If you wrap glued in servos with a layer of black electrical tape, it makes them easier to salvage. All you have to do is cut the tape and peal the tape, then the servo can be reused.
Yeah, that is a great hack to point out. I do use painters tape on the bottom of the servos for that very reason, I like it to be very tidy and minimal for the video haha.
This looks amazing and so fun to fly! Looks like it just wants to fly too. Very good for new to novices flyers. When the captain rolled it, I was like, ok, I'm building this! I too have been missing your videos, but you did respond to my email fast. You make these videos and builds look TO EASY! I don't think most realize what it takes to make and edit a video like this. Capturing the printing, the build, and then flying, with voice over, OMG, all I can say is thank you! Then I just looked and you have sourced out and linked all the parts too!!!! Your family is so lucky to have a man of your caliber helping take care of them. Sorry for the long post..... Thank you sir!
This combines everything I love; warbirds, RC, and 3d printing. And the parachute mechanism is a nice touch. I love seeing every new project you put out. I can't wait for you to do a classic bomber next!
Want to say thank you for your videos. I started this hobby 3 years ago. Your the one that inspired me to give 3D models a try. I went though the comments and thought I would let you know. Keep up the great work.
We've been curious about your whereabouts, but it's understandable given your busy time expanding your team. Congratulations on the new addition to your family and the impressive new aircraft!
Troy Great job on this one, both the video and the plane. The video shows so much more personality than some other previous videos. Keep up the good work! Congrats on the addition!
Thank you for this comment it definitely does show more personality. I figured there was enough channels out there that show hands building random things so I figured I would show a human building something. Thank you for the congrats! Cheers
I like when you said "3D printing is not my hobby" ... I feel exactly the same way ... they are tools, I want them to work. I use Prusa and Formlabs printers. Every time someone says I "overpaid" I remind them that I NEVER have failed prints ... and my time is not free.
Wowowow! You've outdone yourself this time Troy :-D Just picked up a bambu x1c myself so I might have to print this one out! Huge congrats on the new addition to your family as well! ^_^
Love your background music !!!! And loved this build so much infact that I subscribed !!! Well done and Thank you for being out there doing it . I'm very happy to have found your channel. GOD bless you and your loved one's 👍
The stuff you build is crazy! Glad to see that more people are getting into 3d printed planes, thanks to people like you. Personally, I love this 3d printed beauty the most and then the 3d printed A350 and A330 i saw on cults3d. Great job Troy, keep building more awesome planes!!
I've been waiting for you for a long time. I often looked at the channel to see if there was a new video. I'm glad that everything is fine. I have notifications turned off, but today I accidentally went to the channel and was delighted by the new video.
Thank you for being so interested in my channel that is very nice feedback to here. I would really like to start posting much more consistent. So hopefully you will start seeing more videos. Cheers
It's amazing how far 3d printed planes have come, this is a very similar size to my foam twin 50mm Seamaster, and seeing a 3d printed plane match the weight of foam is very impressive to me. Awesome work! I'm feeling inspired to design my own.
Looks fanntastic...next on my list, love your step by step videos and yay youve gone to bambu labs..so much more straightforward .congrats on the addition...
Please a video how you design and draw a small plane maybe ? Preferably : Freecad for drawing and OpenFoam for simulation 🙂 I know I want to much :-) Love your videos. So much to watch. You inspire my sons alot :-)
Awesome design and build work young man. The last plane of Douglas, originally the YF-15 competing with Boeing's YC-14. I inspected the 1st two wire harness in development on the C-17 early in 1989, LOX.
@@TroyMcMillan I have purchased all your designs and will be purchasing this as well. I like to see how other designers go about their designs of 3D printed airplanes. I have not built any as of yet, but I like looking at the designs.
I have 2 C-17 foam models that used 4-40 MM EDF units. I am currently replacing the fans/engines because the ones it came with are junk. I had one fan detonate on takeoff and 3 engines weren't enough to keep the plane flying. Since my C-17s are about the same size as yours I might try twin 50 MM edf units in it with empty outboard nacelles. I noticed that on your models, the landing gear sponsons are the same length (which makes sense aerodynamically) yet on my aircraft, the right sponson is longer than the left one. The reason the right sponson is longer is because the designers realized at the last minute that they hadn't placed the APU in the aircraft yet so the lengthened the right sponson while leaving the left one at the original design length. My C-17s are plug & play and a bit on the heavy side. Your aircraft look and fly amazing! Great job!
