Flitetest Rocktopus Quadcopter

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<p>After watching the latest Flitetest VLOG <a href="https://youtu.be/-H76d7_7qSs">https://youtu.be/-H76d7_7qSs</a> I decided to modify their design so you don't have to saw it in half and hollow it out after printing.</p> <p>First I made it a solid in Meshmixer wich unfortunately softened all the edges and blew up the poly count. Without making it solid it had some cavities. Secondly I smoothed the transition between the Octopus tentacles to the hands. Then I made a plane cut wich separated the head, body and both hands. Sadly I don't know how to only separate the head so the hands have an infinitesimal small gap at the wrists wich should not matter for your slicer.</p> <p>[DONE] If I find a lossless way of making it solid and cutting it up I will add new versions.</p> <p>Also if your slicer like Simplify3D supports it you should print the body with a large amount of perimeters, like 6-10 and at least 50% infill for the first 15 mm, after that you can print with 0%-15% infill and like 3 perimeters.</p> <p>The head can be printed with 0%-15% infill from the start.</p> <p>This saves a lot of print time and material.</p> <p>The body doesn't need a top surface.</p> <p>The head doesn't need a bottom surface.</p> <p>Original STL from the Flitetest Dropbox from their video description. <a href="https://goo.gl/wx5n7g">https://goo.gl/wx5n7g</a></p> <p>Update: All files should be fixed thanks @makersmuse for the great tutorial on Meshmixer! <a href="https://youtu.be/2KR2kQcHCho">https://youtu.be/2KR2kQcHCho</a></p> <p>Needed to install Netfabb to fix internal cavities of the base model.</p> <p>ATTENTION!: The gap on the wrists is worse than I thought I'll try to fix it asap.</p> <p>Any tips for using Meshmixer or Meshlab for that?</p> <h3>Print Settings</h3> <p><strong>Rafts:</strong></p> <p>No</p> <p class="detail-setting supports"><strong>Supports: </strong> <div><p>No</p></div> <p><strong>Resolution:</strong></p> <p>0,2</p> <p class="detail-setting infill"><strong>Infill: </strong> <div><p>50</p></div> <p><strong>Notes:</strong></p> <p>See summary.</p> <h3>Custom Section</h3> <p class="detail-caption"><strong>Flitetest YouTube thumbnail</strong></p> </p></p> Category: R/C Vehicles