Troy Great job on this one, both the video and the plane. The video shows so much more personality than some other previous videos. Keep up the good work! Congrats on the addition!
Thank you for this comment it definitely does show more personality. I figured there was enough channels out there that show hands building random things so I figured I would show a human building something. Thank you for the congrats! Cheers
This looks amazing and so fun to fly! Looks like it just wants to fly too. Very good for new to novices flyers. When the captain rolled it, I was like, ok, I'm building this! I too have been missing your videos, but you did respond to my email fast. You make these videos and builds look TO EASY! I don't think most realize what it takes to make and edit a video like this. Capturing the printing, the build, and then flying, with voice over, OMG, all I can say is thank you! Then I just looked and you have sourced out and linked all the parts too!!!! Your family is so lucky to have a man of your caliber helping take care of them. Sorry for the long post..... Thank you sir!
If you wrap glued in servos with a layer of black electrical tape, it makes them easier to salvage. All you have to do is cut the tape and peal the tape, then the servo can be reused.
Yeah, that is a great hack to point out. I do use painters tape on the bottom of the servos for that very reason, I like it to be very tidy and minimal for the video haha.
This combines everything I love; warbirds, RC, and 3d printing. And the parachute mechanism is a nice touch. I love seeing every new project you put out. I can't wait for you to do a classic bomber next!
Want to say thank you for your videos. I started this hobby 3 years ago. Your the one that inspired me to give 3D models a try. I went though the comments and thought I would let you know. Keep up the great work.
Love your background music !!!! And loved this build so much infact that I subscribed !!! Well done and Thank you for being out there doing it . I'm very happy to have found your channel. GOD bless you and your loved one's 👍
We've been curious about your whereabouts, but it's understandable given your busy time expanding your team. Congratulations on the new addition to your family and the impressive new aircraft!
Wowowow! You've outdone yourself this time Troy :-D Just picked up a bambu x1c myself so I might have to print this one out! Huge congrats on the new addition to your family as well! ^_^
The stuff you build is crazy! Glad to see that more people are getting into 3d printed planes, thanks to people like you. Personally, I love this 3d printed beauty the most and then the 3d printed A350 and A330 i saw on cults3d. Great job Troy, keep building more awesome planes!!
Looks fanntastic...next on my list, love your step by step videos and yay youve gone to bambu labs..so much more straightforward .congrats on the addition...
I've been waiting for you for a long time. I often looked at the channel to see if there was a new video. I'm glad that everything is fine. I have notifications turned off, but today I accidentally went to the channel and was delighted by the new video.
Thank you for being so interested in my channel that is very nice feedback to here. I would really like to start posting much more consistent. So hopefully you will start seeing more videos. Cheers
It's amazing how far 3d printed planes have come, this is a very similar size to my foam twin 50mm Seamaster, and seeing a 3d printed plane match the weight of foam is very impressive to me. Awesome work! I'm feeling inspired to design my own.
Awesome design and build work young man. The last plane of Douglas, originally the YF-15 competing with Boeing's YC-14. I inspected the 1st two wire harness in development on the C-17 early in 1989, LOX.
very nice design and build. Great that you give the bambu labs settings. I have never been able to get a good light weight PLA print. The layers seem to just separate at the slightest knock. Maybe I just need to try a different brand.
I can only get eSun epla-lw locally. There is a 3-part Reddit article discussing settings. My issues came right when I limited the max volumetric speed to 5 mm2/s. Strangely, I get much better results with the white, but the black is a lot weaker. I lightly sand it and then coat with epoxy resin.
@@290Alenka No I like the Active Foaming material from 3d lab or colorfabb. It saves around 45% from standard PLA. The Pre-foamed material only saves around 20% from standard PLA
Absolutely stunning! I know we’re all about managing weight here… but any chance you’d release a mod for this build to include retractable landing gear?
Amazing job! Have you given any thought in designing Control line airplanes? I’ve looked the internet over and haven’t found anyone designing 3d printed electric cl planes. Again great Job! 👏
Yes I have given it a some thought. I am interested in trying it out but I have no experience in control line rc planes so I will have to do a bit of homework before I get to work on this. What control line plane do you think I should look at for some inspiration?
Love this build and plane so much! I think i will go ahead and try this as my first 3d printed plane. For the EDFs, do you think it matters if the motors spin in the same direction or should they be opposite of each other? I have a C160 and the two props are counter-rotating from each other so im curious if it would help on this plane with the EDFs
Yess definitely a great first plane to 3D print. Designed in vase mode so super easy to print. The EDF don't need to spin counter clockwise and they cant because the blades would have to be reversed witch is not a thing for propellers you can buy CW and CCW props and make one of the motor spin the other direction. But with EDFs you don't have the same P-factor turning tendency as props have. Have fun with the build!
@TroyMcMillan Thanks for the reply! I should have clarified that I didn't mean to reverse the direction of the motor, rather use a CW and CCW EDF, but good to know it does matter! Would you know what kind of flight time do you get out of the plane on 3s?
@@22lambo Ya true you could use a CCW EDF but it does not have much effect on EDF setup. So I would say if you want to and it is easy to get then yes but if not you definitely done need them to be counter rotating. As far as flight time on my 3s 2200mah I flew it for 4min you could put duel packs side by side and if you flew it on 50% or less power you could get at least 8min if not more.
