3D Printed Skids Go Poof

Not much to tell here other than I completed all soldering and painted the skid structure. I have now gone a bit further and built side baskets with support struts. The baskets were made of 3mm brass tube with SS 10 mesh covering. Mesh was mounted using copper wire tightly wound around brass tube and the SS mesh and then soldered. After soldering I trimmed off the copper wire and smoothed out the solder.

No more 3D printed materials for structural components for me. That was a frustrating and costly thing to deal with. I am now happy though.

The SS landing gear added 100g in total and the baskets added an additional 245g. I have been flying at 1350 RPM but will up that to 1450 to handle the extra weight. I flew it yesterday and found that it needs just a bit more authority in the cyclic. Even at 1350 it fly's nicely.