StephenCarlson / MiniHawk-VTOL

Artwork for the MiniHawk VTOL, a 3D-Printed Tricopter/Fixed-wing hybrid aircraft.
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Wire Routing: Switch to Channels instead of Tunnels/Conduits, or add as option #3

Closed StephenCarlson closed 3 years ago

StephenCarlson commented 3 years ago

Reasons for the switch:

While having the conduits is a nice clean solution, this is a practical improvement. It will make the bottom of the wing "dirty", and will have to be covered with tape. A minor puzzle to solve implementing this is the interface from the bottom channels to the main compartment; the channel will have to become a tunnel at some point.

StephenCarlson commented 3 years ago

Solved by ede11e9. All the servo and avionics wires are accessible on the bottom of the wing. This loses the original wing's smooth bottom surface, and dooms the design to require some kind of tape or covering on the bottom to seal the disruption to the airfoil surface. But this is very well worth it considering that the original required fantastic suffering and tears and fighting to install or remove servo wires.

Motor nacelle wires are also surfaced briefly, but remain submerged in the area of the nacelle as the original was.