Printed this one winter, Its been sitting in my garage for over a year, lets yeet it into the sky and see what happens. To Print this yourself: www.thingivers...
Awesome effort, I too have this plane sitting in my shed waiting for me to install a Matek flight controller. There is another guy on youtube a couple of years ago who flew his. He discovered it needs heaps of reflex in the elevons to fly level which explains the manual mode nosedives. Despite the aerofoil section been extremely fast and efficient, there was no reflex built into the design and flying wings absolutely need this. Great to see that auto launch handled it. Maybe mine wont destroy itself on takeoff...which is what I was expecting...
For a 3D-printed drone and makeshift components, it did surprisingly well all things considered. Flight near the beach with wind gusts also puts up the challenge also. Look forward to what is in store in the future. keep it up!
about time, good to see it finally got up in the air instead of collecting dust hahaha, flies better than expected to be honest except for the wanting to imitate the drift ;) lol
I'd encourage you to try my Gremlin FPV plank. It's basically free. 3d printed Planes get a bad reputation mostly because designers either don't know what they're doing (aerodynamically), the structure is all wrong, or they haven't adequately tested and refined the design before publishing. I have had several gremlins last more than 20 flights without damage, some only requiring a few cracks glued as if it were foam. Other than a legitimate crash where it disintegrates, it is often easily repairable
@@EnglishTurbines He made it sound like he's new to 3d printed planes and a bit hesitant, he made it seem like this flew adequate, and that he was concerned with durability and such... I was simply offering up another option.
@@Jwmbike14 3D printed planes are delicate...It actually flew pretty good considering the trim was off. Smooth flight, no pitch oscillations. A lot of the Chinese foam wings are very poorly designed with incorrect wing sections....🤔😳😏😏🇬🇧
@@EnglishTurbines Completely agree, hence my design didn't copy the Nano Goblin but tried to improve upon it with a better airfoil selection and wing design. But I would stretch that to 3d printed planes as well. Many are designed by people more adept to graphic art and modeling than aero design/engineering, and as such often have a poor structure or poor aerodynamic attributes. Many of them are also published too quickly without adequate testing and feedback. 3d printed planes are fragile, but only compared to foam. They are actuallu more durable than most balsa/ply aircraft. It's entirely in the design as well. The Gremlin is fairly resilient as it has quite a bit of flex. When it does break its easy to glue back together and keep going. If it breaks bad enough, I designed the Gremlin to print on one 200x200x200 print bed in only 24hrs. Significantly better than the other 3d printed designs, due to slicing and design methods.
Autotrim first, not Autotune....This is why it dived at the deck when you went to manual....I think it flew really well all things considered....🤔😳🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@TobyMuirson Actually Autotrim can simply be switched on permanently, even in iNAV 4.00 going from memory, a great feature, you don't have to save anything because it's a constant trim update... You MUST be in Manual Mode to set it though I think, not Angle Mode or any other Mode....🤔😳😏😏🇬🇧
@@TobyMuirson you the man, I will not flight that beauty if no gps, is just 20 dollars and that is a big job printing and setup for 20 dollars. just my opinion.
Hi , how are you... how can I contact you please... I'm looking for your instagram but I can't find it to send you messages... please let me know... greetings from Chile
Awesome effort, I too have this plane sitting in my shed waiting for me to install a Matek flight controller. There is another guy on youtube a couple of years ago who flew his. He discovered it needs heaps of reflex in the elevons to fly level which explains the manual mode nosedives. Despite the aerofoil section been extremely fast and efficient, there was no reflex built into the design and flying wings absolutely need this. Great to see that auto launch handled it. Maybe mine wont destroy itself on takeoff...which is what I was expecting...
Can i ask where your flying looking at getting a wing and want some large open areas cheers
That is spectacular. Can't believe it worked. A heap of time must have gone into building that plane.
Good afternoon. what is your flight weight and propeller group?
"It's been in my garage for too long. Stuff it - I'm just going to send it " Clearly and Australian pilot. haha!
