I've been designing and flying RC for sometime time now. I've made Foamboard designs and CNC'd Carbon Fiber, but up until recently I've never 3D printed anything. Last month I saw my friend's face on youtube saying that he was now selling them on his website.
I pulled the trigger and submitted my order. It arrived a week later and went together just like the video.
My only issue with the printer is leveling the bed. The dip switch for the Z access is too high, In my opinion. So, I decided to drill some lower holes in the frame, about 2mm below the original holes.
Why? I didn't like the fact that I had the leveling screws all the way out. The springs had almost no tension on them. This caused me to have to level the bed more than what I wanted.
Second issue that I had. The free software. Now the first word in that sentence is FREE, so considering that I have nothing bad to say about it. But, when I compared prints from Simplify3D and the Free Cura software the difference made the $150 I spent on Simplify3d well worth it.
With Simplify3d the print was smoother, shinier, stronger and way faster. I was printing my VD frame in 1 hour with Cura and down to 15 minutes with Simplify3D at 10% infill. The set up I used in the software was for the Wanhao Duplicator i3. This works perfect.
Other than those two things I couldn't be happier! It's an amazing value, I can't wait to see where this tec will all be in the next 5 years.
I'm including the links to 2 of my designs. One is my "VD" which is a 65mm brushed TinyKwad and my "TKO" which is 90mm Brushless TinyKwad.
If you haven't seen them fly I post video's on my instagram.
Thank you,
Jake
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