50mm EDF holder for a Lidl glider EPP airplane
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Bill of Materials
- M4 nut x 1:
- M4x16mm screw x 1:
Description
Simple holder that needs to be hot-glued into pre-made holes in the EPP fuselage.
I highly recommend printing the holder from ABS, ASA or at least PET-G because once I tried to glue in my holder made out of PLA, it started to soften up and was difficult to put in the holes, but it's still possible.
All you need to hold the EDF in the holder is one M4 screw with a nut. Or you can just super-glue it in the holder and then hot-glue the assembly into the plane.
Remember to glue it straight but with a downward angle, just like a propeller having a negative angle in the front of planes. Around 3-5° will be fine.
Don't be afraid to fly the plane with the CG too much in the front (almost on the leading edge of the wings), it will fly nicely and it doesn't require too much power.
I used 3S Li-Pol batteries from 1500 to 2200mAh and all flew pretty well.
Link to the EDF is here: AliExpress EDF listing
I use the 5000KV version, but you can use a lower KV too. The 5000KV requires a 50A ESC, which is pretty big and heavy, but this glider can carry quite a lot of weight.
Video from the flight is here: YouTube Shorts flight video
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