Model information
Description
A remix of Jkilby's tail wheel, incorporating Qrome's 54mm wheel and tire. This version features a taller wishbone to accommodate the larger wheel and utilizes threaded posts for the wishbone and rudder guide connections to prevent the wheel from detaching. The fuselage plate height has been increased to provide clearance for the threaded post.
Assembly Instructions:
- The wheel and tire are two separate pieces. The author printed the wheel from PETG and the tire from TPU.
- The wishbone connects to the wheel using a screw as the axle. Insert the wheel between the wishbone and slide a screw through. Tighten until excessive play is removed, but ensure the wheel can rotate freely. A second, slightly smaller nylon nut is used to prevent the first nut from backing off.
- The fuselage plate provides support. Slide its hole onto the wishbone post; the bottom of the post is smooth to allow the plate to rotate freely. Secure loosely with a nut.
- Slide the rudder plate onto the rudder guide's threaded post and secure tightly with a nut so it does not spin.
- Slide the other hole of the rudder plate onto the fuselage nut and secure tightly with a nut to fix the rudder plate to the wishbone. The wishbone and rudder should move in unison, while the fuselage plate rotates freely.
- Glue the fuselage plate to the bottom of the fuselage and the rudder guide to the rudder. Ensure the wishbone post is centered directly under the rudder's axis of rotation.
Author's Report:
- Filament: PETG for the wheel, TPU for the tire.
Original text by the author on Printables
<p>This is my remix of the RC plane tail steering wheel remixed in Tinkercad from Jkilby's tail wheel. Original credits at the bottom. I replaced the wheel with Qrome's 54mm wheel and tire. I made the wishbone taller to fit the wheel and I replaced the wishbone and rudder guide connections with threaded posts to prevent the wheel from falling off. Lastly I raised the height of the fuselage plate to add clearance for the threaded post.</p><p>Assembly:</p><p>The wheel and tire are two pieces, I printed the wheel from PETG and the tire from TPU.</p><p>The wishbone connects to the wheel using a screw as the axle. Insert the wheel in between the wishbone and slide a screw through. Tighten it until it squeezes the wishbone just enough to remove excessive play in the wheel, but not too tight to constrict the wheel from freely rotating. I added a 2nd slightly smaller nylon nut which formed new threads tightly enough to prevent the 1st nut from backing off.</p><p>The fuselage plate is needed for support. Slide the hole on it down onto the post on the wishbone. You will see the bottom of the threaded post is smooth so the plate can freely rotate. Secure it loosely with a nut but keep it freely rotating, but tight enough to prevent excessive movement.</p><p>Next, slide the rudder plate onto the threaded post of the rudder guide and secure tightly with a nut, the rudder plate should not spin in the hold of the rudder guide.</p><p>Slide the other whole of the rudder plate onto the threads of the fuselage nut. Secure tightly with a nut so the rudder plate is fixed to the wishbone. The wishbone and rudder should move in unison, but the fuselage plate should rotate freely.</p><ol><li>Glue the fuselage plate to the bottom of the fuselage and the rudder guide to the rudder. Make sure the wishbone post is centered directly under the axis rotation of the rudder.</li></ol><p>This is a remix from two different users:</p><p>Jkilby's original tail wheel:<br><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3890990/comments">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3890990/comments</a></p><p>and</p><p>Qrome's RC wheel:<br><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2735610/files">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2735610/files</a></p>
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