Durafly Zephyr ground plate with skids

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The Durafly Zephyr has a notorious reputation for its landings. Due to the low wing design combined with its high landing speeds it has shortened the lifespan of many. I acquired the model a while ago, but never came round on actually assembling the kit and flying it. After reading its thread on rcgroups http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1639354 it became clear the model could use some mods... I've taped the wings to minimize flutter and designed this skid to help it with landing and strengthen the way the wing is attached to the fuselage. I've taped some velcro on the bottom of the wing, but I went further than the leading edge and is therefore beginning on the top of the wing. With a dremel I made sure that the velcro on top of the wing is as thin as possible so that it doesn't change the angle. This way the velcro can't be just ripped off. In the design there's some room to glue the other side of the velcro. Finally I also used some glass fibre tape to attach it to front skid. Print Settings Printer: Fabrikator Rafts: No Supports: Doesn't Matter Resolution: 0.1 mm Infill: 40% infill honeycomb Notes: I used Pet-G on a glass bed with kapton at 247 degrees. The first 2 layers on 255 degrees