The front canopy for Micro Trooper features a double decker layout - remove the top and you get a spacious deck to mount your pan/tilt camera setup
A standard nose is included with the files, without a camera hole for use with the pan/tilt FPV deck
The Micro Trooper features a spacious fuselage with ample room for batteries and flight control electronics
Wing bays for VTX / RX allow for great antenna separation and thermal separation, which applies to the motor mount as well
Micro Trooper has fantastic aerodynamic characteristics, with great stability margins and our highest L/D ratio yet for a small aircraft
Spars needed:
(1) 8 OD x 6 ID x 500mm (front main wing spar)
(1) 4x500mm solid (rear main wing spar)
(2) 3x200mm solid (aileron hinge)
(2) 3x400mm solid (hstab + elevator hinge)
(1) 10 OD x 8 ID x 500mm square (tail boom – must be glued to fuselage and tail)
Recommended motor & prop:
16mm mounting pattern
Tmotor F40 or V2208 or similar 6-8 inch propeller (ideally 7x4/5/6)
Recommended electronics:
TBS crossfire / ELRS / Dragonlink
5.8ghz / 1.2ghz analog or digital (19x19 camera)
Matek F405-WTE flight controller or similar
Matek M8Q-5883 GPS/Compass or similar
35a BLHeli ESC
(3) Emax ES08MAII servos
Battery: Anything from a 6S 3300mah Lipo to a 10,000mah 4S Li-Ion
Misc:
Polycarbonate or other high-temp filament for the motor mount
Medium CA glue
210x210x250 minimum size print bed (Prusa or smaller)
Control horns (this one)
M3 threaded inserts (max 6mm height)
M3 bolts of various sizes
6x3mm magnets
Print settings:
LWPLA parts should be single wall, and 4% cubic subdivision infill
High temp (Polycarbonate or PETG) motor mount and wing bay plates should be double wall and 25-100% infill
Additional Info:
Glue the tail boom only after verifying that you are able to hit CG at the marked spot
CG is marked under the wing, and must be as close as possible to that point
Aim for takeoff weight of ~1200-1400g. Maximum recommended takeoff weight 2kg.
Wingspan: 1037 mm | Wing area: 2114 cm^2
Feel free to configure flaperons, they work great. Takeoffs and landings can be done with half flaps comfortably
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