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Originally posted by Elbee View Post
KMD, There is no doubt that you will receive many 'owner recommendations' including this one, however, I did my research and opted for the Prusa i3 Mk3, now the Mk3S. I have zero issues and print mostly with PLA and ABS. These guys update their firmware continually and have a great slicer app, Prusa PE. I bought the kit version and building it was straight-forward, fun, and took a couple afternoons plus a few "calibration" prints and one mobile call to get it just right, but it's a learning curve with any 3D Printer. Note: I have had ZERO problems since that didn't begin in my own brain. LOL The price was decent at $749USD. Took a few weeks to take delivery as it was on Back Order in April of 2018, but not a deal-breaker for me, as I was all in. Several of the Hobby Squawk Members have these printers and that was one factor in my decision. Check it out at the URL below. Hope this helps. Best, LB
https://www.prusa3d.com/original-prusa-i3-mk3/
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I use a pair of Ender 3 printers and I'm very happy with them at their cost of $200 each. That being said, the Prusa Mk3 is king of the sub-$1k FDM printer category, in my opinion. You can't go wrong with their user history and support community. As Elbee said, the Mk3 and more recent variants start at a higher price point but in the long term under frequent usage it's got a lower headache point.
As I like to say when it comes to tools and things that make things, "Quality only hurts once".Live Q&A every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm EST on my Twitch Livestream
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Originally posted by Alpha View PostI use a pair of Ender 3 printers and I'm very happy with them at their cost of $200 each. That being said, the Prusa Mk3 is king of the sub-$1k FDM printer category, in my opinion. You can't go wrong with their user history and support community. As Elbee said, the Mk3 and more recent variants start at a higher price point but in the long term under frequent usage it's got a lower headache point.
As I like to say when it comes to tools and things that make things, "Quality only hurts once".
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The Flighline has a wingspan of 63 inches the 1:1 Corsair is 41 feet. 41 Feet = 492 inches
492 / 63 = 7.8 or roughly 1/8th scaleCurrent Hanger: FW, F4.F22,F14, Byron T-6, Top Flite P-47, Top Flite P-40, Top RC P-51 H9 P-51, SebArt Avanti, Yellow aircraft Spitfire, T Jeti Extreme Flight EDGE, DS-24 Carbon,
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Originally posted by Pheonix View PostWhen ordering decals from Callie graphics, what is the scale for this plane. Thanks for helpingI solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
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KMD, Your design looks great. All I know is that I print and print and print until the part works, looks good to me, and then looks good on the airframe. Then I save the STL File as "Final". Looking forward to seeing pics, Sir. Glad you got a 3D Printer and you'll love your new Prusa. Best, LBI solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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Originally posted by Elbee View PostKMD, Your design looks great. All I know is that I print and print and print until the part works, looks good to me, and then looks good on the airframe. Then I save the STL File as "Final". Looking forward to seeing pics, Sir. Glad you got a 3D Printer and you'll love your new Prusa. Best, LB
I made a drill guide for running the sharpened fuel tubing thru the fuselage. Like he base of the gas cap, the bottom has the radius of the fuselage.
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KatManDEW I'm excited to see your gas filler latch in action!
Also, I can update the 3DPUP file on the website, if you didn't mind attaching your STL file here.
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Hello Pilots,
I have joined the Corsair group having bought the model a few weeks ago and as yet not had the test flight. Its all ready to go now, and I have the Skyboss graphics from Callie. I have made some changes.
I have joined the elevator together so now I only need one pushrod. Turn Tailplane over and with full up dremel out the elevator to take the joiner. I used a hollow piece of carbon tube 10mm thick and 100mm long. Just don't cut through top surface. Now its just like the 1600mm Spitfire.
At the servo end I discarded the clamping idea and drilled a hole in the plastic servo arm 9mm out from the centre. Put a 90deg bend in pushrod and I put a wheel collar on to hold it. Now the elevator servo has an ATV of 110% and DR of 95% and 100% I did this on the Spitfire also and the elevator is very smooth as the servo moves through nearly its full travel. Before this mod, the servo ATV was 55%
I'm sure this will work great as you don't need much elevator movement.
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Originally posted by KatManDEW View PostWell it fits width wise after scaling it down, but it still doesn't fit right. And the top radius doesn't match the fuselage radius after scaling it down (I was afraid of that).
I'm not sure what I'm going to do.I solemnly swear to "over-celebrate" the smallest of victories.~Lucky B*st*rd~
You'll never be good at something unless you're willing to suck at it first.~Anonymous~
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