Ya maybe try duel 50mm in your and try to shed some weight off. Nice catch on the sponson. Yes I decided to adjust this from scale so that they would work more as skies to takeoff and land on. It does fly great the main reason is just due to how light the plane is. Good luck with your C-17s. Cheers
@@TroyMcMillan Since I have two of the aircraft, I might make one a twin engine with 64MM fans and the other with 4 50MM fans. You can tell by the video that your aircraft is very light and responsive. My C-17s are much heavier and take lots of runway to get in the air with the original engines. My aircraft also have 18 wheels on the landing gear which add weight and drag for sure. Making your aircraft with equal length sponsons for landing instead of adding the extra weight of landing gear is just brilliant. It also looks cool flying with the "gear up" whereas mine always have the gear down as if it is preparing to land.
I do CAD design work for my model railroad. That plane HAD to have been a massive design effort. Congratulations! It's awesome. Edit: tried the "all parts" link and got the "something went wrong" response.
Yes it was a massive deign effort for sure. Thank you. I will get the all parts link working thank you for letting me know. Required parts. 1 roll of LW-PLA Medium CA Glue 2 50mm EDFs 2 40amp ESC 5 9g servos Servo wire extensions 1 Battery
Thank you, I love this plane I have only been able to enjoy looking at the C-17 from a distance it is such an amazing looking airplane. The paratroopers are my favorite part also.
Troy: I am a hobbyist like you with the passion to build. Can you make a couple videos of how to design and use Fusion 360 to make a wing, fuselage ect
First this plane looked and flew amazingly! You are miles ahead of the companies out there that have 3d printed planes. Second, I have a request. No company has made a P-40 that flies well. I was hoping in one of your future projects, you can make one please and thank you!
Wow thank you for the nice comment. That is why I started doing my own designs I just had some cool planes I wanted to build and some ideas for some better features to try out. The P-40 would be a cool airplane to build. What size wing would you like to see for that build.
@@TroyMcMillan That is up you. If smaller is easier, than smaller. If larger is easier, than larger lol. I will print whatever you make and fly it till it dies.
it would be cool to see a video on your 3d modeling process. im trying to make my own but dont know where to put parts or how to make sure everything stays secure.
Maybe I am missing this info, but I saw the print profiles and noticed profiles for pla and lw pla. I am assuming the whole plane is lw pla and the skid plate are pla? I am amazed at the quality from my old printers to the x1c when printing lw pla. My very first lw pla print was the eagle, I believe you printed one too. Thanks so much for the info about lw pla and pla and what is pla and not. Thanks.
very nice design and build. Great that you give the bambu labs settings. I have never been able to get a good light weight PLA print. The layers seem to just separate at the slightest knock. Maybe I just need to try a different brand.
I can only get eSun epla-lw locally. There is a 3-part Reddit article discussing settings. My issues came right when I limited the max volumetric speed to 5 mm2/s. Strangely, I get much better results with the white, but the black is a lot weaker. I lightly sand it and then coat with epoxy resin.
@@290Alenka No I like the Active Foaming material from 3d lab or colorfabb. It saves around 45% from standard PLA. The Pre-foamed material only saves around 20% from standard PLA
Amazing model 👍 Do you think there is huge difference between X1C and P1S ? Next model suggestion : an iconic fighter like F14 or something older like F9F or F4 😉
Ya definitely I would love to build an F14 with retractable wing system. As far as print quality there is no difference between the X1 and the P1 the X1 just had more belles and whistles but the print quality will be the same.
Troy, how many rolls of filament do you need to print this? What do you think about using ASA? I bought the files yesterday, can't wait to get started!
