Micro Gentle Lady by N827TM

Last crawled date: 3 years, 4 months ago

This is a (1/2 scale) Micro Gentle Lady radio controlled sailplane. It can be printed with or without the power pod. It is printed with PLA and Color Fabb LW-PLA.
The power pod is and center wing wing sections and hatch are all regular PLA.
Each wing panel printed with LW-PLA has a 3mm carbon fiber rod. The wing panels are joined with 2mm carbon fiber rods.
The fuselage is printed in two parts with LW-PLA It is joined with 2mm carbon rod.
The vertical and horizontal stabilizers are printed with LW-PLA and have a 2mm carbon rod in the middle of them.
I printed this on a Artillery Sidewinder X1 v.4 printer. The files are for 300x300x400 printer.
I used zero percent infill.
Aircraft Specifications:
Wingspan: 36 inches / 914mm
Weight: 7.8 ozs / 914 grams
Center of Gravity: 45mm from inboard leading edge of the wing..
Motor: 1806 1400KV Brushless Motor
ESC; 12 amp esc / 2 amp BEC
Battery: 2s 300mah Li-polymer
Servos: 2 - K-power P0025 2.5G/0.8KG/0.07S/6V Coreless Plastic Analog Servos
Receiver: FrSky D4R-II - 4/8 Channel Receiver
Hardware:
Carbon Fiber Rod - 3mm and 2mm
1- Wing Bolt - M3 x 15mm Nylon Phillips Cross Pan Head Machine Screw
2 - 5 x 3mm Multi-use Refrigerator Magnets
1 - K & S PRECISION METALS 497 0.039" x 36" Music - pushrods
Lead added to the nose for ballast weight.
Here is the link to the thread on RC Groups:
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?3693381-Micro-Gentle-Lady
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9OzmmBPLbs