Airplane Simulator (Mechanical) No Strings and Print in Place Bearings

cults3d

5/10/2020 I changed how the mechanical piece is printed to minimize gluing. I added shorter thicker rods and added a way to Bring Your Own Plane and glue it to the simulator. I also added a rod stabilizer to prevent too much yaw. 4/23/2020 I realized the front bearing of the plane will fall out after printed. I added a fixed mode that moved it further up to capture more of the bearing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F13ywAtrH4E I modified this so it does not require nylon string. It uses PLA strands or you can print the thin straight rods instead. I put Print In Place bearings at all the attachment points. Mine all had to be "broken loose" but all the PIP bearings turned out nice and stay in place with very good motion. From my video, you can see I used PLA and I didn't quite get it straight enough. I added some 1.75 (ish) mm (actually mine were 1.55mm) rods that will print very nicely. I used .16mm layer height on the small rods and they came out very nice and fit a little loose in the ball bearings but they need to be glued anyway. If you want to design those small rods to make them closer to 1.75mm, send me the link and I will add it.