Love this build and plane so much! I think i will go ahead and try this as my first 3d printed plane. For the EDFs, do you think it matters if the motors spin in the same direction or should they be opposite of each other? I have a C160 and the two props are counter-rotating from each other so im curious if it would help on this plane with the EDFs
Yess definitely a great first plane to 3D print. Designed in vase mode so super easy to print. The EDF don't need to spin counter clockwise and they cant because the blades would have to be reversed witch is not a thing for propellers you can buy CW and CCW props and make one of the motor spin the other direction. But with EDFs you don't have the same P-factor turning tendency as props have. Have fun with the build!
@TroyMcMillan Thanks for the reply! I should have clarified that I didn't mean to reverse the direction of the motor, rather use a CW and CCW EDF, but good to know it does matter! Would you know what kind of flight time do you get out of the plane on 3s?
@@22lambo Ya true you could use a CCW EDF but it does not have much effect on EDF setup. So I would say if you want to and it is easy to get then yes but if not you definitely done need them to be counter rotating. As far as flight time on my 3s 2200mah I flew it for 4min you could put duel packs side by side and if you flew it on 50% or less power you could get at least 8min if not more.
Absolutely stunning! I know we’re all about managing weight here… but any chance you’d release a mod for this build to include retractable landing gear?
I am not sure if you can on the dx9 but on the NX10 where the trim and directions pages are if you scroll over there is a speeds page and I just set the servo to a switch to turn speed mode on or off and then set the speed for each direction. I set it to 2s to drop and 9s to close to have time to set the rubber bands in place.
Can you make son adapter like you did the dummy outboard blades, but for a propeller no Edf to made the aircraft more efficient for long flight, specially FPV with Inav installed. Will be a great option for FPV pilots.
This is actually a good idea and I was thinking of turning this into and FPV plane. SO just to clarify you are saying to make a motor mount that would hold a brushless motor and a propeller rather than using an EDF to fly it. The prop blade would probably be something like an 8in prop so it would stick out and be larger than the cowling.
Well anything is possible. I just preferred not to just to save weight and to trade the convenience of retracts for better flight characteristics. I figured someone would buy it and add landing gear to it if they really wanted to but I am going to keep it the way it is. It just flies so nice how light it is without gear.
Ciao. Il C17 è un bellissimo aereo ed l'ho sto costruendo con i tuoi file. Però sono molto deluso per la mancanza dei Flap e del timone di coda. È davvero un peccato con i Flap e il timone di coda sarebbe stato davvero il top. Come mai non sono stati inseriti? Grazie attendo vostre notizie.
There is a spar it is designed into the wing there is a thick section of printed. material that you need to add a heathy about of glue to when joining the wing sections.
Hi Troy, I watched the video again to see if there was anything about throws mentioned. Especially with the flaperons. Can you comment on what throws worked best when you got it dailed in? My ESCs arrive tomorrow and I'll be putting the wing together and maidening mine this weekend hopefully. Thx.
Maidened the C-17 today. What a sweet flying plane. It is considerably faster than I thought , but also slows up with flaps. Thanks for the great plane design, Troy!
What EDFs do you use? I ask because this model will not work with the new FMS fans as these have the intake ring perrmanently moulded as part of the fan case.
Amazing job! Have you given any thought in designing Control line airplanes? I’ve looked the internet over and haven’t found anyone designing 3d printed electric cl planes. Again great Job! 👏
Yes I have given it a some thought. I am interested in trying it out but I have no experience in control line rc planes so I will have to do a bit of homework before I get to work on this. What control line plane do you think I should look at for some inspiration?
Thanks for this new video. Because of you I just ordered a Bambu Lab P1S with AMS and I will probably order one of your planes. Do you have a bambu studio profile to share for the LW-PLA please ? Many thanks and greating from France !
Good to see you back Troy it's been a minute. Have you upgraded to Capt. yet? What are you flying now? Does Capt. Paul fly for UA looks familiar. Great build Troy this is in my wheelhouse. I was a Loadmaster for 20 yrs on the C-17 & 141. I'm definitely going to build this to add to my collection. Hope you do a C-5 someday.
Thanks man, I haven't upgraded yet my schedule is way too good in the right seat. I am flying the 320. Paul doesn't fly for UA. Ya a C-5 would be an awesome project.
this is without a doubt the coolest 3d printed rc plane ever built!
