Cheetah glider (LIDL brother!)

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No more LIDL in stock... no problem let's go Cheetah ;-) It's a full-scale version with a 3D-printed mechanism allowing to recover 5 cm of wing span and hiding all the servo stuff inside the central part of the wings. Some magnets take care of locking everything into place... This is a simple and hopefully elegant wingeron conversion for a Cheetah glider. The idea is to hide the servos inside the central part of the wing. The two wings rotate around a 4mm carbon fiber tube inserted into a 6mm OD / 4mm ID aluminum tube. At the tips of the carbon tube are glued two small 2mm screws. On one end of each aluminum tube, a 4mm neodymium magnet is attached, which provides enough force to keep the wings in place. To insert the aluminum tube into the EPP wings, I designed a custom jig. Attach it to a flat piece of wood. Sharpen the tip of a long aluminum tube and use it as a drill bit. Insert the sharpened tube into the jig, rotate it into the wing... The servo arms need to be printed too. A small piece of 2mm steel rod will be inserted...