Did 3 identical builds for the 2019 race season - did one white, one black, and couldn't pick a colour scheme for the third one until I realised I had TPU in all the colours necessary for a Martini Racing colour scheme. 13 filament changes, totally worth it!
Mostly the same as the Mahou Shoujo builds from last year, frame updates consist of more reinforcement on the baseplate which makes it way stronger and more rigid (even used FEA in Solidworks to help work out where to put the intermediate braces), and a fin on the pod which protects the VTX antenna (sheared a couple of pigtails in big crashes) and helps with turtle mode.
The pods for all 3 were printed in TPU - Martini Special is all Rigid.ink, Black is all Sainsmart, and White is white rigid.ink and purple Sainsmart. Baseplates are all cut from various grades of HDPE - Martini Special is red PE500, Black is PE300, and White is PE1000. The black build also has a Hobbywing 45A rather than Racerstar 35A, because I had it handy.
Just need the weather to improve so I can get some laps in before the season kicks off!
What's the weight sans battery, if you don't mind me asking? I was thinking about this type of build yesterday. Had no idea someone was already on it. Thanks.
What's the weight sans battery, if you don't mind me asking? I was thinking about this type of build yesterday. Had no idea someone was already on it. Thanks.
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That Martini pod is awesome. Fellow F1 fan.