Thank You!!
HOW TF DID YOU MAKE THIS MASTERPIEDE
If you wrap glued in servos with a layer of black electrical tape, it makes them easier to salvage. All you have to do is cut the tape and peal the tape, then the servo can be reused.
He had tape on bottom of servos
Yeah, that is a great hack to point out. I do use painters tape on the bottom of the servos for that very reason, I like it to be very tidy and minimal for the video haha.
This looks amazing and so fun to fly! Looks like it just wants to fly too. Very good for new to novices flyers.
When the captain rolled it, I was like, ok, I'm building this!
I too have been missing your videos, but you did respond to my email fast. You make these videos and builds look TO EASY! I don't think most realize what it takes to make and edit a video like this. Capturing the printing, the build, and then flying, with voice over, OMG, all I can say is thank you!
Then I just looked and you have sourced out and linked all the parts too!!!!
Your family is so lucky to have a man of your caliber helping take care of them.
Sorry for the long post.....
Thank you sir!
Thank you for the very nice comment. It does take a lot of work so I am happy to see that you appreciate all the work and time it takes.
This combines everything I love; warbirds, RC, and 3d printing. And the parachute mechanism is a nice touch. I love seeing every new project you put out. I can't wait for you to do a classic bomber next!
Thank you. A classic bomber would be awesome. Witch one and what size do you think I should make?
I've always loved the B17 flying fortress
Want to say thank you for your videos. I started this hobby 3 years ago. Your the one that inspired me to give 3D models a try. I went though the comments and thought I would let you know. Keep up the great work.
Thanks man that is awesome that I inspired you to give it a try. Hopefully you give this plane a try it is a really nice plane. Cheers!
We've been curious about your whereabouts, but it's understandable given your busy time expanding your team. Congratulations on the new addition to your family and the impressive new aircraft!
Yes exactly that is why it was a must to show her on the video she explains the time between the builds. Thank you for the nice comment. Cheers
Welcome back Troy. Finally you are here again.
Beatifull model. I can only imagine a lot of work to make this project alive.
Great job mate.
Thank you!
Troy Great job on this one, both the video and the plane. The video shows so much more personality than some other previous videos. Keep up the good work! Congrats on the addition!
Thank you for this comment it definitely does show more personality. I figured there was enough channels out there that show hands building random things so I figured I would show a human building something. Thank you for the congrats! Cheers
A-MA-ZING. Really nice looking plane, glad to see you back, and welcome to your new crew member!
Thank you!
Theres folk out there they just have amazing talent.
Thank you!
I like when you said "3D printing is not my hobby" ... I feel exactly the same way ... they are tools, I want them to work. I use Prusa and Formlabs printers. Every time someone says I "overpaid" I remind them that I NEVER have failed prints ... and my time is not free.
Yes exactly time is the most valuable thing I don't want to waist time working on my printers. Cheers
Wowowow! You've outdone yourself this time Troy :-D Just picked up a bambu x1c myself so I might have to print this one out! Huge congrats on the new addition to your family as well! ^_^
Thank you. Yes definitely give this one a try it is so easy to print.
It's very cool. The structure is simple and looks easy to make. I'll have fun trying different things with it.
Yes this plane is very easy to print and build. Have fun with it!
Love your background music !!!! And loved this build so much infact that I subscribed !!! Well done and Thank you for being out there doing it . I'm very happy to have found your channel. GOD bless you and your loved one's 👍
Wow thank you so much for the nice comment and for subscribing I really appreciate it so much. GOD bless
The stuff you build is crazy! Glad to see that more people are getting into 3d printed planes, thanks to people like you. Personally, I love this 3d printed beauty the most and then the 3d printed A350 and A330 i saw on cults3d. Great job Troy, keep building more awesome planes!!
Thank you!
Dude, awesome work! Great video too, keep it up 🤘
Thank you Trenton!!
Your channel is awesome
I've been waiting for you for a long time. I often looked at the channel to see if there was a new video. I'm glad that everything is fine. I have notifications turned off, but today I accidentally went to the channel and was delighted by the new video.