I like when you said "3D printing is not my hobby" ... I feel exactly the same way ... they are tools, I want them to work. I use Prusa and Formlabs printers. Every time someone says I "overpaid" I remind them that I NEVER have failed prints ... and my time is not free.
I use 3D LabPrint PolyLight LW-PLA (Light Gray) for this build. I have not tested this with 4 EDF's it would be so over powered the power to weight ratio with two EDFs is already twice the power needed so with 4 EDFs it would basically be a rocket at that point you could do vertical takeoffs. :) If you try it sent me a video I would love to see it.
@@TroyMcMillan I have purchased all your designs and will be purchasing this as well. I like to see how other designers go about their designs of 3D printed airplanes. I have not built any as of yet, but I like looking at the designs.
I have 2 C-17 foam models that used 4-40 MM EDF units. I am currently replacing the fans/engines because the ones it came with are junk. I had one fan detonate on takeoff and 3 engines weren't enough to keep the plane flying. Since my C-17s are about the same size as yours I might try twin 50 MM edf units in it with empty outboard nacelles. I noticed that on your models, the landing gear sponsons are the same length (which makes sense aerodynamically) yet on my aircraft, the right sponson is longer than the left one. The reason the right sponson is longer is because the designers realized at the last minute that they hadn't placed the APU in the aircraft yet so the lengthened the right sponson while leaving the left one at the original design length. My C-17s are plug & play and a bit on the heavy side. Your aircraft look and fly amazing! Great job!
Ya maybe try duel 50mm in your and try to shed some weight off. Nice catch on the sponson. Yes I decided to adjust this from scale so that they would work more as skies to takeoff and land on. It does fly great the main reason is just due to how light the plane is. Good luck with your C-17s. Cheers
@@TroyMcMillan Since I have two of the aircraft, I might make one a twin engine with 64MM fans and the other with 4 50MM fans. You can tell by the video that your aircraft is very light and responsive. My C-17s are much heavier and take lots of runway to get in the air with the original engines. My aircraft also have 18 wheels on the landing gear which add weight and drag for sure. Making your aircraft with equal length sponsons for landing instead of adding the extra weight of landing gear is just brilliant. It also looks cool flying with the "gear up" whereas mine always have the gear down as if it is preparing to land.
What EDFs do you use? I ask because this model will not work with the new FMS fans as these have the intake ring perrmanently moulded as part of the fan case.
My dude, you took all the X out of your X1C, without those two setting you have my P1S lol. I'm attempting a similar type of build, a P3C Orion. Not too many renders out there. A question for you Sir - have you attempted using ASA Aero from Bambu? I've seen tests where it performs worse than PLA LW/Aero, but want to ask the master himself haha
Ya I did take the X out but for these vase mode printed planes it works the best with those setting off. Good question on the ASA Aero they just sent some of it to me so I will have it out for my next plane.
@@TroyMcMillan The videos I've seen so far comparing the two have had interesting results. Whereas the ASA had higher heat tolerance, the PLA Aero seemed to outperform ASA Aero in layer adhesion and tensile strength - not what I expected. Very much looking forward to your results, Troy! And thanks for getting back to me!
@@GhostRyderFPV Ya that does sound about right actually. I have notices bad layer adhesion when trying to print single wall construction with PETG or ABS when compared to regular PLA.
Ya so there are 2 parts that need to be cut I only cut the part out on the fuselage part. The same area needs to be cut out on the vertical stab. I forgot to cut it out when I was glueing it together.
Thank you, I love this plane I have only been able to enjoy looking at the C-17 from a distance it is such an amazing looking airplane. The paratroopers are my favorite part also.
Amazing model 👍 Do you think there is huge difference between X1C and P1S ? Next model suggestion : an iconic fighter like F14 or something older like F9F or F4 😉
Ya definitely I would love to build an F14 with retractable wing system. As far as print quality there is no difference between the X1 and the P1 the X1 just had more belles and whistles but the print quality will be the same.
What size build plate is required? I have an MK4S. Will that work? excellent work, dude, keep up the good job. Man, I wish I can do that. I can barely run my printer. much less design anything that takes talent and you have it in Spades.
Thank you, I originally started to build it to fit on 200x200x200 but unfortunately the large center fuselage parts are 205mm wide so I am saying it requires a 210x210x210 build plate.
Нет, я не предлагаю этот самолет для 70-миллиметровых EDF. У меня есть напечатанный на 3D-принтере CRJ900 или A321, в котором используются 70-миллиметровые EDF. Посмотрите видео на моем канале.
Can you make son adapter like you did the dummy outboard blades, but for a propeller no Edf to made the aircraft more efficient for long flight, specially FPV with Inav installed. Will be a great option for FPV pilots.
This is actually a good idea and I was thinking of turning this into and FPV plane. SO just to clarify you are saying to make a motor mount that would hold a brushless motor and a propeller rather than using an EDF to fly it. The prop blade would probably be something like an 8in prop so it would stick out and be larger than the cowling.
