Flitetest Rocktopus Quadcopter

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After watching the latest Flitetest VLOG at https://youtu.be/-H76d7_7qSs, I decided to modify their design so you don't have to saw it in half and hollow it out after printing. Firstly, I made it a solid object in Meshmixer, which 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 and the hands. Then, I made a plane cut that separated the head, body, and both hands. If you find a lossless way of making it solid and cutting it up, I will add new versions. 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. The head can be printed with 0%-15% infill from the start. This saves a lot of print time and material. The body doesn't need a top surface. The head doesn't need a bottom surface. Original STL files are available from Flitetest Dropbox in their video description at https://goo.gl/wx5n7g. Update: All files should be fixed thanks to @makersmuse for the great tutorial on Meshmixer! https://youtu.be/2KR2kQcHCho. I had to install Netfabb to fix internal cavities of the base model. I will try to fix the gap on the wrists as soon as possible. Any tips for using Meshmixer or Meshlab for that would be greatly appreciated.