Thank you for being so interested in my channel that is very nice feedback to here. I would really like to start posting much more consistent. So hopefully you will start seeing more videos. Cheers
It's amazing how far 3d printed planes have come, this is a very similar size to my foam twin 50mm Seamaster, and seeing a 3d printed plane match the weight of foam is very impressive to me. Awesome work! I'm feeling inspired to design my own.
So glad you’re making videos again!!!!
Yes! and I'm hoping to be releasing my next video in the next or so!
Yep me too 😊, I guess you’ve been busy with the new baby, congratulations to you both ❤
Feels like RC Powers all over again 😍
Looks fanntastic...next on my list, love your step by step videos and yay youve gone to bambu labs..so much more straightforward .congrats on the addition...
Thank you. Yes the bambu lab printers are very nice
Please a video how you design and draw a small plane maybe ? Preferably : Freecad for drawing and OpenFoam for simulation 🙂 I know I want to much :-) Love your videos. So much to watch. You inspire my sons alot :-)
Awesome design and build work young man. The last plane of Douglas, originally the YF-15 competing with Boeing's YC-14. I inspected the 1st two wire harness in development on the C-17 early in 1989, LOX.
That is just so awesome, you were there at the start!
Nice job, great to see you back and congrats on the new team member.
Thank you! She is great helper.
WOW, this is a very incredible model. You are very talented! I just bought the files and I cant wait to build it.
Thank you for the purchase! Have fun with the build this plane is so cool.
Beautiful design and flight dynamics 👍🏻
thank you so much!
Sick design Troy! A Challenger 3/600 would be a cool design also! Your videos always make me want to print planes again!
Wow, very nice designed C-17!
Thank you!
@@TroyMcMillan I have purchased all your designs and will be purchasing this as well. I like to see how other designers go about their designs of 3D printed airplanes. I have not built any as of yet, but I like looking at the designs.
@@TroyMcMillan Just purchased the files for the C-17
I have 2 C-17 foam models that used 4-40 MM EDF units. I am currently replacing the fans/engines because the ones it came with are junk. I had one fan detonate on takeoff and 3 engines weren't enough to keep the plane flying. Since my C-17s are about the same size as yours I might try twin 50 MM edf units in it with empty outboard nacelles. I noticed that on your models, the landing gear sponsons are the same length (which makes sense aerodynamically) yet on my aircraft, the right sponson is longer than the left one. The reason the right sponson is longer is because the designers realized at the last minute that they hadn't placed the APU in the aircraft yet so the lengthened the right sponson while leaving the left one at the original design length. My C-17s are plug & play and a bit on the heavy side. Your aircraft look and fly amazing! Great job!
Ya maybe try duel 50mm in your and try to shed some weight off. Nice catch on the sponson. Yes I decided to adjust this from scale so that they would work more as skies to takeoff and land on. It does fly great the main reason is just due to how light the plane is. Good luck with your C-17s. Cheers
@@TroyMcMillan Since I have two of the aircraft, I might make one a twin engine with 64MM fans and the other with 4 50MM fans. You can tell by the video that your aircraft is very light and responsive. My C-17s are much heavier and take lots of runway to get in the air with the original engines. My aircraft also have 18 wheels on the landing gear which add weight and drag for sure. Making your aircraft with equal length sponsons for landing instead of adding the extra weight of landing gear is just brilliant. It also looks cool flying with the "gear up" whereas mine always have the gear down as if it is preparing to land.
Can you do a video/ video series on how you design RC planes for 3d printing?
The amount of thought you put into this is amazing! Nice work.
Thank you!
Your best video yet!! 👏👏
Thank you, the best camera lady ever!
confirming that the flaperons deflect down quite a bit and not too much in the up direction. There seems to be a stop limit in the up direction.
I do CAD design work for my model railroad. That plane HAD to have been a massive design effort. Congratulations! It's awesome.
Edit: tried the "all parts" link and got the "something went wrong" response.
Yes it was a massive deign effort for sure. Thank you.
I will get the all parts link working thank you for letting me know.
