Jumper T-Lite kick-stand

I recently purchased a Jumper T-Lite radio as a second radio, something a bit smaller and lighter than my Taranis radio and more easily taken traveling or thrown in the car for impromptu flying.

I use IRC Ghost TX modules and receivers, and one thing that bugged me about the T-Lite was how the module bay is implemented. I was aware of this before purchasing the radio, but was not prepared for how annoying it was to have the radio perched on the module when sitting on a bench - Especially so when you consider that many modules are more expensive than the radio, it is very easy to bump the radio and have it skate across your desk and scratch up your module!

I had a look around and couldn't find much in the way of stands or handles like on other radios, either commercial products or DIY options, so I thought I would have a go at designing a stand for the radio myself.

After a few designs and tweaks I have come up with the following - A foldable 'kick-stand' that mounts to the two screw mounts on the top edge of the radio.

The stand stows out of the way while using the radio or packed into a bag, and when you're done flying or need to charge the radio you simply flip the stand out.

The stand consists of two printed parts, and requires 2x 16-20mm M2 cap-head screws for the hinge and 2x 10mm x M2 countersunk screws to mount it to the radio.

After printing place the parts together and carefully screw the cap-head screws through the hinge holes to form the hinge point. Take care not to force the screws, if the holes are too tight you may need to drill them out carefully so as to not split the parts at the layer lines.

To mount the stand to the radio you just need 2x 10mm x M2 countersunk screws, these screw through the mount and into the two screw holes on the top edge of the radio.

During design and testing I managed to strip the plastic holes out on my radio, I placed a nut on the inside of the radio and tightened down to prevent the mount from working loose. This has the advantage of making a stronger connection but does mean that to remove the stand you will need to dismantle the radio.

I also found that the top edge of the radio was more prone to flexing with the extra leverage, to help limit movement I placed some small pieces of 1mm thick double-sided tape on the mount to add some extra points of contact which makes the stand much more solid

I have included the SketchUp file if you would like to make changes to the design.

I have also designed an adapter plate to shift the module further up the back of the radio, it can be found at the following link: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4915939

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