Rifter 3

[@FATSNAIL-FPV]

I was still busy printing the Rifter 2 lol. you just keep on going with these! excelent!

[@gonzaloastorga882]

Amazing plane, it was a great experience to print and assemble. And I couldn't believe when I maiden it. Will share some pics and videos over the rc-forum soon.

[@Olivier-C]

Great! Cant wait to see the video :)

[@ampedfpv]

Looks good! Love the nice big rear hatch. Great work!

[@AerialWaviator]

It's always great to see the new ideas and techniques that are applied to your latest designs. The evolution is ongoing .. an advantage of design, print, build, fly, and repeat! Thanks for sharing the designs and inspiration.

[@ericwright7570]

Great job and cool design. Felicitations on the successful maiden.

[@skydawg98]

Looks like another winning design!!!

[@trafton00]

I'm sure you've considered this, but why not make narrower 'cutouts' for the inner support structure for these higher quality printers? I guess using infill maintains higher compatibility for most people. I love the idea of infill (it's easy) but hate that it's not optimal. My Bambu leaves a tiny gap in cutout support structures but I didn't think it matters too much as it's still very strong.

[@Olivier-C]

the gaps are already only 0.1mm, if I make these smaller they are either ignored, or made larger, the slicers are too smart :)

[@trafton00]

@@Olivier-C I see. You've pushed it to the limit. Another option is manually placing infill modifiers. I've done that before but it also creates a workflow that's hard to replicate consistently. Maybe fusion should allow modifiers that can be transferred over

[@Olivier-C]

@@trafton00 yep there's many options you'r right, but some are kind of only ok for personal use. Once a design is public, people will print it with so many different plastics and slicers and settings and whatever, so the workflow must be kept as simple as possible :)

[@trafton00]

@@Olivier-C agreed. Thanks for your thoughts. I enjoy your videos

[@Toto_M]

Your planes are amazing. Thank you for the great design. Do you have the possibility to make a video of the interior with a DJI air unit? Do you have any special Inav settings, for example autolaunch? Thank you very much.

[@maxun1]

Olivier that's beautiful, love it.

[@Dr_Disintegrator]

Very nice flights! looks like a winner!

[@PistiBala]

One more: no problem with bigger props, just throw it overhead with two hands. I made a switch in opentx that put the plane in angle mode and mixes 25%up elevator and say; Launch mode. I am very conservative person, don't want to mess up with the parameters of autolaunch. Just flip the switch, throttle as you feel, I give max and throw.

[@jurives]

Au top... Et les jours qui rallongent...❤❤❤

[@rckeith]

Great work flies very stable

[@skypilot23]

awesome hand launch- total success on maiden this makes me want to fly badly but weather still sucks

[@franciscoreyes-uz9rz]

this is an awesome bird, but i have a question? If by any chance i have servo failure how would you replace it?

[@Olivier-C]

hot glue is easy to remove, can just pull with a little plier, or re-heat a bit with a hot soldering gun and it will melt just enough so you can pull the servo out. Also it's really rare to have a servo with metal gears die before a wing :)

[@trainez2681]

very nice, so what is the actual weight of the rifter 3?

[@MONSTERPC-el9hh]

hi olivier , is it impossible to fly without ınav systems

[@Olivier-C]

Yes thats doable, but these planks are not super stable, a flight controller helps a lot

[@PistiBala]

I like emx-07 and pw-51 airfoils, borh are very good for planks.

[@sylvainponchelet4188]

Salut dis moi j'ai une petite question : -mets tu du vrillage ( whashout) sur le bord d'attaque entre le profil d’emplanture et le saumon et si oui de quel ordre de grandeur . Dans tout les cas merci pour le bol d'air et bravo pour la persévérance dans l'amélioration de tes créations

[@Olivier-C]

salut! non pas de whasout il n'y a aucun vrillage sur mes avions, du coup ils sont fatalement un peu plus instables mais comme tous fait pour etre avec un controleur de vol ça n'est pas très génant,

[@sylvainponchelet4188]

@@Olivier-C ok merci pour ta réponse bon vol et encore merci pour les balades dans des paysages super sympa

[@elroberto51]

salut olivier, super tes projets, j'ai decouvert ta chaine avec des recherches sur le penguin, tres belles videos egalement, belles conceptions, a propos de ce rifter 3, en le passant en twin puller, tu auras un nez encore plus court non? j'adore les twin, ton bipoutre etait tres sympa aussi, ils sont plus silencieux je trouve, bons vols, je m'abonne ;) edit : je viens de decouvrir le sabre en video treees sympa, bientot le sabre 2? tchuss tu les vends tes joujous?edit 2 : je suis maintenant sur le thread rc groups, ca va faire une looongue soiree!