Required parts.
1 roll of LW-PLA
Medium CA Glue
2 50mm EDFs
2 40amp ESC
5 9g servos
Servo wire extensions
1 Battery
Absolutely amazing! I love it! Been up many times in the real thing but I have never landed in one lol love the paratroopers
Thank you, I love this plane I have only been able to enjoy looking at the C-17 from a distance it is such an amazing looking airplane.
The paratroopers are my favorite part also.
Great designs- love the C17. Very nice features!
Thank you!
Wow !! Awesome!! Good built and Good video!!! I want a printed one unbuilt by you. 😎👍
Nothing short of awesome
thank you so much!
Awesome plane !. Congratulations on your new family member .
Thank you!
So good, always excited for more of your videos! Picked up a bambu p1s, built a plane and crashed it! Haven't had time to rebuild!
Awwww dang sorry to hear that. Defiantly need to get it rebuilt. What plane did you do?
@TroyMcMillan eclipson model c, not 100% sure what happened but I think my rutter servo got stuck in a turn.
Awesome build and great plane!!!❤
Thank you so much!
OH MY GOD HE'S BACK HOLY CRAP
Heck ya I am back LOL.
Cheers
Nice job. The Grumpy Modeller has also built a few Herc’s, but I like this design. Congrats on becoming a Dad BTW.
Thank you!
Troy: I am a hobbyist like you with the passion to build. Can you make a couple videos of how to design and use Fusion 360 to make a wing, fuselage ect
Very noice. Please build a c27j spartan next
I've just started getting interested in 3D printing and RC planes. Amazing work!
Perfect timing this is a great project to start with the printing is so easy anyone could print this plane.
Hell yeah! They look amazing!
Damn so close to the C-130 Hercules
thank you so much!
First this plane looked and flew amazingly! You are miles ahead of the companies out there that have 3d printed planes. Second, I have a request. No company has made a P-40 that flies well. I was hoping in one of your future projects, you can make one please and thank you!
Wow thank you for the nice comment. That is why I started doing my own designs I just had some cool planes I wanted to build and some ideas for some better features to try out.
The P-40 would be a cool airplane to build. What size wing would you like to see for that build.
@@TroyMcMillan That is up you. If smaller is easier, than smaller. If larger is easier, than larger lol. I will print whatever you make and fly it till it dies.
Nice! I got to have it! Looks like next project after my C-47.
Yes! Nice the C-47 is a fun project. I hope you enjoy when you start on it!
Amazing build!
Thanks I really appreciate it!
Very nice!!! Looks great!
Thank you Brian!!
Legend says that launch dolly is still rolling after your take off
LOL Yes its is
hellooo, could you please make a tutorial on how to desing an rc plane in fusion 360?? or a modeling course
I have been designing a quad 70mm for the past few months with everything (like a cargo door ect)and this give me hope!
Congratulations on your little girl, and very well done on this new model, it looks fantastic ❤
Thank you so much!
it would be cool to see a video on your 3d modeling process. im trying to make my own but dont know where to put parts or how to make sure everything stays secure.
Maybe I am missing this info, but I saw the print profiles and noticed profiles for pla and lw pla. I am assuming the whole plane is lw pla and the skid plate are pla? I am amazed at the quality from my old printers to the x1c when printing lw pla. My very first lw pla print was the eagle, I believe you printed one too. Thanks so much for the info about lw pla and pla and what is pla and not. Thanks.
cool to see your vid ! few days ago i asked myself if you have stoped ...
Thank you, yep still alive lol
very nice design and build. Great that you give the bambu labs settings. I have never been able to get a good light weight PLA print. The layers seem to just separate at the slightest knock. Maybe I just need to try a different brand.
Here is the setting for this design of plane.
ruclips.net/user/shortshanTCyoud8U
I use 3D lab-print LW-PLA with 265c at 0.6 flow with the X1C printer
so you use the pre-foamed lw pla?
I can only get eSun epla-lw locally. There is a 3-part Reddit article discussing settings. My issues came right when I limited the max volumetric speed to 5 mm2/s. Strangely, I get much better results with the white, but the black is a lot weaker. I lightly sand it and then coat with epoxy resin.
