I love my nano goblin been flying it for years. I recently stopped flying it when I got the Nano Drak. What a difference in flight performance. It's a little bigger but you don't notice it when flying. It's a little stable rocket ship. Of course, I cut mine down from a 28 to 24-inch wingspan. 1 hour of flying was more than enough for me. I do like this Gremlin. it looks mean and ready to shred the sky. Great video and aircraft.
New subscriber here, will give this little guy a try when I get some LW filament. Thanks so much for all your hard work sharing your great videos with us!!!
Thanks so much for putting this video together, I am only part way though but sure I will reference this video many times going though the build. I have most parts printed in eSun LW PLA now, but got a roll of the pre foamed Polymaker LW-PLA to try next while I wait for my carbon parts to arrive. It was your initial preview video a couple weeks ago that got me excited to build this plane, and Im even more so now!
@@kibbycabbitI ended up having a cleaner print that was more rigid with the polymaker preformed pla. It was heavier but not enough to make a difference in how it flew for me.
Notamed, well done video! I may try my hand at printing one of these as I need more planes to fly... One thing to compliment is the amazing chase footage from your flying partners! 😁
Another tip for printing play with the line direction on the infill put 45 or 90 or whatever angle you like in between the brackets and play with the infill offset to move it around to where you want it and also the infill line count its much lighter and easier than making internal ribs
Ah! This looks most excellent! My OG Nano Goblin is still going strong so I probably don't _need_ another plane like it, but I totally want one of course. :D
The 3D Printed Gremlin looks like lots of fun. Design seems like a cross between the Nano Goblin and a Dart250g. I'm guessing the vibration you were seeing was related to balance of motor/propeller, but you'll likely never know for this test build. If your FC has blackbox capability, you could check on the bench for vibration related to rpm. Just place nose down against bench, so most of airframe is not in contact with a surface. (or collect data while flying) A very informative video. Thanks for posting and sharing.
Happy to be printing a fuse now layer 579! Using eSun LW-PLA, ordered the Polylite. I printed a wing first, was ok but heavy. Now using the P3/McMillan Cura settings and looking really nice with some scattered thick stringing that is easily removed. We will see. Planning on the lightest, stabilized receiver, S6R /fpv setup.Wonder if it can be laminated? When can we 3d print EPP?
spectacular crash 😱😱 the cool factor to me about 3d printing planes is if you crash and destroy the airframe, you can just print another. no waiting for backorder'd stock or shipping from china. the gremlin design looks and flies amazing! can't wait to start printing one. thanks for the in-depth video ✌
Flying characteristics were priority #1, durability #2 and printability and ease of build #3. Inevitably, 3D printed planes are fragile which means priorty #2 is nearly impossible. But you can combat this with priority #3. The goal of a design where all parts share the same printer settings means you can print off spare $5 airframes to have lying around, and transplant your parts if you destroy your airframe. If you do your electronics right, a 30min build/transplant is reasonable. That's fairly close to what it would usually take to glue/tape a foamie back together at the field.
I know I’m a bit late to the party, but would it be possible to print the fuselage in normal pla then make the wings/ailerons with foam board? This would cut down on weight and would be easy to replace.
First off... thank you VERY much for your work!! I was wondering if you might have any suggestions on how you launched yours? Do you use a launcher? Hand launch? If you hand launch are you holding the fuse or doing a wing toss?
Hand launch. Shouldn't be a problem for a plane this size, and very easy if you have a FC with auto launch. I usually do a two handed throw over my head, but a side arm frisbee throw should also work fine for this plane. The Nano Goblin I launch with an overhand throw.
Mate thanks for the video but you skipped the whole part with the electronics which is the most difficult for a beginner. How can i find more info on the electronics, which to choose and how to asssemble?
Lucky me. I bought a goblin & a nano-goblin in Jan 2021 on sale. Even delivery to Australia was a bargain. I would have to sell my house to pay for shipping now.
Im getting the ZOHD Dart 250G, the Nano Goblin is more expensive and out of stock. Love you flying, I want to be able to do some proximity flying too. Any tips or suggestions? Thanks!
What parts are added for the radio controller? Any good tutorials on doing the wiring and programming inc transmiters and recievers? Does you radio controller also connect to your camera or is that a seperate unit? Cheers
after i been try 3D printing plane i got conclusion of 3D printing should be use as part not entire plane Because PLA-LW is relatively expensive around here
Really like this plane, i would suggest to put glassfiber on it, costst about €20 so not that expensive and makes it way way stronger. Its not super hard too.