[@toritor]

Might make any sense filling the wings with expanded polyurethane so they are stronger and more tied together. May be for not making the model too heavy only a small amount on the front edge of the wing? I do not know... just wondering what is your opinion regarding that.

[@Olivier-C]

Its been suggested, but it would badly inflate the wings, the walls are only 0.4mm thick they have near zero resistance to bending. Unless there's some foam that would make very little overpressure ?

[@PistiBala]

I use Emax 1750kv 2207 with 7x4 prop on 3s for light builds, 6x4 on 4s, very good efficiency. For a little bigger plane, but maybe for this too, 2807 1750 kv 7x4 4s is also used on a Mini Talon, very good combo.

[@andrecordero6958]

Whats your favorite rifter until now v1 v2 or v3 ?

[@Olivier-C]

V3! it's bigger and less fragile

[@andrecordero6958]

@@Olivier-C Will start printing today ! thank you

[@jparth167]

Salut Olivier, J'aime bien cette motorisation ça ne consomme rien 😊 As-tu déjà essayé de régler les débattement pour que l'aileron qui se lève ait plus de débattement que celui qui se baisse en virage ?

[@piconano]

Any chance I can get the actual fusion files for V3 instead of exports? Exports have only bodies and no history. I'd like to make one but with some modifications. I love your design. So futuristic and cool looking, not the same old boring planes others make.

[@TDPro1]

can this printed with standard pla?

[@Olivier-C]

Yes any good PLA should work, but it will work better with PLA+, but many brands are naming good PLA their own way so....

[@TDPro1]

@@Olivier-C brother, can i make a request? Make a micro RC plane 3D Printed with 2 motor 1102.. must used PLA+ for the filament..

[@gonzaloastorga882]

HI @TDPro1 , I have printed this plane in standard PLA Matte from Bambu Labs and also added some ASA parts and it works fine. I was able to shave some grams by decreasing the infill in ASA parts. Also, I am running a 6s battery to handle the possible extra weight. I would say build it with whatever high quality PLA you have. Also I increased the normal temperature by 5 degrees as indicated by @Oliver-C, and I printed at 0.16mm layer height.

[@edgeorgii]

Vous n'avez pas froid aux yeux pour utiliser la caméra lors de votre premier vol.👍👍

[@catbroh]

Beautiful

[@EnglishTurbines]

Need to lengthen the tail. Tiny 1500 Lipo is set back from the nose as well....A better design, a bit more wing area. Sweep back provides directional stability. Flies good, just nose heavy if you move the Lipo further forward where it belongs....🤔😏👍🇬🇧

[@Sebas-lk3jv]

nice work.

[@MsAlec1998]

ah bas c'est joli tout sa moi qui hésitait entre tout les modèles dispo j'ai un choix cornélien supplémentaires 😂 nan sinon bien joué a toi pour tes conception c'est pas donné a tout le monde, par contre dans la vidéo tu parle de radar tu a une fc particulier qui a cette fonctionnalité ou c'est une fonction du gps ? je connait pas le monde des aile volante je suis plutôt sur les quad 5 pouce ^^

[@patricehonvault2612]

Cette nouvelle version vole pas trop mal, c'est juste le décollage qui me poserait problème, déjà je trouve le Dolphin pénible à lancer. Une question à propos du placement de votre antenne Crossfire, en théorie il faut la mettre verticale pour maximiser la portée, vous en pensez quoi ?

[@Olivier-C]

oui tous les pushers peuvent etre delicats à lancer, il faut maximiser ses chances avec des grandes helices pour avoir plus de grip à basse vitesse. UN dolphin avec une 7" c'est facile, avec une 6" ça peut poser problème, et avec une 5" c'est franchement pas garanti... Pour l'antenne en effet c'est plus effficace en vertical, mais sur cet avion qui n'est pas destiné à aller loin, cela suffit largement