Fabricated motor mount

[technophobe]

I've put together a prototype motor mount for the Towel design. It was
printed on a MakerBot Cupcake with ABS plastic. I didn't think to
weigh the part before mounting the motor - but don't know what a
reasonable weight would be.

Having not yet built my plane, I'm looking for feedback about whether
or not there are obvious flaws in the mounting or design.

The fit was a bit tight and needed to be shaved / drilled so I'm going
to increase the tolerances in the design. I'm planning on posting the
model on Thingiverse once it's been tested and cleaned up.

Front:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionictechnophobe/6224717433/in/photostream

Rear:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionictechnophobe/6225239524/in/photostream/

-r

[placebo]

Nice looking mount. We made mounts out of plastic blinds packaging
material before but found they broke in the winter. Let us know how it
works.

Breck

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[technophobe]

I've finally build my Deck, using the motor mount. It feels pretty
secure - but it hasn't been crashed, yet. I also haven't yet seen how
the ABS will handle the motor heat.

Question about the coroplast orientation - I cut this one with the
flutes running laterally (I was working around damaged areas in the
source material). Is that a bad thing?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9441086@N07/6381193085

-r

On Oct 11, 12:04 pm, placebo <eachplac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice looking mount. We made mounts out of plastic blinds packaging
> material before but found they broke in the winter. Let us know how it
> works.
>
> Breck
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> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:32 PM, technophobe <fuba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've put together a prototype motor mount for the Towel design. It was
> > printed on a MakerBot Cupcake with ABS plastic. I didn't think to
> > weigh the part before mounting the motor - but don't know what a
> > reasonable weight would be.
>
> > Having not yet built my plane, I'm looking for feedback about whether
> > or not there are obvious flaws in the mounting or design.
>
> > The fit was a bit tight and needed to be shaved / drilled so I'm going
> > to increase the tolerances in the design. I'm planning on posting the
> > model on Thingiverse once it's been tested and cleaned up.
>
> > Front:
> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionictechnophobe/6224717433/in/photostream
>
> > Rear:

> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionictechnophobe/6225239524/in/photostr...

[placebo]

Looks good. The flutes are as we build them. But it really doesn't
matter in my experience.
Get it built and fly.

Breck

[Breck Baldwin]

Rob,
I want to include your motor mount in the book but being black is
screwing up the photography. Can you print it striped or in a lighter
color--not too light, white would have problems as well.
No problem if not, just thought I would ask.

thnks

Breck