 360 source file and a STEP file if you want to modify further.I found using these print settings gave me a good balance of light weight and durability:0.5mm line widthFirst layer set to 0.1mmOther layers 0.2mm2 bottom layers3 top layersRectilinear infill, 7%Monotonic line top and bottom fill1 wallPrinted with PLA+, which gives a good combination of stiffness and durability. I believe PETG may be too flexible for this.Note: you need to add nose weight to the plane for it to glide. This will vary depending on how you print the plane. For mine, I needed 8.5 grams of nose weight and m
Category
Vehicles
Source
MakerWorld
Published
Updated
What you need to print this: Beginner Low confidence
Why?
no supports
Support-free Single piece
Supports 0/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 0/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
PLA, PETG
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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