Printing the 3dLabs Spitfire, going well once I switched from PETG to PLA.

Printing the 3dLabs Spitfire, going well once I switched from PETG to PLA. Need to get some XT or PLA/PHA or NGen for this though, the mid range Hatchbox stuff is too brittle it will delaminate in a crash I am pretty sure.

I suck at flying, specificly the reverse of controls when an RC aircraft is coming at me versus heading away. I crashed a balsa glider over and over trying to learn, that took hundreds of hours to build by hand. This was back in the 80’s so every part was hand cut from diagrams, the aircraft covered in iron on thin flexible plastic sheets that ripped easily. Crashing and repairing was painful and tedious. Needing wind and updrafts and vertical terrain is not a great way to learn to fly :stuck_out_tongue:

I may try again with a high wing foam starter with an engine to make learning in flat open ground on a calm day possible. I want to fly this spitfire as it looks really sleek but I know from experience I would crash it without training up to it.

Printing challenges aside. Get a computer sim to train with, all you need to do to get your plane repaired after a crash is hit the space bar, it’s much cheaper and quicker.

gravity center may have change after changing materials.
check weight and balance.