@@290Alenka No I like the Active Foaming material from 3d lab or colorfabb. It saves around 45% from standard PLA. The Pre-foamed material only saves around 20% from standard PLA
@@TroyMcMillan okay will give it a try Downloading your design over the weekend
I have to buy a model from you soon ! You are doing an amazing job sharing your knowledge with the community!
Thank you so much!
Another awesome project! Thank you!
Thank you!
An AMAZING design.
Thank you!
Amazing model 👍 Do you think there is huge difference between X1C and P1S ?
Next model suggestion : an iconic fighter like F14 or something older like F9F or F4 😉
Ya definitely I would love to build an F14 with retractable wing system. As far as print quality there is no difference between the X1 and the P1 the X1 just had more belles and whistles but the print quality will be the same.
@@TroyMcMillan great Idea an F14 👍
Best looking one yet Excellent job
Thank you, This has definitely been a labor of love a lot of time when into this project.
Here comes the rc plane talented man-artist-cool man
Troy, how many rolls of filament do you need to print this? What do you think about using ASA? I bought the files yesterday, can't wait to get started!
awesome. Question for you. is there 2 Motors or 4 Motors?
Beautiful. Where can the stl. Be obtained and how many hours of. Print?
around 60 hours of print, you can purchase it at my website here's the link: www.troymcmillanrc.com/c17
Fantastic design and flight!!
thank you so much!
I recommend silicone glue for the servo covers. Removable.
Ya that is a good idea.
Wow Troy! An absolute masterpiece!!!!!!!
Thank you
Great design and build. Have you tried Colorfabb or Bambu Lab LW ASA instead of LW PLA?
I have tried Colorfabb but not Bambu Lab yet I just got some I will test it out and let you guys know about it.
in the middle of making the last plane, now i want to build this one lol
Yes get this on the printer it is such an awesome build!!
@TroyMcMillan yes sir it's for sure a must
OUTSTANDING WORK ❤✌🏾
Awesome build. I would love to see the process of designing the whole airplane in fusion 360.
Yes I get this a lot I will make a video for this.
Love this build and plane so much! I think i will go ahead and try this as my first 3d printed plane.
For the EDFs, do you think it matters if the motors spin in the same direction or should they be opposite of each other? I have a C160 and the two props are counter-rotating from each other so im curious if it would help on this plane with the EDFs
Yess definitely a great first plane to 3D print. Designed in vase mode so super easy to print.
The EDF don't need to spin counter clockwise and they cant because the blades would have to be reversed witch is not a thing for propellers you can buy CW and CCW props and make one of the motor spin the other direction. But with EDFs you don't have the same P-factor turning tendency as props have.
Have fun with the build!
@TroyMcMillan Thanks for the reply!
I should have clarified that I didn't mean to reverse the direction of the motor, rather use a CW and CCW EDF, but good to know it does matter! Would you know what kind of flight time do you get out of the plane on 3s?
@@22lambo Ya true you could use a CCW EDF but it does not have much effect on EDF setup. So I would say if you want to and it is easy to get then yes but if not you definitely done need them to be counter rotating.
As far as flight time on my 3s 2200mah I flew it for 4min you could put duel packs side by side and if you flew it on 50% or less power you could get at least 8min if not more.
Another amazing build
Thanks again!
Absolutely stunning!
I know we’re all about managing weight here… but any chance you’d release a mod for this build to include retractable landing gear?
That's a fantastic model. I'm looking to build your design. How much filament is needed to build one plane?
Yes definitely give this one a try it is my best design yet. It take less than one roll of LW-PLA.
Congrartulation!🔝
Thank you!
Excellent...! Double that size should do it..!!!!!!!!!!!
Ya double the size would be cool.
Hell yeah lets go ! Can we scale up the files of the 727 you made to make a larger rc plane ?
You could try but it would take some work to make everything fit correctly. It won't fit together as well as I designed it to.
How do you get the servo to move slowly like that with the nx10 transmitter? Is it possible on the dx9 as well?
