A friend of mine asked me to model a protective cover for his GEPRC Mark 5 which had a wobbly antenna that was at risk of being broken while transporting in a bag.
I designed the cover so it would grab onto the air vents that are more towards the front, while simultaneously covering a video reciever (I believe) that was exposed on the side.
SPRING
Also a thing you kinda need is a spring. It's not necessary, but it will make sure the cover sits tight on the drone. To make the springs I used a "Spring Factory 1.2" (www.thingiverse.com/thing:5171637) from @vbaillet and 1.2mm steel wire (or piano wire ig). The diameter of the outcame spring fits perfectly into the circle hole. I don't remember the length of it, but it doesn't really matter, because I could make it longer, so that the cover would sit even better. That means you are going to make a spring and experiment.
Then you would just heat the spring and weld it into the circle hole. I overheated it a bit, but whatever
The side covers are meant to:
To put the cover on, just slide the cover from the top get all of the antennas in their little garages and clip the hooks to the air vents on the front.
SUPPORTS
Ah yes, the supports. First of all, before slicing, make the model face up (the hooks must face upward). Then I made organic supports (slim tree) for the little antennas' covers, for the roof in the main base and for the hooks. Because the hook clips start printing in the air.
I know, the model is not very optimised for printing, but I wanted a properly working model in the first place.
SETTINGS
Basically, your preferred settings would work, because I think there's not much infill in this thing, so it doesn't matter. If you want it extra heavy duty, you can try 100% infill or more walls, but on standard settings with PETG it's quite solid.
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