Dragon Steam Diverter for Ninja Foodi

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I liked the variations of "*Instant Pot Dragon* (smoothed)" (see https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3376037 and "https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3509737"), so decided to merge it with [my Foodi steam diverter](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4224672) base for use with the Ninja Foodi. This steam diverter can be put on the steam control vent cap of the Foodi pressure cooker lid in any of four different directions, depending on your needs. It can be kept on the pressure cooker lid at all times during the pressure cooking phase, without interfering with operation. To release pressure, just use the fin at the back of the dragon head to rotate the knob from "SEAL" to "VENT" (using the fin protects your fingers from the steam), and watch the dragon release some steam! **Sizes** For my own use, I wanted to make the dragon smaller, more like the size I had used on my steam whistle version - this is the size shown in the photos above (see file named "Dragon-Foodi_Small-v2.stl"). This dragon is almost half the size of the original Instant Pot versions, but the vent hole is just the same size as the steam whistle version I have used dozens of times with great success. **However**, if you do want a larger dragon, I've provided the "Dragon-Foodi_Large-v2.stl" file where the dragon is almost the same size as the original. Just note that I have not tried printing the large version, so you are on your own! (If you do print the large version, please let us know how it worked for you.) **Printing** Supports are needed for printing this. To get best detail in the dragon face/mouth, I rotated the design -122 degrees on the X axis before printing. This puts the mouth up and the steam path near 45 degrees to help reduce needed supports. Still a lot of clean-up required, but the results were reasonable for me (see photos). My printer is a Lulzbot Mini-2, using [Cura Lulzbot Edition](https://www.lulzbot.com/cura) as the slicer and for support generation. I used colorFabb nGen filament (230 degree C print temp). I have not noticed any softening or issues with the diverter after use in steam. **Update 3/21/2021 - v2** After printing a few of these, I discovered that the original smoothed dragon head .stl used in the remix had a *very* thin wall on the neck, where the interior 90 degree pipe bend almost meets the outside top of the neck. To strengthen this weak area, I thickened the inside wall at the bend - this also made the 90 degree steam diversion angle more gradual. These new "v2" versions should be sturdier with the thicker wall.