Open StephenCarlson opened 2 years ago
Hi Steve, I think you'll make the build easier for others who aren't engineering / student types if you include everything needed once. No mirrored parts since, for some not savvy with 3D slicers, could get it wrong. So, as I do with my technical documentation (research 3D printing for military projects), make the outline as clear and concise as possible. Also, know you audience may be less smart as you =)
The assembly is super confusing right now. All these _A and _B parts, why is there only a Left side of anything? Which parts need to be printed? These are all things that are either barely documented in the #airframe-parts- section, or are implicit in the name of the STLs. Here is a quick synopsis:
non-chiralnon-symmetric (cannot be mirrored self-similarly), these have a _A and _B suffix in the name. The Nacelles are definitelynon-chiralnon-symmetric, as one side (the outer or closest to wingtip) is the side that has the geometry for the servo linkage, and the inside (nearest the fuselage) is "normal". This convention is also used where pieces that are available as one piece are split into two pieces for convenience for those with smaller 3D printers. The Nose and Wings have this, where if you cannot print the whole thing, there are the _A and _B options.Here is an example, or root node, of the Tree Diagram:
MiniHawk-VTOL Version 2.1 Aircraft | -- Fuselage/Body | |-- Empennage | |-- Nose |-- Left Wing | |-- Left Fin | | |-- MH7_FinLeft_Lower.stl | | |-- MH7_FinLeft_Upper.stl |-- Right Wing | |-- Right Fin | | |-- MH7_FinLeft_Lower.stl (Mirrored) | | |-- MH7_FinLeft_Upper.stl (Mirrored)