I am not sure if you can on the dx9 but on the NX10 where the trim and directions pages are if you scroll over there is a speeds page and I just set the servo to a switch to turn speed mode on or off and then set the speed for each direction. I set it to 2s to drop and 9s to close to have time to set the rubber bands in place.
Can you make son adapter like you did the dummy outboard blades, but for a propeller no Edf to made the aircraft more efficient for long flight, specially FPV with Inav installed. Will be a great option for FPV pilots.
This is actually a good idea and I was thinking of turning this into and FPV plane.
SO just to clarify you are saying to make a motor mount that would hold a brushless motor and a propeller rather than using an EDF to fly it.
The prop blade would probably be something like an 8in prop so it would stick out and be larger than the cowling.
Hey could you make a tutorial on designing these planes?
How hard (or easy) would it be to add retracts?
Well anything is possible. I just preferred not to just to save weight and to trade the convenience of retracts for better flight characteristics. I figured someone would buy it and add landing gear to it if they really wanted to but I am going to keep it the way it is. It just flies so nice how light it is without gear.
This is so cool! Is there any spar needed for the wing? Doesnt seem to be anything indicated in the parts list or the build video? Cheers!!
good jub, can't believe just CA glue the hinge is stiff enough, but you proved it, ^^
Finally new video❤
Thank you!
Ciao. Il C17 è un bellissimo aereo ed l'ho sto costruendo con i tuoi file. Però sono molto deluso per la mancanza dei Flap e del timone di coda. È davvero un peccato con i Flap e il timone di coda sarebbe stato davvero il top. Come mai non sono stati inseriti? Grazie attendo vostre notizie.
I'm surprized at the lack of a continuous spar especially at the wing root! Apparently a small plastic overlap is sufficient?
There is a spar it is designed into the wing there is a thick section of printed. material that you need to add a heathy about of glue to when joining the wing sections.
Can you share a pic of the inside with receiver and battery setup?
Ya sorry about that I realized I didn't have a good shot of that. I will get a picture of that and add it to the web sight today.
Hi Troy, I watched the video again to see if there was anything about throws mentioned. Especially with the flaperons. Can you comment on what throws worked best when you got it dailed in? My ESCs arrive tomorrow and I'll be putting the wing together and maidening mine this weekend hopefully. Thx.
Maidened the C-17 today. What a sweet flying plane. It is considerably faster than I thought , but also slows up with flaps. Thanks for the great plane design, Troy!
What EDFs do you use? I ask because this model will not work with the new FMS fans as these have the intake ring perrmanently moulded as part of the fan case.
These are the EDF I used.
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Amazing job! Have you given any thought in designing Control line airplanes? I’ve looked the internet over and haven’t found anyone designing 3d printed electric cl planes. Again great Job! 👏
Yes I have given it a some thought. I am interested in trying it out but I have no experience in control line rc planes so I will have to do a bit of homework before I get to work on this. What control line plane do you think I should look at for some inspiration?
Awesome great work.😀
Thank you! Cheers!
I'm curious to what your cost basis was for this aircraft. doesn't seem too bad given how you 3d printed everything
STL: $55usd
LW-PLA: $30usd
EDF and ESC are $100usd
5x servos: $20usd
Battery: $25usd
Thanks for this new video.
Because of you I just ordered a Bambu Lab P1S with AMS and I will probably order one of your planes.
Do you have a bambu studio profile to share for the LW-PLA please ?
Many thanks and greating from France !
Good to see you back Troy it's been a minute. Have you upgraded to Capt. yet? What are you flying now? Does Capt. Paul fly for UA looks familiar. Great build Troy this is in my wheelhouse. I was a Loadmaster for 20 yrs on the C-17 & 141. I'm definitely going to build this to add to my collection. Hope you do a C-5 someday.
Thanks man, I haven't upgraded yet my schedule is way too good in the right seat. I am flying the 320. Paul doesn't fly for UA. Ya a C-5 would be an awesome project.
how does only glue give it enough firmness to hold up to the wind and stuff? Would a carbon rod or two help?
The plastic is actually pretty strong. There is a 3D printed spar printed inside the wing for strength. For a plane this small a spar is not needed.