Good to see you back Troy it's been a minute. Have you upgraded to Capt. yet? What are you flying now? Does Capt. Paul fly for UA looks familiar. Great build Troy this is in my wheelhouse. I was a Loadmaster for 20 yrs on the C-17 & 141. I'm definitely going to build this to add to my collection. Hope you do a C-5 someday.
Thanks man, I haven't upgraded yet my schedule is way too good in the right seat. I am flying the 320. Paul doesn't fly for UA. Ya a C-5 would be an awesome project.
This was a great video to watch, I enjoyed watching it. Can you make a video showing your computer monitor and setup? How long did it take you to learn fusion 360?
Yes I get asked a lot about the CAD drawing stuff. I will release a video on it eventually. It does take some time to learn CAD. My best advice would to not start with airplanes to learn CAD, start with something simple to draw to learn the software first.
@@TroyMcMillan yes I agree with you about the learning cad thing. I wanna teach my son about cad and model airplane building. Great, great video loved . Thank you for what you do. We need more people like you. God bless you brother. Keep the vids coming.
Thanks for this new video. Because of you I just ordered a Bambu Lab P1S with AMS and I will probably order one of your planes. Do you have a bambu studio profile to share for the LW-PLA please ? Many thanks and greating from France !
I am not sure if you can on the dx9 but on the NX10 where the trim and directions pages are if you scroll over there is a speeds page and I just set the servo to a switch to turn speed mode on or off and then set the speed for each direction. I set it to 2s to drop and 9s to close to have time to set the rubber bands in place.
Troy, how many rolls of filament do you need to print this? What do you think about using ASA? I bought the files yesterday, can't wait to get started!
I have NOT tried this with lightweight PLA, but I imagine it would be the same as "regular" PLA . Instead of using CA, as I have found it be brittle on PLA, I use the same stuff the styrene plastic model folks use. Tamaya has 3 viscosities. I just use the thick and super thin. It chemically welds the joints so the 2 parts become one. In my limited testing, I found the print breaks before the joint.
First this plane looked and flew amazingly! You are miles ahead of the companies out there that have 3d printed planes. Second, I have a request. No company has made a P-40 that flies well. I was hoping in one of your future projects, you can make one please and thank you!
Wow thank you for the nice comment. That is why I started doing my own designs I just had some cool planes I wanted to build and some ideas for some better features to try out. The P-40 would be a cool airplane to build. What size wing would you like to see for that build.
@@TroyMcMillan That is up you. If smaller is easier, than smaller. If larger is easier, than larger lol. I will print whatever you make and fly it till it dies.
Greetings Troy. I have just about finished this print .BUT .. I have left you a question on email .re the length of F2 ,F3 and F4 .Can you please answer ? Chris...
Well anything is possible. I just preferred not to just to save weight and to trade the convenience of retracts for better flight characteristics. I figured someone would buy it and add landing gear to it if they really wanted to but I am going to keep it the way it is. It just flies so nice how light it is without gear.
@@TroyMcMillan that would be cool to see. Makes me imagine a remote control Spectre Gunship .. but with paintballs . Multiple cameras onboard for the different views .. haha .
Ya I take a lot of thought when designing the size of my planes. This will only be the 1.3m size that I offer. If I would have made it any bigger then it would be a hard plane to hand launch so in that case it would need landing gear, more structure, and just overall a heavier airplane. This plane is super light and over powered and just fun to fly at this size.
@@TroyMcMillanappreciate the feedback, just a minor suggestion, the website intro description has 1.5m and twin 70mm edf for power. I’m getting this for sure and your dolly.
the only problem i have with my bambu lab a1. is that a 1 hour print. turns into a 4 hour print even if all i wanna do is put some multi color text in the last few layers. that default color changing profile needs serious work to make it faster.
Hi Troy, such an amazing design/plane. I purchased the files and have started printing on my BBL P1S. I'm printing the 1st couple fuse sections with BBL PLA Basic. F1 printed perfectly, but I'm having issues with F2. There is a significant overhang/bridge on that section and with spiral mode and no supports the filament just falls to the build plate. Any suggestions for getting it to print that bridge without supports?
I think I solved the problem on F2. I think if I print it flipped 180 degrees from the 3mf file the bridge won't be a bridge. I just assumed the orientation was already configured. On second thought, that won't work because it looks like you intended it to be printed in the orientation you created in the 3mf due to the first layer being partially closed on that end. Hmm. Stumped again.
Thanks for the tweaked files Troy - that fixes this problem with F2. Can't wait to get the rest printed and get it in the air. Thank you for all your great designs! Love the simplicity.
I love 99.9% about this design. Do you think that the filament control hinge could get brittle and crack over time? My PLA filament that sits out in the open gets so dang brittle.
Ya the first time I tried this I thought the same thing but I actually have planes now that are 2 years old with this style hinge with no problems. If you are worried thought you can just use carbon fiber rod rather that pla.
Your fuselage walls look thicker than what my printer produces, even though I have the same printer. Mine has very thin thin walls. I use your print settings
There is a spar it is designed into the wing there is a thick section of printed. material that you need to add a heathy about of glue to when joining the wing sections.
