My pops flew these for both EAL and FDX. I’m going to have to build him one to hang in his office and one to fly. Can’t wait for your settings video! Really appreciate what you’re doing for the hobby!
To avoid maiden crashes I install an Aura 5 Lite in most of my planes as it keeps the plane level and once I get to a safe altitude I switch it off to trim the plane. It also has an assisted launch feature for hand launching that gives me enough time to launch the plane myself and then get back to the sticks.
New to 3D Printing and enjoying your videos, I see this is your latest video and is almost a year old. Hope you are well and haven't given up. Look forward to more videos in the future.
Really like the 727. I've never 3D printed a plane and this one might be my first. Would like to scale it up by 50% to slow it down and better visibility.
That was the goal for this plane to inspire people to build it as a first plane. It is small cheap and easy to build to get into the hobby. That is the beauty of this hobby you can definitely try and scale it up in Cura to print it out a bit larger you may have to do some custom fab to get some of the electronics to fit.
Thank you I appreciate this comment. I have seen a lot of Fedex 727 planes around at random airports over the years and definitely wanted to do this scheme.
I am a "Airliner Nerd" and bought the files yesterday. In the meantime I printed W1R and W1L and what should I say. Amazing. Thx. offering this files. It gives me also a perfect base for my own ideas like retracts , lights aso. cheers Rudi
I do enjoy the convenience of re-printing parts over sourcing them locally or online. I too have crashed a 3d printed version on the maiden and it hurt, but pain is learning and I learned a lot. I will take a 3d printed plane/ 3d printed drone over a factory one any day when it is just flying for fun and pushing limits. When I want great video or all the features, I prefer my DJI drone or my micro turbo timber.
It doesn’t matter here. There are intake vents all along the underside of the plane so the EDF is getting plenty of airflow. I also did thrust tests to make sure that the EDF had max performance
I guess I'll have to do a mod to get steering. But compared to all the other 3d printable models these are the cleanest prints I've ever made. Stunning work.
Very nice aircraft, one main problem that i have with it is that the engine exhaust is a bit too big. Maybe use smaller edfs in the other two engine pods or move it in the no. 2 engine intake. It just really bothers me. Other than that, its an absolutely beautiful model.
Perhaps you should mention that the servos should be centred before being glued into position, particularly the aileron servos. Most new builders might not remember to do this. Otherwise, I’m really enjoying your videos and looking forward to print the 727. I most likely will enlarge it to accept a 64 mm and light weight retracts.
Ya that is a good point actually to make sure the servo is centered. That will be cool if you enlarge it send me a video if you do that will be cool to see.
Ya I can definitely edit all of them out and not show the crashes but it is parts of the hobby and guys crash rc planes all the time including myself. It is not always sun shine and roses. :) Cheers
Holy cow Troy you have taken this ball and run with it! I bought a P1S about six months ago and started out with Authentikit flight-sim stuff then on to R/C with 3DLab Cub, then Stearman and just started the B-17. Looks like another Boeing for my next project because I am definitely building this puppy. Are you going to design a DC-3 - please, please please...
@@TroyMcMillan Took the Cub for it's maiden flight yesterday, lasted about 14 seconds (ha, ha) but I had already printed out two extra fuselages and a spare wing in anticipation. Problem was the motor mount broke loose.
@@TroyMcMillan Hey it got me thinking, have you lookind into using rc car parts...? Dogbone and similar shft drive parts might be a possability as well.
Thanks Troy, recovering from back surgery so this will keep me busy! Printed out some test sections and test painting etc, detail is awesome, X1 Carbon does a fantastic job (got mine after I emailed you last). I'll send you a pic when im finished!!!
He's back! Are they any planes for a video going into how you design for LW PLA in Fusion 360? I'm especially interestedly in how you make panel lines and the internal structures of the wings/fuselage.
