MD-500 (flyable Helicopter)

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MD-500 (flyable Helicopter)

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Rotor (PLA)
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45 min
1 plate
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Body (PLA)
Body (PLA)
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55 min
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0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 10% infill
0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 10% infill
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0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
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Description

HUGHES MD - 500 (flyable pullcopter)

 

 

Externals

For launching the MD-500, you need to make the “Overpowered Heli Launcher” before:

 

Printingsettings

Print as light as possible. I used 2 perimeter, 0.2mm layerheight and 10% infill on the helicopter body.

For the Rotor use Arachne in the slicer.

 

Postprocessing

Clean the hole for the shaft with an 8mm drill bit. Make it as clean as possible to avoid friction.

Add the pins to the body and glue the two haves together with some superglue

Add a drop of superglue into the skid holes and glue the skids in place

To make the helicopter fly stable, you have to direct the airflow of the propeller to act as a counterforce against the rotors spinning direction. The easiest way is to make a fin with transparent tape.

You have to adjust the sice and angle of the tape according to your friction on the shaft

Testfly -→ adjust → repeat …

Mount the rotor to the shaft. It should be friction fit, but if its too lose you can add some superglue. (The rotor should spin freely)

To stop the helicopter from rotating during the launch, you have to add the helistops to your launcher. Just remove the old M3x6 screw and replace it with a M3x10.

Have Fun

 

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Rotor (PLA)
Mine was bent, and had spaghetti on it.
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it’s your printer not the file smh
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Rotor (PLA)
Nice and easy (WHEN you remember to let the glue that helds the rotor to the axis settle. Otherwise you can rip off (and destroy the rotor) and drill the axis out :-/
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So there is no pull tab for it any more>? thanks would be cool for kids in the fam ;]
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Hi, for launching you need to make this project: https://makerworld.com/de/models/81500
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Rotor (PLA)
bestens
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Body (PLA)
worked fine!
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Body (PLA)
bad support issue
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model güzel ama malesef fırlatma parçasını basamıyoruz çünkü yok
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0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 10% infill
It printed nicely but I did have to glue some of the parts.
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Body (PLA)
It fly's
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Body (PLA)
good profile!
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