Airwolf V2 for 250 sized RC Heli by scousethief

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

Firstly i give full credits to user Marten from whom i pinched this model from.
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/1c76ab323298a4176f0b1d884aa8c15c/Airwolf-v20
V2 , chopped and cleaned quite a bit, the original had a few areas that needed cleaning up , for a computerized illustration it wasnt a problem but for an actual 3d real-world model it needed some serious hitting with a hammer to try and get everything to print as it should.
The windows are meant to be cut out and i will upload the "plug"s you will use to make the inserts by using heat to shrink an old coke bottle over a mold.
There are of course extra bits , the weapon pods and turbine details will be uploaded shortly and anything else that goes along with it.
I am trying to find a good configuration of parts so that this can be printed in vase mode and then glued together to create the overall Airwolf aesthetic. The front piece can be printed in vase mode as is but the two central halves have issues at the front of the turbine intakes and the heavy curve around the weapons pod, this is obviously cured when not in vase mode by adding supports and extra perimeters.
What I need to learn : I need a print mode that will print a single walled shell that has a honeycomb backing to a defineable depth, IE a single perimeter with a variable depth support. I know using simplify I can change the infill % through layering in defined splits to allow me to change the infill and perimeters across sections of the model but I haven't figured out how to make the infill work the way that I want it to.
Things for V3 : adapt fuselage to include mounts to hold the servo's, main shaft and various other parts negating the need for the 250 carbon frame