Heres a tip that works for me during handlaunches if you own Spektrum. Use an AR636 receiver with SAFE and if you have the Spektrum programmer use the Eflite 64mm F-15 template when you reprogram the receiver. Myself and a few club members have used this method in a dozen or more handlaunch planes and with SAFE active during launch the plane will not dive into the ground.
I use CC3D boards for stab and an old DX6i and the springs broke on the left stick, so I just added foam instead (making the stick a bit ... sticky) and I can choose whatever the good angle for my plane for launch and no issue
Yes exactly that was my. motivation to build the 727. It was not the first jet airliner but it was the first to really change aviation history with access to flying to the masses.
Love this plane. Bought the files a couple of days ago. Printed up the fuselage and started trying to remove support pieces from F5, and basically destroyed the part, even with a fresh blade in my hobby knife. Is there a trick or something I should know to make it easier?
Do you think the 3S 50mm EDF is powerful enough for the LW PLA 3d printed plane? i am going to print this and would prefer to not have to buy a new 4s battery!
Sorry this might be unorthodox question but could you please advise where I could get detailed workflow on how to model wing internal structures? Thank you.
Thank you! Most of the cleanness is due from the design. I designed it to be printed in vase mode so there are no retractions. As long as you have temp and flow you don't need any retraction settings for the entire build.
This will be my first larger 3d print, first from you. I have a smaller Ender 3 v3se, but it should work. More than likely just a lawn ornament, but still excited to start printing. I really like your shaft driven aileron idea. I would be interested in a DC-3 and a Cessna 206 on floats.
The CRJ is an awesome build also. The key reason I designed this plane is to make something a bit easier to start with but still a cool plane to inspire people to want to build it.
Ya it works pretty well the 50mm EDF produces 950g of thrust on a 4s battery and the LW-PLA plane is only 780g RTF so it has over a 1 to 1 ratio The PLA FedEx build it was 1100g RTF so just less that a 1 to 1 ratio.
Amazing as always! Hoping you will design 3D models of the two coolest planes in history from my wish list, Cessna Sky Master, that’s the one with an engine in the front and another in the rear. A push pull. And from the 1930’s a Beach craft Stagger-wing.
Too funny Troy. I haven't seen any videos from you in a while so I looked on your channel because I am contemplating buying a Bambu Lab printer and can't find much info out there about people using them for RC planes. I saw the link on this video to the X1. Would love to see a video about using either the P series or X series Bambu printers for Eclipson, Planeprint, 3DLabPrint, or your own designs.
Ya the x1 works good for printing planes but there are a few setting in the Bambu slicer that were hard to find to make the print work correctly. I will get a video out to show all the settings.
Definitely getting this. Printed your DC-6 already. Absolutely love it… please consider doing a Concorde with the functioning droop snoop and functional rudder please. We don’t have a single affordable rc Concorde yet, or one that’s not massive. All the small kits of the Concorde are ugly.
Just bought your files. Amazing Job. One question: A 4900KV EDF/3S will have enough power to fly this airplane with a 3s Battery? The PLA version. Are the wheels really glued or did you make something to make them spin? Thanks in advance.
That power system will work just fine for the PLA version. For the landing gear, the rim is glued to the strut and the tire is designed to be printed using PLA. The tire is not supposed to be glued. It is designed to spin around the rim.
Yes the bambu lab are the best printers on the market right now. Yes the A1 is a great printer. I have the X1C that I use but the A1 will work great also.
Welcome back Troy . Great project looks fantastic in the air .
Thank you! I love this classic airliner, it’s so cool to see it flying
My pops flew these for both EAL and FDX.
I’m going to have to build him one to hang in his office and one to fly.
Can’t wait for your settings video! Really appreciate what you’re doing for the hobby!
Thank you
Welcome back man, your videos jave inspired a few of my friends and I to make 3d planes!
Me too
I love to hear I have inspired you guys to build some 3d printed planes!!
To avoid maiden crashes I install an Aura 5 Lite in most of my planes as it keeps the plane level and once I get to a safe altitude I switch it off to trim the plane. It also has an assisted launch feature for hand launching that gives me enough time to launch the plane myself and then get back to the sticks.
