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Are you acitone smoothing those pods?! How are you getting that finish!?!?!?!?
I am blown away.
I especially like your lightning bolt (and other various sundry black paint/tape accessories) on the yellow pod.
Is that a carbon fiber tape you are using on your motor wires to fix them onto the arms? It looks like it could be an artifact of the photography process, but more likely a graphic on the surface of the tape, but I really want it to be actual carbon fiber (I know, I know, wishfull thinking...)
Thank you, i smoothed the pods with sandpaper for hours then i put 1 layer of filler 2 layers of paint and 1 of clear coating.
On the yellow pod i poured epoxy resin directly on it, made quite a mess but surface was smooth enough, to fix the wires i used vinyl car wrap tape thats just look like carbon.
Legit.
So after all that, which process do you prefer, and why?
Have you destroyed a pod you've spent that kind of time on yet? How do you feel in the aftermath? Are they too precious to fly now?
What's the speed like? Can you tell a difference? Are they wicked fast? The yellow one looks wicked fast.
I like the one that you put vents on, but I feel like they should point the same direction as the camera.
I also dig the ridge that you made for your zip ties. Correct me if i'm wrong here, but it looks like you aren't screwing anything but your SMA connection through the canopy? What type of filament are you using? With TPU you can make a stretchy socket for one of those lollypop antennas that go directly to a ufl connector, save some weight. You probably know that. The overall "multi-bulge" shape of the canopy just made me think it would look at home in the design.
Here's a link to an .stl file with an appropriatly sized cup that you can chop off and splice into your design, in case you are curious about what I had in mind.
I have used it before (in TPU) and it is an amazingly snug fit on a foxeer lollypop axii antenna.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3381504
I prefer the sanding process, pla is always difficult to sand it properly but i still prefer it over epoxy because i don't know how to get uniform surface without dripping etc.
I have destroyed canopy and also the whole copter few times... its sux but they never too precious to fly :)
The speed is quite good, the yellow pod got 225kmh on 4s and around 250 with 5s, but they feel all the same, there is maybe a difference of 5/10kmh but i can't really tell..
YEP the vents are facing the wrong direction :D but they are mostly cosmetic anyway.
Pla is what i use the most, i tried petg and was nice and fast to sand but terrible to print but i never used tpu.
Thank you, i will try this : )