DJI Phantom 4 / 3 / Inspire 1 Range Booster, horizontal cut halves for gluing

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I modified Giufini's project into 2 halves for easier printing, but now required glue. I love this "thing" by Giufini - thx for making it! While printing this (I am a beginner in the craft) I found that my Imaginator 3D did not do well printing the top of the design. Well, I decided to cut it in half (horizontally) using netfabb, and made it into 2 files. Option 1: DJI_Range_Booster_v1.2_2halves.stl 2 halves printing next to each other, and still to be glued after printing. Option 2: DJI_Range_Booster_v1.2_1Half.stl 1 half of the project; this needs to be printed twice and glued into 1 part. I used 5 second fix, it's a UV glue/bond, and it worked well for me. This is my first post here, hope I did not break any rules and did not goof anything up! Enjoy! How I Designed This This was fun! Well, here's my first thing! Based on giufini's product. What happend, is that I printed his overnight, and found that the top did not print out well. Perhaps I simply did not know how to help the printer, but as you see on the image, the top was not happy... So here's what I did: I cut off the top, lost about .5" or so.... Then I started the project again, and aborted about .5" up. Once this was done, I filed the previous night's print, to get it close to a straight line - I did not do great, but acceptable ;) I used 5SecondsFix, which is a UV bonding agent, so it was easy to align the part with glue on them, and once I felt it's right, I used a UV LED to solidify the bond. Then I filed it a bit to clean and fit the way I wanted, and coated the inside with copper adhesive foil, I happened to buy on amazon, for getting rid of snail in my garden. Hope that my work of cutting it in netfabb and rearranging will help someone to have a nicer glue line, than what I got ;) Hopefully no filing needed, other than just cleaning the edges after printing! As you see on the pictures, mine is not looking great, but I am hoping it will work. I flew my Phantom 3 Advanced in a specific area, and my signal was questionable around 3000ft, so the next time I have a chance, i will test at the same location, and see if I have significantly better range! Thx to Giufini for the original design! Happy printing and happy flying! GregT The original print from giufini My glue job, on my manual cut and paste.... The back side On the radio