I saw your post on the forum! I’m checking it out now. Thank you for the heads up!
can you please make A Tutorial how to Model RC Airplanes? :)
Definitely plan to do that someday!
amazing
Your subscribe in to UA-cam
I subscribed
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Wow
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Really enjoyable to watch your creations and flying them . Thank You , Sir .
Thank you!
New to 3D Printing and enjoying your videos, I see this is your latest video and is almost a year old. Hope you are well and haven't given up. Look forward to more videos in the future.
Really like the 727. I've never 3D printed a plane and this one might be my first. Would like to scale it up by 50% to slow it down and better visibility.
That was the goal for this plane to inspire people to build it as a first plane. It is small cheap and easy to build to get into the hobby. That is the beauty of this hobby you can definitely try and scale it up in Cura to print it out a bit larger you may have to do some custom fab to get some of the electronics to fit.
Great design work again....Perfect weather, sun, no wind.....Ours is terrible 4 months of wind and rain....no letup ..🤔😳🇬🇧
Ya the desert is nice right now but in a few months it will be 110 degrees out and to hot to do anything outside.
@@TroyMcMillan we get 6 months of crappy weather and continuous wind and rain....I have been to Arizona btw, flew in from LA as I recall...😏😀🇬🇧
I work for fedex express and to see a 727fedex is a honor. Good work man.
Thank you I appreciate this comment. I have seen a lot of Fedex 727 planes around at random airports over the years and definitely wanted to do this scheme.
No problem man.
Love your builds , you keep it simple stupid for us older guys
Beautiful!!! You seriously need to do a DC9-31.
That’s such a cool plane
ooooooooh one of my favorite liner 😍😍 bravo Mister, love it !
Yes!! It’s such a classic plane
One of my favorites too!
I am a "Airliner Nerd" and bought the files yesterday. In the meantime I printed W1R and W1L and what should I say. Amazing. Thx. offering this files. It gives me also a perfect base for my own ideas like retracts , lights aso. cheers Rudi
Thank you! Have fun with the build that is definitely the beauty of building your own plane you can customize it as much as you would like. Cheers
@@TroyMcMillan Thank you very much. Even with my old Ender 3 V2 and the rec. Profile entries I have no stringing. So Cool !
Definitely gonna give this print/build a try. Thanks Troy for another beautiful aircraft.
It's 727 200 rc is beautiful🎉❤😊
Welcome back!! what a awesome plane, and great design! well done!
Thank you!
Still better built than their commercial airliners
The 727 was designed and built before the McD-D take-over, before accountants supplanted engineers. The 727 is a great airframe.
Totally agree, it’s a classic airframe.
I do enjoy the convenience of re-printing parts over sourcing them locally or online. I too have crashed a 3d printed version on the maiden and it hurt, but pain is learning and I learned a lot. I will take a 3d printed plane/ 3d printed drone over a factory one any day when it is just flying for fun and pushing limits. When I want great video or all the features, I prefer my DJI drone or my micro turbo timber.
I love your job.
Thank you it is very fun for sure.
Looking forward to watching the video on how to print using the bambu x1c
Awesome I will get it up soon.
Im looking forward to the BambuLab settings video
Uhh.... look at the documentation. Its all there.
I will get it posted as soon as I can
is the EDF less efficient because there is no direct intake from the front? or it doesn't really matter?
It doesn’t matter here. There are intake vents all along the underside of the plane so the EDF is getting plenty of airflow. I also did thrust tests to make sure that the EDF had max performance
I guess I'll have to do a mod to get steering. But compared to all the other 3d printable models these are the cleanest prints I've ever made. Stunning work.
Very nice aircraft, one main problem that i have with it is that the engine exhaust is a bit too big. Maybe use smaller edfs in the other two engine pods or move it in the no. 2 engine intake. It just really bothers me. Other than that, its an absolutely beautiful model.