I warned you at the start I'm not a professional 😅. Just a hack who likes to fly FPV. They'll let anyone post on youtube. It sounded fine in my headphones when editing but I probably need to do more listening on different speakers to try and get the sound right.
With a second printer, I may make it print in less than 24hrs! Now if I could figure out how to hide this large outside seam on the wings. This seam would affect the airfoil and it changes the color of the plastic to a burnt brown. Just the seam looks burnt.
@@dsmandrewa I have used Vase mode, but this is a seam that I see in the Cura Sliced preview, just not familiar with how to hide the seam without complication.
I orient my parts such that a sharp edge (like a trailing edge) is oriented towards the back left. Then select "User specified" for Z seam position, and place it in the back left as well. 👍
@@NotamedClosed is there a place where the assembly of this is explained in more detail? I’d like to share pics of my build to double check my progress, but I’m really doubtful about this one.
Hey Notam, looks like the Nano Goblin is back in stock, would you recommend the stock power system or custom? I am thinking to put a Walksnail or DJI Vista in it, thanks for the help?
I have done mine with regular PLA. The weight is 220 without any components, I would ask about the motor 1507 4150kv because it's mentioned in the specification 4-6s (how does it work with 3s? also, can I fly with this setup with a total weight of 437g, If not what is the recommended motor?
VIdeo editing tip, listen to your video before releasing them so you know if the audio levels are consistent across the video (i.e. make sure the music clips aren't 6dB higher than the majority of the speech)
What the ng is no longer available, my two are getting beat up… the ng must live! Has there ever been an in depth interview on the dev of the ng, id watch that for sure - flying my inav ng on 3s and my no fc ng on 2s - love em in anything under 20knts
ffs fix the sound levels! Turned my volume up for the intro talk, then got blasted by the music, and then you can't be heard almost when you talk again. My headphones got thrown..
@@shawnerick7371 he said he isn"t using high end mic's etc. and nothing about people going to complain. nothing about the sound levels or about people needing to throw headphones because no warning about the volume going over 9000 all of a sudden. Go ahaid and make up some argument so you can feel offended for someone else and talk down on other viewers. again: there is no warning in the beginning of the video about the sound levels being all over the place, wich is fine, but damn.....a little 'rip headphone users" warning would have been nice. apparantly that's to hard to understand for some people, so they'll just talk down on others instead of realising there is indeed a spike in the volume. with no warning. also: the video is great.
So I made this.......pretty straightforward. BUT YOU SHOULD REALLY MENTION THE BALANCING TABS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANE. I am currently making a second plane. I balanced it but apparently not correctly. Still really freaking cool though. Only typing in all caps so hopefully someone else wont make the same mistake.
No BS or Marketing and straight to the point. You have anew subscriber
I love my nano goblin been flying it for years. I recently stopped flying it when I got the Nano Drak. What a difference in flight performance. It's a little bigger but you don't notice it when flying. It's a little stable rocket ship. Of course, I cut mine down from a 28 to 24-inch wingspan. 1 hour of flying was more than enough for me. I do like this Gremlin. it looks mean and ready to shred the sky. Great video and aircraft.
New subscriber here, will give this little guy a try when I get some LW filament. Thanks so much for all your hard work sharing your great videos with us!!!
Welcome! Good luck!
Thanks so much for putting this video together, I am only part way though but sure I will reference this video many times going though the build. I have most parts printed in eSun LW PLA now, but got a roll of the pre foamed Polymaker LW-PLA to try next while I wait for my carbon parts to arrive. It was your initial preview video a couple weeks ago that got me excited to build this plane, and Im even more so now!
What is your take... preformed or formed is better for Gremlin?
@@kibbycabbitI ended up having a cleaner print that was more rigid with the polymaker preformed pla. It was heavier but not enough to make a difference in how it flew for me.
Notamed, well done video! I may try my hand at printing one of these as I need more planes to fly... One thing to compliment is the amazing chase footage from your flying partners! 😁
Thanks. Yes my FPV friends are a talented bunch 😁. They have my appreciation.
Absolutely brilliant! Thanks mate 🙂
Another tip for printing play with the line direction on the infill put 45 or 90 or whatever angle you like in between the brackets and play with the infill offset to move it around to where you want it and also the infill line count its much lighter and easier than making internal ribs
Ah! This looks most excellent! My OG Nano Goblin is still going strong so I probably don't _need_ another plane like it, but I totally want one of course. :D
The 3D Printed Gremlin looks like lots of fun. Design seems like a cross between the Nano Goblin and a Dart250g.
