Lightweight Slope Glider Sailplane by CuriousCoon

CuriousCoon

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Print Profile(3)

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P1S

P1P

X1 Carbon

X1E

0.12mm layer, 3 walls, 100% infill

Designer

26 min

1 plate

4.7(33)

0.12mm layer, 3 walls, 100% infill

26 min

1 plate

5.0(5)

0.12mm layer, 2 walls, 100% infill

25 min

1 plate

3.8(6)

Open in Bambu Studio

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Description

Lightweight glider for Indoor and Outdoor Fun

Hand-, Crossbow-, or Rubber band start possible

Easy and fast print

Print Settings:

Layer height:

0.12mm works best, 0.06mm are also ok

Infill: 100%

Outer Lines: Min 2

Placement: Glider is rotated 45° in z-axis so that the infill of the first layer goes along the wings. This gives some rigidity when bending the wings and stabilizers.

Also a practical tool to calibrate your first layer and test layer adhesion.

Preparations:

Stick the vertical stabilizer into the slot in the fuselage or bend the horizontal stabilizers to a v-tail configuration.

Bend wings slightly upwards

Bend tail slightly upwards directly behind the wings.

Launch:

Hand launch

Grip between wings and tail or with your index finger on the rubber band notch and throw gently

Gummi band launch

Hold the band as you like

Place sling on edge on the bottom

Shoot

Catapult start

Place plane with edge directly on the sling

Shoot

Comment & Rating (62)

@Prunus01

brilliant, I scaled it to 95% and launched it from the 15th floor. this thing was so fast. ps don't print it in black or you'll lose sight of it pretty quick lol

@user_2951482026

I’ll try 29th floor

@zeronilnada

Boosted

I work in an aerospace job and I've printed and given away at least 20 of these! Really popular with my coworkers. It flies very well if not thrown too hard. I found that out early. A little dihedral in the wings helps with stability. I have noticed that if it sits upright too long that the wings will warp a bit. Not a big deal but I've found that leaving it sit upside down with the tail hanging of the desk keeps things straight. I've had a little trouble getting the vertical tail in the slot but it seems to just be print variability. Sometimes it goes right in, other times I've trimmed the very corner of the tab off just a little. Overall I'm really happy with the model, the prints and the performance. Very fun little toy. I'm sure that I'll be making more of these for people. Thanks for this great model!

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@sushii

Print Profile

0.12mm layer, 3 walls, 100% infill

Printed well except for the tail warping and peeling off a little during print, but doesn't seem to affect functionality. Likely an issue with my printer instead of the model.

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The designer has replied

@CuriousCoon

Do you have an idea how to improve the bed adhesion on this part without extra work afterwards? Besides keeping your bed clean, the only advice I would have for this would be to use a textured PEI sheet. Just works WAY more reliably for me, especially for this kind of feature.

@user_2678787792

Print Profile

0.12mm layer, 3 walls, 100% infill

Turned out very nicely

@Officina23

Print Profile

0.12mm layer, 3 walls, 100% infill

This plane flies quite well

@wvcont

Print Profile

0.12mm layer, 3 walls, 100% infill

fácil impressão, vou bem em área externa com espaço.

@camshaft8910

Print Profile

0.12mm layer, 3 walls, 100% infill

where is the sling shot part

The designer has replied

@CuriousCoon

There is no slingshot included. You can start it by hand. Do you always give bad ratings, because you don't have a rubber band?

@camshaft8910

Replying to @CuriousCoon :

it’s in the picture so if it’s not Thair that doesn’t make sense and it’s hard with you hand

@CuriousCoon

Replying to @camshaft8910 :

You mean the picture of the print profile of Vigo 3D? That's not my profile and it's actually not even this model. I have no idea why this is in here.

@user_809190738

Where's the vertical stabiliser? Ok an update on this...... I've made 2 now and they glide beautifully on indoor testing, I am totally blown away! I've been a fan of model aircraft for years and to be able to print this is just amazing. Thank you and great update on single plate printing with the vertical stabiliser. I've had a thought that this would be great with a capacitor power unit in with the pod for the motor on top in-between the wings, the capacitor in the nose/fuselage along with a charge port? If I get chance I may make a prototype to see if it would work? I think if it caught a thermal it would be gone! But again to any model flying fans, this is well worth printing a few for fun indoors or outdoors on a flat calm day.

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The designer has replied

@CuriousCoon

Thank you for your comment. I added a new print profile with vertical stabilizer, but it also should work without it in a v-tail configuration.

@user_809190738

Replying to @CuriousCoon :

Thank you I will try both configurations as this looks fantastic!

@user_2383362055

Boosted

printed with esun ePla st straight off the app. how will it fly? it's brilliant! thank you 👌

@zeronilnada

Boosted

Print Profile

0.12mm layer, 3 walls, 100% infill

Beautiful model. I've made a lot of these to give away. Everyone is always pleased!

The designer has replied

@CuriousCoon

Awesome! Thanks for sharing, have a nice flight! 👨‍✈️

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