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Have you flown it agin? any updates on cg position? Cheers
Well done, love the wild lavena bushs
For a 3D-printed drone and makeshift components, it did surprisingly well all things considered. Flight near the beach with wind gusts also puts up the challenge also. Look forward to what is in store in the future. keep it up!
about time, good to see it finally got up in the air instead of collecting dust hahaha, flies better than expected to be honest except for the wanting to imitate the drift ;) lol
looks very similar to Ritewing Mini Drak
Good day! What is your propeller-motor group on this model?
I'd encourage you to try my Gremlin FPV plank. It's basically free. 3d printed Planes get a bad reputation mostly because designers either don't know what they're doing (aerodynamically), the structure is all wrong, or they haven't adequately tested and refined the design before publishing. I have had several gremlins last more than 20 flights without damage, some only requiring a few cracks glued as if it were foam. Other than a legitimate crash where it disintegrates, it is often easily repairable
Why, he's got his own plane?..🤔😳🇬🇧
@@EnglishTurbines He made it sound like he's new to 3d printed planes and a bit hesitant, he made it seem like this flew adequate, and that he was concerned with durability and such... I was simply offering up another option.
@@Jwmbike14 3D printed planes are delicate...It actually flew pretty good considering the trim was off. Smooth flight, no pitch oscillations. A lot of the Chinese foam wings are very poorly designed with incorrect wing sections....🤔😳😏😏🇬🇧
@@EnglishTurbines Completely agree, hence my design didn't copy the Nano Goblin but tried to improve upon it with a better airfoil selection and wing design. But I would stretch that to 3d printed planes as well. Many are designed by people more adept to graphic art and modeling than aero design/engineering, and as such often have a poor structure or poor aerodynamic attributes. Many of them are also published too quickly without adequate testing and feedback.
3d printed planes are fragile, but only compared to foam. They are actuallu more durable than most balsa/ply aircraft. It's entirely in the design as well. The Gremlin is fairly resilient as it has quite a bit of flex. When it does break its easy to glue back together and keep going. If it breaks bad enough, I designed the Gremlin to print on one 200x200x200 print bed in only 24hrs. Significantly better than the other 3d printed designs, due to slicing and design methods.
what is going on with artificial horizon? and that is inav 6.0?!
you finally flew it!
What's the fpv video stuff and plane software you are using mate ? Looks great !
It's a caddx turbo v2 camera, a tbs unify pro 32 video transmitter, a matek f411 wse flight controller with inav 6.0 software running on it.
nice. but what's unusual about that? a lot of people have been printing planes and flying for years.
Awesome video!
What Camera Size?
I've got a micro camera in it, but you could make any size mount for it. It's not supplied
@@TobyMuirson this is the problem i am not fit with CAD Software
what flight controller did you use?
A matek f411 wse
Autotrim first, not Autotune....This is why it dived at the deck when you went to manual....I think it flew really well all things considered....🤔😳🇬🇧🇬🇧
Yeah, I didn't even save the values when it landed. I'll add some reflex and then tune it correctly soon enough.
@@TobyMuirson Yes, I'd like to see it fly fully sorted myself...🤔😳😏🇬🇧
@@TobyMuirson Actually Autotrim can simply be switched on permanently, even in iNAV 4.00 going from memory, a great feature, you don't have to save anything because it's a constant trim update... You MUST be in Manual Mode to set it though I think, not Angle Mode or any other Mode....🤔😳😏😏🇬🇧
Where’s the dragon 2?
Coming soon, waiting on parts..
@@TobyMuirson The dragon 2 is an uninteresting flying plank compared to that thing.
acro is not manual.
No way..
where is you arrow home?
I have no gps, so no nav, no rth, nothing..
@@TobyMuirson you the man, I will not flight that beauty if no gps, is just 20 dollars and that is a big job printing and setup for 20 dollars. just my opinion.
Hi , how are you... how can I contact you please... I'm looking for your instagram but I can't find it to send you messages... please let me know... greetings from Chile