~$2000 gamble....

[int2str]

Printed up this bracket last night and put it up on the wall:

For reference, the bracket is 23cm wide. I printed it "on end" and again is almost the tallest object the ORION can print.

What is it for? Well, that's the ~$2000 gamble
I'm betting about that much money that the printed ABS bracket is strong enough to hold this:

Again for reference, the main rotor blade is 55cm in length.
I still have to print a tail fin stand-off, but otherwise I'm very happy with how it turned out.

[Lochemage]

I don't know if I'd go so far as to say you're gambling an entire 2k... Sure, the whole thing could be worth that... but a simple drop to the floor probably won't do THAT much damage.

Still, nice way to mount it though.

[int2str]

I don't know if I'd go so far as to say you're gambling an entire 2k... Sure, the whole thing could be worth that... but a simple drop to the floor probably won't do THAT much damage.
Still, nice way to mount it though.

Heh, yes, I may have been a bit overly dramatic there
Hopefully I'll never find out.

[Blade-Breaker]

I don't know if I'd go so far as to say you're gambling an entire 2k... Sure, the whole thing could be worth that... but a simple drop to the floor probably won't do THAT much damage.
Still, nice way to mount it though.

Heh, yes, I may have been a bit overly dramatic there
Hopefully I'll never find out.

Looks good. I bet you could almost hang from it.

[Toyguy]

Is the STL available? I could print a few of those for my brother

[Eric]

No point in making them stronger than the wall...if the screws pull out of the wall, it's not the brackets fault.

[int2str]

Is the STL available? I could print a few of those for my brother

STL + FreeCAD file attached.
The STL will most likely be useless since the skid-holes are exactly 20cm apart for this specific heli. You'll have to know what Heli he has or how far apart the skids are.

Then you can easily adjust the dimensions in the FreeCAD file.

[geneb]

FYI: "If the wings are moving faster than the fuselage, you're in a helicopter and are therefore unsafe."



g.

[bubbasnow]

FYI: "If the wings are moving faster than the fuselage, you're in a helicopter and are therefore unsafe."



g.

says a fixed wing guy... rotary wing FTW!

[dbarrans]

What's worse is most of the time the wings aren't even moving in the same *direction* as the fuselage.

- dan

[barry99705]

FYI: "If the wings are moving faster than the fuselage, you're in a helicopter and are therefore unsafe."



g.

Here! Here!

says the guy that flew in a flying gas station with 190,000 pounds of fuel on board...