You are an inspiration ✌️ keep doing what you do
Thank you
Been waiting for a long time for another build.... because of you I gotten into 3D aircraft.... Going to do this one in TWA livery
Yes TWA would be awesome. I love that you got into this hobby from my videos!!
Really nice design and build!
Especially like the aileron servo torque rod implementation.
Thank you!
Great job! Thanks for sharing!!!!👍👍👍👍
Thank you!
Perhaps you should mention that the servos should be centred before being glued into position, particularly the aileron servos. Most new builders might not remember to do this. Otherwise, I’m really enjoying your videos and looking forward to print the 727. I most likely will enlarge it to accept a 64 mm and light weight retracts.
Ya that is a good point actually to make sure the servo is centered. That will be cool if you enlarge it send me a video if you do that will be cool to see.
@@TroyMcMillan
Will do 😋👍
Looking forward to the Bambu X1C settings video
I will get that uploaded soon.
Good work Troy. And thanks for showing that crashes. It makes me feel better having totalled quite a few new planes in my time!
Ya I can definitely edit all of them out and not show the crashes but it is parts of the hobby and guys crash rc planes all the time including myself. It is not always sun shine and roses. :) Cheers
You should make the Boeing 737 Max 9 with funcional flaps and retractable landing gear, i would buy you.😁
Yes a 737 would be a good build for sure.
@@TroyMcMillan yess
You are back! Thank you so much! I missed your videos!
Thank you
Awesome video, you inspired me and I built mine!! Thanks!
This is awesome to hear!!
you should design a really small 3d printed RC plane, I recommend the Hummel Ultracruiser
Holy cow Troy you have taken this ball and run with it! I bought a P1S about six months ago and started out with Authentikit flight-sim stuff then on to R/C with 3DLab Cub, then Stearman and just started the B-17. Looks like another Boeing for my next project because I am definitely building this puppy. Are you going to design a DC-3 - please, please please...
Great choices with build order. The DC-3 is high on my list for next builds for sure.
@@TroyMcMillan Took the Cub for it's maiden flight yesterday, lasted about 14 seconds (ha, ha) but I had already printed out two extra fuselages and a spare wing in anticipation. Problem was the motor mount broke loose.
@@pi.actual Dang well good thing you planed ahead a bit the second build always goes much faster. Good luck with the next flight :)
Love it .
Thank you!!
Thought you were dead..
Who says that!
@@Mike-kr5dn a pessimist
😆
@@TroyMcMillan your craft is so cool! I’ve just came to your channel and I already know I’m subscribing!
@@ESALOOOOOsame I came to this channel just to see this plane crash and how to fix
Cool internal servo feature..!
Thank you!
@@TroyMcMillan Hey it got me thinking, have you lookind into using rc car parts...? Dogbone and similar shft drive parts might be a possability as well.
Looks great! Love the 727.
She's a classic
Nice to see you back. Beautiful planes.
Thank you
just discovered your channel . amazing content and editing. I feel the need to fire up my printer
Wow! Nice Airplane
Thanks Troy, recovering from back surgery so this will keep me busy! Printed out some test sections and test painting etc, detail is awesome, X1 Carbon does a fantastic job (got mine after I emailed you last). I'll send you a pic when im finished!!!
Definitely a good project to pass the time. Hope that you heal up fast. Cheers
That was fancy CAD for sure. Too bad you did not spring for a FEA plugin...
True
You have some really nice design features incorporated!
Thank you
Love the way you did this! I have a couple of 30mm EDFs, and waiting for someone like you to design a 3d printed A-10 Thunderbolt I can put them in.
Ya and A10 with 30mm would be fun. 3dlabprint just finished up there duel 70mm version
He's back! Are they any planes for a video going into how you design for LW PLA in Fusion 360? I'm especially interestedly in how you make panel lines and the internal structures of the wings/fuselage.
