3dlabprint 109
The doors are designed for 12mm diameter struts, if your strut is thinner you would need to use strut spacer parts. It is a good idea to re-drill the holes with a 2mm drill bit. You will need m2 countersunk bolts and nuts for mounting the doors onto the struts. But the result is well worth the effort in my opinion. This part would need some sanding to fit in place, and probably some gap-filling might be needed. The wheel bay shroud part also comes with a base but you would need to mirror and print for the other side. Please note that the clamp parts are different for upper and lower locations and they are not interchangeable. The strut spacer part can be printed in flex material. I printed them all with 0.15mm layer height and 3 perimeters with 10% infill. After printing, first score and break away the parts from the horizontal base, then carefully score and break the doors from their lower supports. The doors with stiffeners have to be printed slanted for obvious reasons. The wheel doors and shroud are all attached to a support and base structure for proper printing. You may see some clips posted on my Instagram account: The plain doors seem and feel very flimsy, however, I tested them in 6 flights with high-speed flying with the LG both down and retracted.
3dlabprint 109 skin#
I have added two types of doors, one is just plain skin with mounting holes and the other is with a scale(ish) stiffener structure. Please let me know if you would like to have a modification for a specific size of bearing or bushing and I'll add that to the design.Īdded Landing gear doors and wheel well outboard shrouds.ĭue to the quite irregular shape of the model's wing at this section, the doors are also vague in shape and not as good looking as I wanted to be, yet still, in my opinion, much better than the no-door option. Just drill out the centre of the normal wheel to the outer diameter of the tube you have and insert the tube. One can also use a 4mm inner diameter tube for bushing easily. I also added two bushing for these sizes if one prefers to print their own bushings instead of ball bearings. This tube-like support easily snaps off after printing. Used 2 perimeters with 10% gyroid infill.Īdded new wheels to be used with bearings.įiles with 4x8x3 bearing name modifier have slots for 4x8x3mm metric ball bearings.įiles with 4x9x4 bearing name modifier have slots for 4x9x4mm metric ball bearings.Īll of the new wheels have integrated supports at the backside of the wheel for the bearing slot to be printed properly. I used 230-degrees hot-end temperature and 70% flow for the varioshoreTPU. I also used Colorfabb varioshoreTPU filament for the new tyres, which is much better and lighter than regular TPU. I printed my 90 mm wheels with PETG and turned on the "ironing" feature, which made a huge difference in looks (I added a photo showing the wheel printed with the ironing feature versus the normal printed one. Therefore I also added an 85 mm outer diameter set if 90 is too big for your model. These wheels and tyres have the same width as the initial small set (80mm OD) and the same axle holes.ĩ0 mm is the largest that would fit in the wheel wells, but depending on your strut length and retract mounting they may hit the walls and cause problems. If you print and try it, I would love to hear your experience and opinion.Īdded two more different diameter wheel and tyre sets of 85 and 90 mm.
3dlabprint 109 update#
I will update when I do try the springs or tyres. I do not have any TPU left at the moment so I can not try it out. I believe that it is mostly because my oleo springs are too stiff, which I will replace and try later on, but printing the tyres a bit softer might also help. It might be a bit better to print the tyres with less infill than I suggest, even 0% can work.Īs you can see in the flight videos below, the landings are pretty bouncy. A bit of weathering would make it look even better. I painted my wheel gloss black and the tyre with rubber black. Depending on the axle diameter these holes can be drilled, or better reamed to appropriate diameters. The wheel has a 6mm hole at the centre with tapered edges on both sides narrowing down to 4mm diameter. On my plane, I have not even glued them together but a little bit of cyano won't hurt. The wheel is designed as one piece, the tyre is snug fit onto the wheel.
3dlabprint 109 download#
So those who want their model to look better can download my design while supporting my work. The design looks more scale than the provided wheel. My tyre and wheel design for 3Dlabprint design 60" wingspan 1/6.6 scale Bf109 F model.