Palmer Cord Style Aircraft Wheels

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Hi Needed a set of wheels for my friend's Flair 'Puppeteer' biplane lookalike, so decided to print some - they're similar in style to the commercially available items and are meant to resemble 'Palmer Cord' style wheels - they're 110mm OD (4.33" for any colonials :-) Material is Red PLA from Rigid Ink. Rubber 'tyres' are from a length of 10mm nitrile gasket material - sourced on eBay here in the UK. I've also attached a slicing/fitting jig for the nitrile gasket - gives a neat square face to cut and glue the gasket - use medium CA glue to join the ends. Once printed and fettled, put the tyres on the rims and attach using thin CA run along the edges. Wheel was designed in Fusion 360 and the cord slicer in TinkerCAD - Fusion is a bit OTT for that :-) I've included the STLs and S3D factory files for anyone that needs them. The wheels are made using a 1.5mm solid filled shell and a 2mm boss around the axle - support is then set in the inner space - I tried without, but the upper surface was a tad wrinkly due to the obtuse angle used on the wheel surface.