Building a electric powered C-123 Provider RC model airplane 1:12 scale (2.80m wingspan)
The Heritage Air Museum tours with a nicely restored C-123 Provider, an airplane most people have never seen or even heard of. In this AVweb video shot at AirVenture, the Museum's Jack McMahon tells us all about the airplane.
In this build episode, I assemble the custom designed forward fuselage section's frame and attach the 3D printed airplane's nose mold form. This is just the mold form, the actual nose will be made of fiberglass & resin for a nice, light weight nose.
Building this model has been a challenge, but what's been even more challenging is the design of this section. It all started in CAD meticulously designing each parts. Incorporating a custom landing gear design and mount caused a significant delay in manufacturing the parts for this section.
The frame is made of 3mm birch ply wood which was laser cut on my 100 watt CO2 laser.
The 3D printed parts were printed using the Raise 3D Pro2 and are made from the following materials:
- The black parts seen in this episode are printed out of carbon fiber nylon for durability and rigidity.
- Taulman 910 alloy was used for the bushings which receive the trunnion.
- The nose cone mold is a place holder and was printed using tough PLA.
Building a electric powered C-123 Provider RC model airplane 1:12 scale (2.80m wingspan)
The Heritage Air Museum tours with a nicely restored C-123 Provider, an airplane most people have never seen or even heard of. In this AVweb video shot at AirVenture, the Museum's Jack McMahon tells us all about the airplane.
In this build episode, I assemble the custom designed forward fuselage section's frame and attach the 3D printed airplane's nose mold form. This is just the mold form, the actual nose will be made of fiberglass & resin for a nice, light weight nose.
Building this model has been a challenge, but what's been even more challenging is the design of this section. It all started in CAD meticulously designing each parts. Incorporating a custom landing gear design and mount caused a significant delay in manufacturing the parts for this section.
The frame is made of 3mm birch ply wood which was laser cut on my 100 watt CO2 laser.
The 3D printed parts were printed using the Raise 3D Pro2 and are made from the following materials:
- The black parts seen in this episode are printed out of carbon fiber nylon for durability and rigidity.
- Taulman 910 alloy was used for the bushings which receive the trunnion.
- The nose cone mold is a place holder and was printed using tough PLA.
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