I do CAD design work for my model railroad. That plane HAD to have been a massive design effort. Congratulations! It's awesome. Edit: tried the "all parts" link and got the "something went wrong" response.
Yes it was a massive deign effort for sure. Thank you. I will get the all parts link working thank you for letting me know. Required parts. 1 roll of LW-PLA Medium CA Glue 2 50mm EDFs 2 40amp ESC 5 9g servos Servo wire extensions 1 Battery
this is without a doubt the coolest 3d printed rc plane ever built!
Thank You!!
HOW TF DID YOU MAKE THIS MASTERPIEDE
Troy Great job on this one, both the video and the plane. The video shows so much more personality than some other previous videos. Keep up the good work! Congrats on the addition!
Thank you for this comment it definitely does show more personality. I figured there was enough channels out there that show hands building random things so I figured I would show a human building something. Thank you for the congrats! Cheers
This looks amazing and so fun to fly! Looks like it just wants to fly too. Very good for new to novices flyers.
When the captain rolled it, I was like, ok, I'm building this!
I too have been missing your videos, but you did respond to my email fast. You make these videos and builds look TO EASY! I don't think most realize what it takes to make and edit a video like this. Capturing the printing, the build, and then flying, with voice over, OMG, all I can say is thank you!
Then I just looked and you have sourced out and linked all the parts too!!!!
Your family is so lucky to have a man of your caliber helping take care of them.
Sorry for the long post.....
Thank you sir!
Thank you for the very nice comment. It does take a lot of work so I am happy to see that you appreciate all the work and time it takes.
If you wrap glued in servos with a layer of black electrical tape, it makes them easier to salvage. All you have to do is cut the tape and peal the tape, then the servo can be reused.
He had tape on bottom of servos
Yeah, that is a great hack to point out. I do use painters tape on the bottom of the servos for that very reason, I like it to be very tidy and minimal for the video haha.
This combines everything I love; warbirds, RC, and 3d printing. And the parachute mechanism is a nice touch. I love seeing every new project you put out. I can't wait for you to do a classic bomber next!
Thank you. A classic bomber would be awesome. Witch one and what size do you think I should make?
I've always loved the B17 flying fortress
Welcome back Troy. Finally you are here again.
Beatifull model. I can only imagine a lot of work to make this project alive.
Great job mate.
Thank you!
Want to say thank you for your videos. I started this hobby 3 years ago. Your the one that inspired me to give 3D models a try. I went though the comments and thought I would let you know. Keep up the great work.
Thanks man that is awesome that I inspired you to give it a try. Hopefully you give this plane a try it is a really nice plane. Cheers!
A-MA-ZING. Really nice looking plane, glad to see you back, and welcome to your new crew member!
Thank you!
Love your background music !!!! And loved this build so much infact that I subscribed !!! Well done and Thank you for being out there doing it . I'm very happy to have found your channel. GOD bless you and your loved one's 👍
Wow thank you so much for the nice comment and for subscribing I really appreciate it so much. GOD bless
We've been curious about your whereabouts, but it's understandable given your busy time expanding your team. Congratulations on the new addition to your family and the impressive new aircraft!
Yes exactly that is why it was a must to show her on the video she explains the time between the builds. Thank you for the nice comment. Cheers
Wowowow! You've outdone yourself this time Troy :-D Just picked up a bambu x1c myself so I might have to print this one out! Huge congrats on the new addition to your family as well! ^_^
Thank you. Yes definitely give this one a try it is so easy to print.
The stuff you build is crazy! Glad to see that more people are getting into 3d printed planes, thanks to people like you. Personally, I love this 3d printed beauty the most and then the 3d printed A350 and A330 i saw on cults3d. Great job Troy, keep building more awesome planes!!
Thank you!
It's very cool. The structure is simple and looks easy to make. I'll have fun trying different things with it.
Yes this plane is very easy to print and build. Have fun with it!
So glad you’re making videos again!!!!
Yes! and I'm hoping to be releasing my next video in the next or so!
Yep me too 😊, I guess you’ve been busy with the new baby, congratulations to you both ❤
Looks fanntastic...next on my list, love your step by step videos and yay youve gone to bambu labs..so much more straightforward .congrats on the addition...
Thank you. Yes the bambu lab printers are very nice
WOW, this is a very incredible model. You are very talented! I just bought the files and I cant wait to build it.
Thank you for the purchase! Have fun with the build this plane is so cool.
I've been waiting for you for a long time. I often looked at the channel to see if there was a new video. I'm glad that everything is fine. I have notifications turned off, but today I accidentally went to the channel and was delighted by the new video.
Thank you for being so interested in my channel that is very nice feedback to here. I would really like to start posting much more consistent. So hopefully you will start seeing more videos. Cheers
Sick design Troy! A Challenger 3/600 would be a cool design also! Your videos always make me want to print planes again!
Theres folk out there they just have amazing talent.
Thank you!
Great design and build. Have you tried Colorfabb or Bambu Lab LW ASA instead of LW PLA?
I have tried Colorfabb but not Bambu Lab yet I just got some I will test it out and let you guys know about it.
Dude, awesome work! Great video too, keep it up 🤘
Thank you Trenton!!
Your channel is awesome
Nice job, great to see you back and congrats on the new team member.
