In need of Fly March rear wings

[Mayberryman]

Since I am a slot car racer and not a collector my cars tend to lead a fairly hard life. I have two Fly March F1 cars and they both have wings broken almost flush where they mount on the car. I have looked on several sites with no luck for replacement wings. These wings do not have to be any special color because I can paint them to be a reasonable match for my cars. If you have any or know of any retailer who has these for sale please reply. Being an old guy who has raced many things I am all about replacement parts and not replacement cars.

Thanking you in advance

Spencer (Mayberryman) Wilkinson

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Spence, it looks to me like the main difficulty would be the stalk that holds it up. Where do they break, usually? Would you need the whole wing, or just the part above the stalk, using the original stalk? I could make them, or I could give you guys a full scale plan with a materials list to build your own. Just tell me what's needed- we'll figure it out. I suppose you could have a back stock of blank white wings for guys to get for the next race when they crack up!

[-Nimrod-]

Hi Gentlemen,

I've been playing around and 3D printing rear view mirrors and a couple of rear wings for my slots.
I could draw up and 3D print a few in a couple of weeks?

Cheers
NimROD

[waaytoomuchintothis]

What do you think, Spence? Is this the future?

[Mayberryman]

[Mayberryman]

[-Nimrod-]

Hi Guys,
I've started drawing the wing up in CAD, just a little more left at the base of the support.
Should be done this by tomorrow with a test print this weekend.


Cheers
NimROD

[-Nimrod-]

Hi All,

My apologies for the slow replies, it's sometimes hard to find the time to enjoy all my hobbies.
Some pics





Unfortunately some of my dimensions were off, but they will be spot on on the next print.
Haven't cleaned it up either.

Drafted up in AutoCAD for approx. 1 hour, no other conversion software used, Cura slicing software
printed at 0.1 layer, 50 speed in PLA, nozzle 195C, heated bed 60C, printing time 25 Minutes.

I'll fix the modeling the week, if anyone is interested PM me, I'll send you a print.

Cheers
NimROD

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Man, that is really astounding. Great job. I'll PM Spencer right now to make sure he sees it.

[-Nimrod-]

Reworked and reprinted
Not a 100% copy but good enough to race with



Cheers
NimROD

[Mayberryman]

[chappy]

Quite simply, that is fantastic.
As Rob said astounding
Bob

[-Nimrod-]

Thank you for the kind words Gentlemen, very much appreciated.

Spencer, I've PM'd you as well, you can also use vlad @ cadstruk . com (just without the spaces)
Over the next week I'll send you a bunch to play with and let me know what you think.
These are by far the thinnest I've printed so far as wings go.

If anyone else wants one, please PM me.

Cheers
NimROD

[-Nimrod-]

I had the workers do Overtime on a Saturday to get them finished
I'll try modelling the rear view mirrors before I send these over


Cheers
NimROD