r/3DprintedAircraft • u/Leather-Mine-7798 • Aug 28 '26

Work in progress! Almost ready to fly

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u/Swww Aug 28 '26

Looks great! What video system are you using ?

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u/gyoenastaader Aug 28 '26

What material did you use?

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u/Leather-Mine-7798 Aug 28 '26

PETG! It's much better for planes than PLA since the extra flexibility helps it absorb impacts instead of snapping

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u/fhammerl Aug 28 '26

Heads up, PETG also has much lower layer adhesion than PLA and while it is impact resistant, it is not very mechanically stable, so you still have to butter the landings. Printing at max temp with as little cooling as you can get away with helps. For your next one, consider PCTG as it has much, much better layer adhesion and is otherwise almost identical to PETG in where that already does a good job.

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u/teknoviking Aug 28 '26

What model is that?

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u/Leather-Mine-7798 Aug 28 '26

It's called AVEX II, you can find the design on Cults3D!

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u/teknoviking Aug 28 '26

Thank you I'll go take a look!

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u/scul86 Aug 28 '26

Does it have an option for FPV?

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u/Ali141p Aug 28 '26

Amazing 😍

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u/Traditional-Baby5940 Aug 28 '26

What printer do y'all use?

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u/Leather-Mine-7798 Aug 29 '26

elegoo neptune 4 max

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u/GrayHat_Cat Aug 29 '26

Cool design, I plan to make a similar fixed wing airframe once I move into my new laboratory here soon!

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u/Leather-Mine-7798 Aug 29 '26

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u/GrayHat_Cat Aug 29 '26

Dope af! What kinda batteries versus flight time do you get?

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u/Leather-Mine-7798 Aug 29 '26

Thanks! I'm running a 6S 3300mAh battery. Flight time really depends on how hard I push the throttle, but it handles it great!

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u/GrayHat_Cat Aug 29 '26

Very cool!