Thank you! She is great helper.
The amount of thought you put into this is amazing! Nice work.
Thank you!
Beautiful design and flight dynamics 👍🏻
thank you so much!
Great designs- love the C17. Very nice features!
Thank you!
It's amazing how far 3d printed planes have come, this is a very similar size to my foam twin 50mm Seamaster, and seeing a 3d printed plane match the weight of foam is very impressive to me. Awesome work! I'm feeling inspired to design my own.
Awesome design and build work young man. The last plane of Douglas, originally the YF-15 competing with Boeing's YC-14. I inspected the 1st two wire harness in development on the C-17 early in 1989, LOX.
That is just so awesome, you were there at the start!
very nice design and build. Great that you give the bambu labs settings. I have never been able to get a good light weight PLA print. The layers seem to just separate at the slightest knock. Maybe I just need to try a different brand.
Here is the setting for this design of plane.
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I use 3D lab-print LW-PLA with 265c at 0.6 flow with the X1C printer
so you use the pre-foamed lw pla?
I can only get eSun epla-lw locally. There is a 3-part Reddit article discussing settings. My issues came right when I limited the max volumetric speed to 5 mm2/s. Strangely, I get much better results with the white, but the black is a lot weaker. I lightly sand it and then coat with epoxy resin.
@@290Alenka No I like the Active Foaming material from 3d lab or colorfabb. It saves around 45% from standard PLA. The Pre-foamed material only saves around 20% from standard PLA
@@TroyMcMillan okay will give it a try Downloading your design over the weekend
Beautiful. Where can the stl. Be obtained and how many hours of. Print?
around 60 hours of print, you can purchase it at my website here's the link: www.troymcmillanrc.com/c17
Awesome build and great plane!!!❤
Thank you so much!
Awesome plane !. Congratulations on your new family member .
Thank you!
I've just started getting interested in 3D printing and RC planes. Amazing work!
Perfect timing this is a great project to start with the printing is so easy anyone could print this plane.
So good, always excited for more of your videos! Picked up a bambu p1s, built a plane and crashed it! Haven't had time to rebuild!
Awwww dang sorry to hear that. Defiantly need to get it rebuilt. What plane did you do?
@TroyMcMillan eclipson model c, not 100% sure what happened but I think my rutter servo got stuck in a turn.
Absolutely stunning!
I know we’re all about managing weight here… but any chance you’d release a mod for this build to include retractable landing gear?
Hell yeah! They look amazing!
Damn so close to the C-130 Hercules
thank you so much!
This is so cool! Is there any spar needed for the wing? Doesnt seem to be anything indicated in the parts list or the build video? Cheers!!
Amazing job! Have you given any thought in designing Control line airplanes? I’ve looked the internet over and haven’t found anyone designing 3d printed electric cl planes. Again great Job! 👏
Yes I have given it a some thought. I am interested in trying it out but I have no experience in control line rc planes so I will have to do a bit of homework before I get to work on this. What control line plane do you think I should look at for some inspiration?
Love this build and plane so much! I think i will go ahead and try this as my first 3d printed plane.
For the EDFs, do you think it matters if the motors spin in the same direction or should they be opposite of each other? I have a C160 and the two props are counter-rotating from each other so im curious if it would help on this plane with the EDFs
Yess definitely a great first plane to 3D print. Designed in vase mode so super easy to print.
The EDF don't need to spin counter clockwise and they cant because the blades would have to be reversed witch is not a thing for propellers you can buy CW and CCW props and make one of the motor spin the other direction. But with EDFs you don't have the same P-factor turning tendency as props have.
Have fun with the build!
@TroyMcMillan Thanks for the reply!
I should have clarified that I didn't mean to reverse the direction of the motor, rather use a CW and CCW EDF, but good to know it does matter! Would you know what kind of flight time do you get out of the plane on 3s?
@@22lambo Ya true you could use a CCW EDF but it does not have much effect on EDF setup. So I would say if you want to and it is easy to get then yes but if not you definitely done need them to be counter rotating.
As far as flight time on my 3s 2200mah I flew it for 4min you could put duel packs side by side and if you flew it on 50% or less power you could get at least 8min if not more.
I like when you said "3D printing is not my hobby" ... I feel exactly the same way ... they are tools, I want them to work. I use Prusa and Formlabs printers. Every time someone says I "overpaid" I remind them that I NEVER have failed prints ... and my time is not free.
Yes exactly time is the most valuable thing I don't want to waist time working on my printers. Cheers
Amazing work!! Genius how you use filament for the control surface hinges. I have the Bambu Lab and love it. Which slicer do you use?
Thank you, the filament hinge just keeps the required parts list minimal. I use BambuStudio Slicer for this build.
That's a fantastic model. I'm looking to build your design. How much filament is needed to build one plane?
Yes definitely give this one a try it is my best design yet. It take less than one roll of LW-PLA.
Congratulations on your little girl, and very well done on this new model, it looks fantastic ❤
Thank you so much!
This is so bad ass! What brand of LW PLA are you using? Did you test one with 4 EDF's?
I use 3D LabPrint PolyLight LW-PLA (Light Gray) for this build.
