Hovership Prop Guard 6"

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Just learning to 3D model and fly my quad. I found these prop guards and they were perfect for 6" props, only problem was that they had clashing faces and wouldn't print where it needed to be strongest. In the old design there are hallows at the end of the spokes for support. This design uses the same hub and same rim as the other design with a cleaner spoke setup. I opted for less weight and reduced the number of spokes along with making them cylindrical. Let me know your thoughts! Weight is less than the original but that can change with different fill, I've been using 25% fill to keep the weight down and it's been fine. Updates 04/03/2016 Just noticed that the spokes aren't evenly distributed. Shouldn't impact rigidity much but for OCD reasons I'm currently readjusting the arms to even their angles out. -- Just printed one out and it prints good, adjusted spoke design is now uploaded. 04/04/2016 Printed out the new set and noticed it printed an extra base layer between arms 3 and 4. Not sure if this is a printer issue on my part or a model issue but it came out fine. Let me know if you have this issue as well and I'll update the model. 04/05/2016 Well I hit the top of my quad on quite a thick branch on my tree. It fell about 15 feet and I'm happy to say I only lost a single prop and that's because it went prop first into the branch. Prop guards took the fall like a champ, didn't break, and saved the other three props so I pretty happy with the results.