Altenative superstructure to HobbyKing Swamp Dawg Air Boat by Phil86B

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Alternative cabin for the Swamp Dawg Air Boat from Hobbyking.
The one provided is a bit small - it's very hard to put all the electronic parts + the battery inside. So I've designed this cabin (inspired from the Copper Responder) - scale ~1/32.
With that version:
all the electronic components can be put inside the cabin and not under the floor.
quite a large battery can be used now: a 105x37x28mm block can fit in. Size of my current battery is 105(+)x35x19mm (1)+ wires.
the 2 long screws used to close the original compartment are reused here. You will also need 2 M2x10mm screws + their corresponding nuts.
Features:
The 2 M2x10mm extra needed screws are used to fix the body of the cabin to the air boat (reusing the original holes).
The 2 M2 nuts are used with the 2 original long screws in order to set/remove the roof (see the assembly pictures). A piece (cabin_cover_nut) has been designed to avoid the nut to fall - this cover piece is glued to block the nut completely.
I've added "__color" at the end of the name of some pieces to identify the "recommended" color to use when printing them but of course, fell free to use the color you want/have.
Sometimes there are 2 versions of the same piece - just pick the one the most suitable for you.
All the STL files should be already well oriented,
With some exceptions, I printed all my pieces here with a 0.2mm resolution, using PLA.
I used superglue (cyanoacrylate glue) to glue everything.
Here is the list of the pieces, with the number of copy to be printed + some extra notes:
Plateform board:
o board.stl: board to use the original servomotor
or
o board_blank.stl: if for some reason the previous one doesn't fit you, I've also provided this blank one. 100% infill might be judicious here (?)
Main body (once):
o V1: the boby is in 2 parts - cabinV1_lowerPart.stl + cabinV1_upperPart.stl - and will have to be glued together (note that there will be a little joint comparing to the V2). Support needed when printing the lower part.
o V2: cabinV2_full.stl: full cabin in a single part. Support needed here.
cabin_cover_nut.stl (twice): to be glued inside the cabin, to block the nuts
door (once): you can simulate joints by setting the first layer (only) in black
door_handle__black.stl (once): just to simulate the handle of the door
ladder__black.stl (once) : to be glued on the cabin based on the corresponding opening in the roof (so glue it once the roof is printed and in place)
Window frames:
frame_back__black.stl (twice): for the 2 back windows
frame_front__black.stl (thrice): for the 3 front windows. there is a way to set them (the lower part is "full")
frame_port__black.stl (once): for the port window
frame_port_door__black.stl (once): for the door window
frame_starbord__black.stl (twice): for the 2 starboard windows
Roof (I glued every parts set on top of the roof by the inside)
o V1: roofV1.stl (once): simple and classic roof version
o V2: roofV2.stl (once) + roofV2_pin.stl (once) + roofV2_plug.stl (once): V1 version with a hole, if you ever want to pass some wires (for a camera or something else). When this option is not used, I've designed a plug + a pin to hide the hole
roof_side_rails_back__black.stl (twice): back side rails of the roof
roof_side_rails_front__black.stl (twice): front side rails of the roof
antenna_holder_legblack.stl (twice) + antenna_holder_bodyblack.stl (once): introduce the 2 leg parts in the roof first without gluing them, then set and glue the body to the legs and finally glue the legs to the roof.
Searchlights:
o V1: if you want to simulate the panels via the printed files:
searchlight_big_V1__black.stl (once): body of the main searchlight
searchlight_big_V1_panel__white.stl (once): to be printed in white - 0,10 resolution here
searchlight_tiny_V1__black.stl (twice): body of the tiny searchlights - support needed here
searchlight_tiny_V1_panel__white.stl (twice): to be printed in white - 0,10 resolution here
o V2: if you want to simulate the panels using paint or stickers:
searchlight_big_V2__black.stl (once): body of the main searchlight
searchlight_tiny_V2__black.stl (twice): body of the tiny searchlights
For the antenna, I used what my printer (prusa i3) do every time: a 2 layer "wall" all arround the piece so basically I get everytime a 2 layers wire - I simply cut an glued a straight part of that.