There are a few videos out there you have to search for them and they may not be specific to airplanes but you can use the same concept for airplanes.
Great printing / design, looking to see file and Banbu settings / material used. Great job as always !!
Thank you I will get a video for the Bambu soon.
10:25
Pan American flight 102
Plane:727
Passengers:20
Deaths:10
Survive:10
This is so true I made it myself
Thankyou you are awesome
I wish we could work as a team creating innovative designs
I am a programmer
I appreciate you! designing planes is my hobby so my schedule for working with it can be inconsistent at times
Thanks for all the advice much appreciated
Heres a tip that works for me during handlaunches if you own Spektrum. Use an AR636 receiver with SAFE and if you have the Spektrum programmer use the Eflite 64mm F-15 template when you reprogram the receiver. Myself and a few club members have used this method in a dozen or more handlaunch planes and with SAFE active during launch the plane will not dive into the ground.
I use CC3D boards for stab and an old DX6i and the springs broke on the left stick, so I just added foam instead (making the stick a bit ... sticky) and I can choose whatever the good angle for my plane for launch and no issue
This is a great tip. Thank you!
The Boeing 727 changed short-haul flights, while the Boeing 747 changed the Intercontinental routes.
Yes exactly that was my. motivation to build the 727. It was not the first jet airliner but it was the first to really change aviation history with access to flying to the masses.
I'd be cool if you could make the flaps extendable and retractable in-flight
Very clever EDF position. :-)
Thank you
Love this plane. Bought the files a couple of days ago. Printed up the fuselage and started trying to remove support pieces from F5, and basically destroyed the part, even with a fresh blade in my hobby knife. Is there a trick or something I should know to make it easier?
Kudos on some spectacular modeling. Well done!
Thank you
Sick plane ✈️😎
Thank you
fabulous! sold! i'm going to make one with PSA markings!
Yes PSA scheme I almost did that for my build with the classic smile. :)
Now get a Cessna 172
ur so good at building ur videos are cool (the crashes are sad)
Hermoso trabajo saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱 me encanta el aeromodelismo Rc
Gracias
I love your build videos! How about a build video for Plane Prints' Fearless?
I've crashed many of planes in my days 45 years of flying and RC cars , trucks etc it comes with it for sure , 3D printers make it nice to fix them ..
Those are awesome. Man I need a 3d printer
Thank you. Definitely recommend a 3d printer it is endless fun
Do you think the 3S 50mm EDF is powerful enough for the LW PLA 3d printed plane? i am going to print this and would prefer to not have to buy a new 4s battery!
wau excelent,pls constellation 😍👍
Thank you
Sorry this might be unorthodox question but could you please advise where I could get detailed workflow on how to model wing internal structures? Thank you.
Amazing work troy sir, btw sorry for the loss of your aircraft 😥
Thank you!!
@@TroyMcMillan Welcome
Need Aerosucre livery and fly it skimming the runway like the real one! 😂
Yes that would be a cool livery
love the videos, waiting on that bambu x1 carbon lw-pla settings video lol
I'm mostly impressed with the LW-PLA cleanness. I'm still trying to tune my printer for LW-PLA.
Thank you! Most of the cleanness is due from the design. I designed it to be printed in vase mode so there are no retractions. As long as you have temp and flow you don't need any retraction settings for the entire build.
Good to see you back making videos
Thank you!!
Printed 4 so far , great plane
This will be my first larger 3d print, first from you. I have a smaller Ender 3 v3se, but it should work. More than likely just a lawn ornament, but still excited to start printing. I really like your shaft driven aileron idea. I would be interested in a DC-3 and a Cessna 206 on floats.
Awesome I love that this will be your first build. A DC3 is definitely in the future for sure.
I was literally about to purchase your STLs for a CRJ700.....now im going to have to reconsider because thats awesome.
The CRJ is an awesome build also. The key reason I designed this plane is to make something a bit easier to start with but still a cool plane to inspire people to want to build it.
