FT style mini swappable 2-axis thrust vector motor mount PIP

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This is a print-in-place thrust vectoring motor mount project I am designing to build a plane around. This should be printed with the motor mount end facing against the build plate. Use tree supports in either the Cura or Prusia slicers. Use "Dynamic Quality" 0.16 mm layer height or finer resolution to ensure gap in ball and socket joint does fuse the parts together. Must print at 100% infill so that neck of ball joint has the strength to break free from the socket when done printing. I recommend putting steady pressure on the ball into the socket while varying pressure in small circles until the ball and socket come free of each other. I assume that this motor mount should work in either a tractor or pusher configuration. This is for smaller planes and uses the Flite Test type of mini swappable power pod as the base of the mount. The servo tray is designed to fit two 5g sub-micro servos (e.g., TowerPro SG-50). Mount the control rods underneath the servo arms using a micro-size push rod connector (e.g., Du-Bro Mini E/Z connector; Cat. No. 915). Use two short minimum 1 7/8"; 0.04" diameter (5 cm; 1.1 mm diameter) control rods (include the Z-bend in the length). The Z-Bend end will fit into the pushrod mounts on the cup of the ball and socket. Attach the Z-bend to the socket push rod connectors first the slide them into the under side of the control arm connectors. I designed this mount to accept an EMax RS2205 2300KV motor (i.e., as in the FT Power Pack F from Flite Test). Other small motors should fit as well. I have bench tested this at full power (3S battery) with a 6x3 APC electric propeller and it seems very stable. Set up your radio with elevon mixing to control the thrust vectoring with one servo in the aileron channel and one in the Elevator channel. I am thinking of using on a wing with elevons and will use y-cables to split the control signal to the vectoring servos and the elevon servos. Good Luck in designing your own plane around this intriguing concept. 7/23/2023 new version with 300 um gap added to ease separation of ball and socket after printing depending on your printer's capacity for detail. Also, increased slot size on socket to allow greater degree of freedom for control movements. NOTE: G-code files are for and Ender 3 Pro with BL-Touch. Delete G29 in the 20th line of code if you want { G28 G29; Home all axes }. WARNING: Use at your own risk I make no claims about the strength of your prints as I have no control over how you maintain or run your printer.