I have not tested this with 4 EDF's it would be so over powered the power to weight ratio with two EDFs is already twice the power needed so with 4 EDFs it would basically be a rocket at that point you could do vertical takeoffs. :)
If you try it sent me a video I would love to see it.
Your best video yet!! 👏👏
Thank you, the best camera lady ever!
Nothing short of awesome
thank you so much!
Wow, very nice designed C-17!
Thank you!
@@TroyMcMillan I have purchased all your designs and will be purchasing this as well. I like to see how other designers go about their designs of 3D printed airplanes. I have not built any as of yet, but I like looking at the designs.
@@TroyMcMillan Just purchased the files for the C-17
I have 2 C-17 foam models that used 4-40 MM EDF units. I am currently replacing the fans/engines because the ones it came with are junk. I had one fan detonate on takeoff and 3 engines weren't enough to keep the plane flying. Since my C-17s are about the same size as yours I might try twin 50 MM edf units in it with empty outboard nacelles. I noticed that on your models, the landing gear sponsons are the same length (which makes sense aerodynamically) yet on my aircraft, the right sponson is longer than the left one. The reason the right sponson is longer is because the designers realized at the last minute that they hadn't placed the APU in the aircraft yet so the lengthened the right sponson while leaving the left one at the original design length. My C-17s are plug & play and a bit on the heavy side. Your aircraft look and fly amazing! Great job!
Ya maybe try duel 50mm in your and try to shed some weight off. Nice catch on the sponson. Yes I decided to adjust this from scale so that they would work more as skies to takeoff and land on. It does fly great the main reason is just due to how light the plane is. Good luck with your C-17s. Cheers
@@TroyMcMillan Since I have two of the aircraft, I might make one a twin engine with 64MM fans and the other with 4 50MM fans. You can tell by the video that your aircraft is very light and responsive. My C-17s are much heavier and take lots of runway to get in the air with the original engines. My aircraft also have 18 wheels on the landing gear which add weight and drag for sure. Making your aircraft with equal length sponsons for landing instead of adding the extra weight of landing gear is just brilliant. It also looks cool flying with the "gear up" whereas mine always have the gear down as if it is preparing to land.
What EDFs do you use? I ask because this model will not work with the new FMS fans as these have the intake ring perrmanently moulded as part of the fan case.
These are the EDF I used.
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I'm curious to what your cost basis was for this aircraft. doesn't seem too bad given how you 3d printed everything
STL: $55usd
LW-PLA: $30usd
EDF and ESC are $100usd
5x servos: $20usd
Battery: $25usd
Feels like RC Powers all over again 😍
Nice job. The Grumpy Modeller has also built a few Herc’s, but I like this design. Congrats on becoming a Dad BTW.
Thank you!
My dude, you took all the X out of your X1C, without those two setting you have my P1S lol. I'm attempting a similar type of build, a P3C Orion. Not too many renders out there.
A question for you Sir - have you attempted using ASA Aero from Bambu? I've seen tests where it performs worse than PLA LW/Aero, but want to ask the master himself haha
Ya I did take the X out but for these vase mode printed planes it works the best with those setting off.
Good question on the ASA Aero they just sent some of it to me so I will have it out for my next plane.
@@TroyMcMillan The videos I've seen so far comparing the two have had interesting results. Whereas the ASA had higher heat tolerance, the PLA Aero seemed to outperform ASA Aero in layer adhesion and tensile strength - not what I expected. Very much looking forward to your results, Troy! And thanks for getting back to me!
@@GhostRyderFPV Ya that does sound about right actually. I have notices bad layer adhesion when trying to print single wall construction with PETG or ABS when compared to regular PLA.
05:10 i am confused.
because a few seconds earlyer you can see you cutting it out and it being cut out before glueing it together.
Ya so there are 2 parts that need to be cut I only cut the part out on the fuselage part. The same area needs to be cut out on the vertical stab. I forgot to cut it out when I was glueing it together.
Absolutely amazing! I love it! Been up many times in the real thing but I have never landed in one lol love the paratroopers
Thank you, I love this plane I have only been able to enjoy looking at the C-17 from a distance it is such an amazing looking airplane.
The paratroopers are my favorite part also.
Amazing model 👍 Do you think there is huge difference between X1C and P1S ?
Next model suggestion : an iconic fighter like F14 or something older like F9F or F4 😉
Ya definitely I would love to build an F14 with retractable wing system. As far as print quality there is no difference between the X1 and the P1 the X1 just had more belles and whistles but the print quality will be the same.
@@TroyMcMillan great Idea an F14 👍
how does only glue give it enough firmness to hold up to the wind and stuff? Would a carbon rod or two help?
The plastic is actually pretty strong. There is a 3D printed spar printed inside the wing for strength. For a plane this small a spar is not needed.
YOOOOO those UND tails my man that's sick! What filament did you use? I'm a current student and would love to print one
Thanks, It is printed out of silk PLA
What size build plate is required? I have an MK4S. Will that work? excellent work, dude, keep up the good job. Man, I wish I can do that. I can barely run my printer. much less design anything that takes talent and you have it in Spades.
