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LocalFiend
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3D Printed RC Auto-Gyro

This is still a work in progress, but I it's coming along so I thought I'd post it here.

I was inspired by the 3dlabprint printable airplanes, and decided to teach myself Fusion 360 and attempt thin wall printing.

I've never flown an RC autogyro, but have always wanted to. I figure building my own that I can easily replace parts for while learning something about 3D design along the way was a good idea.

First videos are of the 3D printed gears, a gearbox, and a clutch assembly for a start assist system. Auto-Gyro blades spin on their own, but having something to assist with spinup could be nice.

Gears are Taulman Tech-G (PETG), and the orange stuff is Hatchbox PLA.

Here's a video of the blades spinning up just from wind. It got scary fast being so close to my face lol.

Publié : 18/03/2017 11:50 pm
JJ3DPrinter
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Re: 3D Printed RC Auto-Gyro

This is still a work in progress, but I it's coming along so I thought I'd post it here.

I was inspired by the 3dlabprint printable airplanes, and decided to teach myself Fusion 360 and attempt thin wall printing.

I've never flown an RC autogyro, but have always wanted to. I figure building my own that I can easily replace parts for while learning something about 3D design along the way was a good idea.

First videos are of the 3D printed gears, a gearbox, and a clutch assembly for a start assist system. Auto-Gyro blades spin on their own, but having something to assist with spinup could be nice.

Gears are Taulman Tech-G (PETG), and the orange stuff is Hatchbox PLA.

Here's a video of the blades spinning up just from wind. It got scary fast being so close to my face lol.

That's pretty cool and I was surprised by that rpm. With a bit larger blades and at 700 RPM you could generated a nice little off grid electric setup to charge a battery bank at a cabin or to supplement a small solar setup.

I like it 🙂

Publié : 21/03/2017 11:50 pm
maxx78
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Re: 3D Printed RC Auto-Gyro

Nice Design !

Autogyros are strange beast not really plane nor Heli.

One tip: remove one of the screw per rotorblade and replace it with a tooth pick or a piece of filament. when the rotor hit something it will shear of and safes the blade.

I did this one my Hobbyling Autogyro after the blades got damaged on each rough landing and now i just have to replace the filamant piece. 😀

Publié : 22/03/2017 9:06 am
LocalFiend
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Re: 3D Printed RC Auto-Gyro



That's pretty cool and I was surprised by that rpm. With a bit larger blades and at 700 RPM you could generated a nice little off grid electric setup to charge a battery bank at a cabin or to supplement a small solar setup.

I like it 🙂

Haha, never really thought of doing something like that lol. I bet there are some super efficient props I could copy and 3D print for something like that.

Nice Design !

Autogyros are strange beast not really plane nor Heli.

One tip: remove one of the screw per rotorblade and replace it with a tooth pick or a piece of filament. when the rotor hit something it will shear of and safes the blade.

I did this one my Hobbyling Autogyro after the blades got damaged on each rough landing and now i just have to replace the filamant piece. 😀

That's a great idea. I think I will try the filament trick. I'm good at crashing.

Finally did a test of the gearbox with the full set of blades.

Video of the spinup test. It's kinda scary lol.

Anyone know if it's possible to embed youtube videos?

Publié : 24/03/2017 11:31 pm
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