I'm guessing the vibration you were seeing was related to balance of motor/propeller, but you'll likely never know for this test build. If your FC has blackbox capability, you could check on the bench for vibration related to rpm. Just place nose down against bench, so most of airframe is not in contact with a surface. (or collect data while flying)
A very informative video. Thanks for posting and sharing.
Bern waiting for this one! Thanks!
Holy moly, how this hasn't got more views boggles my mind. Great job!
Happy to be printing a fuse now layer 579! Using eSun LW-PLA, ordered the Polylite. I printed a wing first, was ok but heavy. Now using the P3/McMillan Cura settings and looking really nice with some scattered thick stringing that is easily removed. We will see. Planning on the lightest, stabilized receiver, S6R /fpv setup.Wonder if it can be laminated? When can we 3d print EPP?
spectacular crash 😱😱
the cool factor to me about 3d printing planes is if you crash and destroy the airframe, you can just print another. no waiting for backorder'd stock or shipping from china. the gremlin design looks and flies amazing! can't wait to start printing one. thanks for the in-depth video ✌
Flying characteristics were priority #1, durability #2 and printability and ease of build #3. Inevitably, 3D printed planes are fragile which means priorty #2 is nearly impossible. But you can combat this with priority #3. The goal of a design where all parts share the same printer settings means you can print off spare $5 airframes to have lying around, and transplant your parts if you destroy your airframe. If you do your electronics right, a 30min build/transplant is reasonable. That's fairly close to what it would usually take to glue/tape a foamie back together at the field.
23:25 so did you end up doing the measurements? My prints are usually 5-10% heavier than CURA estimates, using pre-foamed PLA.
Justin, the developer, was going to make a manual. I'm not sure if ever finished it or not.
@@NotamedClosed Looks like he didn't :D
I loved the video and the flying..but the vocal fry? Arrrgggg!
What size battery does this use? Nothing is mentioned in the video, description, or on the 3D files page.
Abs is a very good material with low density and pretty high impact resistance
I know I’m a bit late to the party, but would it be possible to print the fuselage in normal pla then make the wings/ailerons with foam board? This would cut down on weight and would be easy to replace.
Anything is possible, I doubt it would way much less the LW-PLA. More durable though I suspect.
Did you ever do this? I'm thinking to try this
First off... thank you VERY much for your work!! I was wondering if you might have any suggestions on how you launched yours? Do you use a launcher? Hand launch? If you hand launch are you holding the fuse or doing a wing toss?
Hand launch. Shouldn't be a problem for a plane this size, and very easy if you have a FC with auto launch. I usually do a two handed throw over my head, but a side arm frisbee throw should also work fine for this plane. The Nano Goblin I launch with an overhand throw.
@@NotamedClosed Thanks a bunch!
Mate thanks for the video but you skipped the whole part with the electronics which is the most difficult for a beginner. How can i find more info on the electronics, which to choose and how to asssemble?
Great info, what "Infill" type are you using on the Nano Globin..Thanks
Infill should be zero.
Lucky me. I bought a goblin & a nano-goblin in Jan 2021 on sale. Even delivery to Australia was a bargain. I would have to sell my house to pay for shipping now.
Im getting the ZOHD Dart 250G, the Nano Goblin is more expensive and out of stock.
Love you flying, I want to be able to do some proximity flying too.
Any tips or suggestions? Thanks!
The Dart250g is great for proximity. I'd recommend at least 3S for it though. Always unhappy with it on 2S.
@@NotamedClosed Thanks! Looking forward to getting it.
@NotamedClosed I did see ReadyMadeRC has the Nano Goblin; might get it as well 😅
On this plane i got the centre to be the same weight as you low-Pla while I’ll was using Pla+ but it might come out heavier once it’s done
eh...
I lost my dart 250g, but I want to fly, I found a good replacement.
the idea is cool, now I'm printing it and waiting for the components
:))))
So how many 3d parts need printed total?
What parts are added for the radio controller? Any good tutorials on doing the wiring and programming inc transmiters and recievers? Does you radio controller also connect to your camera or is that a seperate unit? Cheers
How is the flight time. Is it similar to the advertised 45 min of the nano goblin?
It's close. I think the overall efficiency is really good, but the weight is a little more then the NG so you get some loss of performance from that.
I'm getting weird stuff happening in the walls. Looks under extruding but not. You can even see them in cura. Any idea?
Retraction, coasting, and wipe settings are where I'd start playing with.
On landing, looks like you have a really active club there.
can you please share with us the LW PLA cura profile please I was searching for it and I cant find it
I wonder if it would work if I would CNC mill this design out of XPS foam?
after i been try 3D printing plane i got conclusion of 3D printing should be use as part not entire plane Because PLA-LW is relatively expensive around here
Really like this plane, i would suggest to put glassfiber on it, costst about €20 so not that expensive and makes it way way stronger. Its not super hard too.