Thank you, I originally started to build it to fit on 200x200x200 but unfortunately the large center fuselage parts are 205mm wide so I am saying it requires a 210x210x210 build plate.
@TroyMcMillan Thank you very much for your response. That is really appreciated in today's day and age.
@@mrsmith324 Today's day and age exactly! could not agree more
Very nice!!! Looks great!
Thank you Brian!!
Amazing build!
Thanks I really appreciate it!
Подскажите пожалуйста у вас есть эта RC модель под EDF 70mm 2.5kg? Мне очень понравился ваш проект, но я уже заказал с Китая EDF 70mm, а не 50mm...
Нет, я не предлагаю этот самолет для 70-миллиметровых EDF. У меня есть напечатанный на 3D-принтере CRJ900 или A321, в котором используются 70-миллиметровые EDF. Посмотрите видео на моем канале.
Can you make son adapter like you did the dummy outboard blades, but for a propeller no Edf to made the aircraft more efficient for long flight, specially FPV with Inav installed. Will be a great option for FPV pilots.
This is actually a good idea and I was thinking of turning this into and FPV plane.
SO just to clarify you are saying to make a motor mount that would hold a brushless motor and a propeller rather than using an EDF to fly it.
The prop blade would probably be something like an 8in prop so it would stick out and be larger than the cowling.
Good to see you back Troy it's been a minute. Have you upgraded to Capt. yet? What are you flying now? Does Capt. Paul fly for UA looks familiar. Great build Troy this is in my wheelhouse. I was a Loadmaster for 20 yrs on the C-17 & 141. I'm definitely going to build this to add to my collection. Hope you do a C-5 someday.
Thanks man, I haven't upgraded yet my schedule is way too good in the right seat. I am flying the 320. Paul doesn't fly for UA. Ya a C-5 would be an awesome project.
This was a great video to watch, I enjoyed watching it. Can you make a video showing your computer monitor and setup? How long did it take you to learn fusion 360?
Yes I get asked a lot about the CAD drawing stuff. I will release a video on it eventually. It does take some time to learn CAD. My best advice would to not start with airplanes to learn CAD, start with something simple to draw to learn the software first.
@@TroyMcMillan yes I agree with you about the learning cad thing. I wanna teach my son about cad and model airplane building. Great, great video loved . Thank you for what you do. We need more people like you. God bless you brother. Keep the vids coming.
Hey Troy, could you do a tutorial on how you design the interlocking fuselage segment joints? :)
Ya I get asked a lot about the design of my planes. I will probably do a Fusion 360 tutorial in the future to show how I design my planes.
@@TroyMcMillan this would be fantastic. Thank you so much for replying 😁
Can you do a video/ video series on how you design RC planes for 3d printing?
Thanks for this new video.
Because of you I just ordered a Bambu Lab P1S with AMS and I will probably order one of your planes.
Do you have a bambu studio profile to share for the LW-PLA please ?
Many thanks and greating from France !
How do you get the servo to move slowly like that with the nx10 transmitter? Is it possible on the dx9 as well?
I am not sure if you can on the dx9 but on the NX10 where the trim and directions pages are if you scroll over there is a speeds page and I just set the servo to a switch to turn speed mode on or off and then set the speed for each direction. I set it to 2s to drop and 9s to close to have time to set the rubber bands in place.
Troy, how many rolls of filament do you need to print this? What do you think about using ASA? I bought the files yesterday, can't wait to get started!
Wow Troy! An absolute masterpiece!!!!!!!
Thank you
You should include the .mf3 files for those with the carbon just print. Will you do it? Plus the price in the website say 55 and then goes to 65.
I included both 3MF files and STL files for this build so that it would be even easier to print.
Thanks for the heads up about the price I fixed it.
OH MY GOD HE'S BACK HOLY CRAP
Heck ya I am back LOL.
Cheers
I have NOT tried this with lightweight PLA, but I imagine it would be the same as "regular" PLA . Instead of using CA, as I have found it be brittle on PLA, I use the same stuff the styrene plastic model folks use. Tamaya has 3 viscosities. I just use the thick and super thin. It chemically welds the joints so the 2 parts become one. In my limited testing, I found the print breaks before the joint.
I have been designing a quad 70mm for the past few months with everything (like a cargo door ect)and this give me hope!
How long was the printing? Thanks, amazing job!
It takes 60hrs of printing @ 50mm/s
First this plane looked and flew amazingly! You are miles ahead of the companies out there that have 3d printed planes. Second, I have a request. No company has made a P-40 that flies well. I was hoping in one of your future projects, you can make one please and thank you!
Wow thank you for the nice comment. That is why I started doing my own designs I just had some cool planes I wanted to build and some ideas for some better features to try out.
The P-40 would be a cool airplane to build. What size wing would you like to see for that build.
@@TroyMcMillan That is up you. If smaller is easier, than smaller. If larger is easier, than larger lol. I will print whatever you make and fly it till it dies.
Hell yeah lets go ! Can we scale up the files of the 727 you made to make a larger rc plane ?
You could try but it would take some work to make everything fit correctly. It won't fit together as well as I designed it to.