I noticed the EDF is basically enclosed within the fuselage at 4:50 - where is the air flow inlet?
There are opening vents at the bottom of the fuselage.
I'm amazed that a 50mm EDF can power those planes. Looks like it does alright though.
Ya it works pretty well the 50mm EDF produces 950g of thrust on a 4s battery and the LW-PLA plane is only 780g RTF so it has over a 1 to 1 ratio The PLA FedEx build it was 1100g RTF so just less that a 1 to 1 ratio.
Amazing as always! Hoping you will design 3D models of the two coolest planes in history from my wish list, Cessna Sky Master, that’s the one with an engine in the front and another in the rear. A push pull. And from the 1930’s a Beach craft Stagger-wing.
Dang those are two really awesome planes for sure. Good recommendation
The 727 fedex one when u showed us that it lost a wheel reminded me of aerosucre 9:49
Yes it does
Yoooooooo hiiiiii🤩🤩
I bought you the a321 and is so fun to fly
Awesome I love the 321 I still have mine and its is definitely a fun one to take out for sure.
@@TroyMcMillan thats good. Can i put 6s to that plane?
Can you please make a video on designing a simple airplane in F360?
Yes I get asked this a lot I will get a video out for you guys
Too funny Troy. I haven't seen any videos from you in a while so I looked on your channel because I am contemplating buying a Bambu Lab printer and can't find much info out there about people using them for RC planes. I saw the link on this video to the X1. Would love to see a video about using either the P series or X series Bambu printers for Eclipson, Planeprint, 3DLabPrint, or your own designs.
Ya the x1 works good for printing planes but there are a few setting in the Bambu slicer that were hard to find to make the print work correctly. I will get a video out to show all the settings.
Is there any way you can recreate the epic crash of two 747s in Tenerife? If you cant afford it thats okay.
That was a terrible crash.That would be hard to recreate
The only thing missing is the airstair at the back from which you can parachute a miniature D.B. Cooper LOL.
This is why I do maiden flights unfinished , and test their flight characteristics before finishing them ..lol don't want to spend too much time
Definitely getting this. Printed your DC-6 already. Absolutely love it… please consider doing a Concorde with the functioning droop snoop and functional rudder please. We don’t have a single affordable rc Concorde yet, or one that’s not massive. All the small kits of the Concorde are ugly.
Cool stuff
Thank you
Super cool!
Thank you!!
I have a P1S printer so yea I'm buying this and making my own!!!
YESSSSSS
Just bought your files. Amazing Job. One question: A 4900KV EDF/3S will have enough power to fly this airplane with a 3s Battery? The PLA version.
Are the wheels really glued or did you make something to make them spin?
Thanks in advance.
That power system will work just fine for the PLA version.
For the landing gear, the rim is glued to the strut and the tire is designed to be printed using PLA. The tire is not supposed to be glued. It is designed to spin around the rim.
Wich is your favorite printer?
Im looking to get into 3D printing rc planes and i wana know your opinion
Is the bambu lab A1 any good ?
Yes the bambu lab are the best printers on the market right now. Yes the A1 is a great printer. I have the X1C that I use but the A1 will work great also.
@TroyMcMillan thankyou very much
For extra toughness, I'd try 2 part expanding foam in the void spaces.
Ya that would add some strength but I don't want to add that much weight.
cool , and a carbon spar this time how about a 737 , max 8 retracts and flaps
Yes I have been getting a few requests for this I may have to add that to the list of builds.
Subscribed. Primary reason that it makes me feel better about my crashes! :) Nice content though!
Thank you!
Woot woot 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you
@@TroyMcMillanyeah buddy. Would love to see this in a 70-80mm with the AL-37 gear or something
@@410productions3 Ya I have had a few people say this it would be cool with a 70
Welcome back I would make a PSA livery and nice 3D printing
Ya I almost went with a PSA paint scheme for this build myself.
Would be sweet if you could show us around your design process in Fusion 😊
I get this a lot I will have to make a video for you guys