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  1. Yesterday I started my printer on a 34 hour print. It seemed to be going well so I left it. When I checked on it this morning the print coordinates had jumped back about 15mm and it was happily printing in the new position.

    For a while now my front to back axis has had a lumpy feel to it with lubrication having no effect so this morning I took a hard look at it. The timing belt on the left side motor (the one that drives the print head front to back) was lifting at the hard to move point. I dismantled the drive and can see the pulley is malformed.

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    The timing belt is also damaged.

    I need new parts but they are not in the shop, so what do I order?

    edit - copied in email to support@ultimaker.com

     

  2. IMHO the best fix for the "imperial problem" would be if the 3 countries on this planet which use imperial units officially would change to metric units to meet the other 99% of the World.

     

    What?

    We measure in mils which is nothing to do with mm, its 1/1000 of an inch.

    There are 12 inches in a foot.

    3 feet (not foots) in a yard and 1760 yards in a mile.

    There are 22 yards in chain, 10 chains in a furlong and 8 furlongs to the mile.

    There are 9 inches in a span and 2 spans to the cubit which is half a yard.

    So whats the problem there. :grin:

    Woofy,

    (who is campaining to have UK speed limits set in furlongs per fortnight).

     

  3. Hi - Good start.

    Question 1 already needs one to define cheap - which you do further below.

    I think that there needs to also be a question - large and simple.

    I also think that it would be cool to ask if we want a project that can be built to start with fairly cheaply (£500) and then by swapping out some of the gear, adding FPV and gopro you and up spending £1000.

    So a flexible "platform" that could satisfy many uses - there is a risk it might not satisfy any?.

    I also wonder if its possible to rank some of the things that you then ask about - if everyone just ticks them all (who wouldn't) then you will not have a good measure - if they rank then, and everyone ticks everything, but everyone puts waterproof first (PLEASE!) then you know what to narrow down.

    Thanks

    James

     

    Agree with all of that.

     

  4. You sure on that math? 1.2kg of lifting sounds like quite a lot. Actually, that's about the weight of my 2 meter sailplane.

     

    Not 100% sure on anything really.

    Its hard to pin down the specs on some of these motors, but generally these 2210 motors seem to be in the 520g to 740g thrust region. Just taking the lower limit gives 2kg of thrust. That sounds about right to me for lifting a quad up to 1.2kg.

    Also, the Phantom 2 vision plus uses 2210 motors and has a take off weight of 1.284kg.

     

  5. Hi Guys,

    I've been following this thread with interest and thought I'd chirp up. I've been looking at getting a quadcopter for a while, been drooling over the Phantom 2 vision plus for weeks - but at 1000 pounds its expensive.

    I like the idea of building one, but I know so little about these things. I went to hobbyking to see what the cost would likely to be. Wow, the options are mind blowing. I put together a list but would appreciate experienced people to look over it. I think it all matches up but I'm fumbling a bit over it.

    HK-T6A-M2 - Hobby King 2.4Ghz 6Ch Tx & Rx V2 (Mode 2.. GBP14.56

    155000212-0 - Thunder QQ Super - Multi-Rotor Flight Co.. GBP11.57

    9244000085-0 - Multistar 2212 - 920KV Multi-Rotor Motor.. GBP26.09

    9045000002-0 - MultiStar 10-4.5 (CW Rotation) Multi-Ro.. GBP1.44

    9045000003-0 - MultiStar 10-4.5 (CCW Rotation) Multi-Ro.. GBP1.44

    9192000130-0 - Afro Slim 20Amp Multi-rotor Motor Speed .. GBP31.46

    Z50003S-30 - ZIPPY Flightmax 5000mAh 3S1P 30C GBP17.48

    This comes to GBP104 (EUR130, USD174) and includes the Transmitter as well because I currently have nothing.

    The takeoff weight of these parts is 700gm including the battery. I think this should give a total thrust of around 2kg -2.2kg which should make a 1.2kg aircraft reasonably nippy. I would hope for 10-15 min flight times but if we make the battery easy to swap over it should not matter too much. What do you think?

    Can I suggest a name for this project?

    The "Ultimaker Camel"

    (because a camel is a horse designed by a committee)

    :cool:

     

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