Hey, which settings do you use for the PLA on the bambulab, especially Print Temp and Flow Ratio
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LW-PLA 265c, 0.6 flow, 50mm/s speed
PLA 220c, 1.02 flow, 50mm/s speed
Fantastic design and flight!!
thank you so much!
Trying to confirm your filament used, is it 3D labprint polylite LW-PLA?
Yes that is correct.
3dlabprint.com/shop/polylight-1-0-lw-pla-filament/
I assume so too. That's what he shows at 2:20
Another awesome project! Thank you!
Thank you!
Hi, are the STL files available ? 😊 what is the scale ?
Yes the files are for sale here,
www.troymcmillanrc.com/c17
The scale is 1/40th
Greetings Troy.
I have just about finished this print .BUT .. I have left you a question on email .re the length of F2 ,F3 and F4 .Can you please answer ? Chris...
I recommend silicone glue for the servo covers. Removable.
Ya that is a good idea.
Best looking one yet Excellent job
Thank you, This has definitely been a labor of love a lot of time when into this project.
How hard (or easy) would it be to add retracts?
Well anything is possible. I just preferred not to just to save weight and to trade the convenience of retracts for better flight characteristics. I figured someone would buy it and add landing gear to it if they really wanted to but I am going to keep it the way it is. It just flies so nice how light it is without gear.
ever seen the F-19 Aurora ? There are a few flyable RC models of it seen here on YT .
Ya I have seen a few of them.
@@TroyMcMillan have ya seen one made with first person view / cam ? like those FPS drones ?
@@grigorione Ya I have seen the FPV one they look really cool. I am thinking of doing FPV for this C-17.
@@TroyMcMillan that would be cool to see. Makes me imagine a remote control Spectre Gunship .. but with paintballs . Multiple cameras onboard for the different views .. haha .
I was really excited about a 1.5m size. Will that be an option?
Ya I take a lot of thought when designing the size of my planes. This will only be the 1.3m size that I offer. If I would have made it any bigger then it would be a hard plane to hand launch so in that case it would need landing gear, more structure, and just overall a heavier airplane. This plane is super light and over powered and just fun to fly at this size.
@@TroyMcMillanappreciate the feedback, just a minor suggestion, the website intro description has 1.5m and twin 70mm edf for power. I’m getting this for sure and your dolly.
great job! How well does it lend itself to being scaled up to 80mm fans?
It would be challenging to scale it that large nothing would fit the way I was designed.
the only problem i have with my bambu lab a1. is that a 1 hour print. turns into a 4 hour print even if all i wanna do is put some multi color text in the last few layers.
that default color changing profile needs serious work to make it faster.
Ya I definitely agree the color changing does add a lot of time to the print.
Hi Troy, such an amazing design/plane. I purchased the files and have started printing on my BBL P1S. I'm printing the 1st couple fuse sections with BBL PLA Basic. F1 printed perfectly, but I'm having issues with F2. There is a significant overhang/bridge on that section and with spiral mode and no supports the filament just falls to the build plate. Any suggestions for getting it to print that bridge without supports?
I think I solved the problem on F2. I think if I print it flipped 180 degrees from the 3mf file the bridge won't be a bridge. I just assumed the orientation was already configured. On second thought, that won't work because it looks like you intended it to be printed in the orientation you created in the 3mf due to the first layer being partially closed on that end. Hmm. Stumped again.
Thanks for the tweaked files Troy - that fixes this problem with F2. Can't wait to get the rest printed and get it in the air. Thank you for all your great designs! Love the simplicity.
I love 99.9% about this design. Do you think that the filament control hinge could get brittle and crack over time? My PLA filament that sits out in the open gets so dang brittle.
Ya the first time I tried this I thought the same thing but I actually have planes now that are 2 years old with this style hinge with no problems. If you are worried thought you can just use carbon fiber rod rather that pla.
@TroyMcMillan thats a long time!! In the desert no less! Super cool 👏 great idea 👏
@@its_generik Yes exactly in the desert also.
Your fuselage walls look thicker than what my printer produces, even though I have the same printer. Mine has very thin thin walls. I use your print settings
I'm surprized at the lack of a continuous spar especially at the wing root! Apparently a small plastic overlap is sufficient?
There is a spar it is designed into the wing there is a thick section of printed. material that you need to add a heathy about of glue to when joining the wing sections.
Are you including the take off dooly?
no that is a separate file for sale
Can you share a pic of the inside with receiver and battery setup?
Ya sorry about that I realized I didn't have a good shot of that. I will get a picture of that and add it to the web sight today.
Saw that embry riddle verticle stabilizer did you go there?
No I did not.
@TroyMcMillan why did you make it any specific reason
I do CAD design work for my model railroad. That plane HAD to have been a massive design effort. Congratulations! It's awesome.
Edit: tried the "all parts" link and got the "something went wrong" response.
Yes it was a massive deign effort for sure. Thank you.
I will get the all parts link working thank you for letting me know.
Required parts.
1 roll of LW-PLA
Medium CA Glue
2 50mm EDFs
2 40amp ESC
5 9g servos
Servo wire extensions
1 Battery
awesome. Question for you. is there 2 Motors or 4 Motors?
How many channels are you using?
I am using 5ch for flying it and one for a parachute drop system so a total of 6ch with everything setup.