Dude, your music inserts are about 3000% louder that your voice over.
I warned you at the start I'm not a professional 😅. Just a hack who likes to fly FPV. They'll let anyone post on youtube. It sounded fine in my headphones when editing but I probably need to do more listening on different speakers to try and get the sound right.
With a second printer, I may make it print in less than 24hrs! Now if I could figure out how to hide this large outside seam on the wings. This seam would affect the airfoil and it changes the color of the plastic to a burnt brown. Just the seam looks burnt.
There is a way to print round things like a vase and there's no seam
@@dsmandrewa I have used Vase mode, but this is a seam that I see in the Cura Sliced preview, just not familiar with how to hide the seam without complication.
I orient my parts such that a sharp edge (like a trailing edge) is oriented towards the back left. Then select "User specified" for Z seam position, and place it in the back left as well. 👍
In cura u can pick where u want the seam, what side/edge. I usually put it on a trailing edge.
I build FT Goblin with PVC. Indestructable.
can we go at this with with normal pla??
I thinking it would be so cool to put a 1806 mini ar wing motor on it
I started printing mine in LWPLA but it’s flimsy. Ill give it another shot in PLA
It's flimsy till you assemble it. It will get stronger once finished.
@@NotamedClosed thanks man!
@@NotamedClosed is there a place where the assembly of this is explained in more detail? I’d like to share pics of my build to double check my progress, but I’m really doubtful about this one.
@@rhettlee just the RCGroups page. Link should be in video description.
Would the Creality ender 3d or pro be ok for this project? cheers
Yep. That one will work fine.
@@NotamedClosed Thank you. 👍🏽🏴
hmm i'd love to have a z84 from you :D
I would make it a little bit heavier ! To produce a better picture.
What was the final weight?
Around 300-350g depending on build material and setup
@@NotamedClosed do you think I would be able to push it below 250g with lw-pla and carefully picked components?
@@sveinara8650 Maybe. But that would likely be pretty minimal setup. Skip the FC/GPS, small Lipo vs Li-ion.
@@NotamedClosed It would be really nice to print sub 250 plane. Maybe even try something downscaled. Anyways, thanks for sharing your insight! 👍
can we use pixhawk af FC ? pixhawk 2.4.8
Hey Notam, looks like the Nano Goblin is back in stock, would you recommend the stock power system or custom? I am thinking to put a Walksnail or DJI Vista in it, thanks for the help?
Stock is pretty good. My original was the stock system and flew fine.
Anyone know how much PLA is required for the full print?
I have done mine with regular PLA. The weight is 220 without any components, I would ask about the motor 1507 4150kv because it's mentioned in the specification 4-6s (how does it work with 3s? also, can I fly with this setup with a total weight of 437g, If not what is the recommended motor?
VIdeo editing tip, listen to your video before releasing them so you know if the audio levels are consistent across the video (i.e. make sure the music clips aren't 6dB higher than the majority of the speech)
What the ng is no longer available, my two are getting beat up… the ng must live! Has there ever been an in depth interview on the dev of the ng, id watch that for sure - flying my inav ng on 3s and my no fc ng on 2s - love em in anything under 20knts
cool
ffs fix the sound levels! Turned my volume up for the intro talk, then got blasted by the music, and then you can't be heard almost when you talk again.
My headphones got thrown..
you clearly did not hear the beginning of the video where he warned off people like you.
@@shawnerick7371 he said he isn"t using high end mic's etc. and nothing about people going to complain.
nothing about the sound levels or about people needing to throw headphones because no warning about the volume going over 9000 all of a sudden. Go ahaid and make up some argument so you can feel offended for someone else and talk down on other viewers.
again: there is no warning in the beginning of the video about the sound levels being all over the place, wich is fine, but damn.....a little 'rip headphone users" warning would have been nice.
apparantly that's to hard to understand for some people, so they'll just talk down on others instead of realising there is indeed a spike in the volume. with no warning.
also: the video is great.
So I made this.......pretty straightforward. BUT YOU SHOULD REALLY MENTION THE BALANCING TABS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANE. I am currently making a second plane. I balanced it but apparently not correctly. Still really freaking cool though. Only typing in all caps so hopefully someone else wont make the same mistake.
Shipping from Ready-made rc to New Zealand is too expensive. No sea freight option
grande progetto se fosse a gratiz...
please fix your audio balance voice over to background is unwatchable