Dave0

Had some time on my hands at the weekend and there was no pigeons about so I thought I would have a play with the 3D printer and made a start on making a flapper it’s not finished yet but you can see it’s coming together 😁

For anyone wanting to have a go at this build you will need 2x1m M8 threaded bar 12 M8 nuts the motor I have used is ZGB37RG 47.5i sorry don’t have a link for it M3 screws to fix the motor to the plate a 6mm motor coupling hub then I used some arms from another magnet but you can make your own up to fit ill attach a photo of the measurements for the motor plate and the support plates then 4 guidelines and 4 pegs only thing I can’t say is how long the motor will last as I haven’t put it through a full days test yet the build cost me around £30 the weight is just over 1kg with no arms

It’s up and running 👏 and works just got to see how well the motor motor will last now here’s a video see what you think

Well I didn’t get very far 😂😂😂 The 3D printed pegs to slot the arms on didn’t hold up to the weight of the arms I got 4 rotations of the magnet went to get my phone out to do a video then they gave way lol so no video tonight I have upgraded them now to aliumium so I’ll try again tomorrow take 2 😆

I like the look of that magnet in the photos nice and compact I am hoping to pop up to the rap field later just to give this a go see what happens I’ll do a video and you all can see how it goes could be a laugh 😂 or it could end in tears but what ever happens I’ll still do a video lol

Thanks for the input guys I forgot to say I will be using paracord for 2 guide lines pegged down to help with stability I don’t know if it will help or not I just get fed up with carting the big heavy magnet ones and a big battery down the field with all the other stuff so trying to make all the kit lighter and less bulk 😁

Hi all Heres my first attempt at making a light weight magnet to fit hyper flaps to fit on it I have 3D printed most of the parts to test the build out once I am happy with how it runs I will make it out of aluminium heres where I am at with the build