User Guide: Waco Ymf-5
User Guide: Waco Ymf-5
User Guide: Waco Ymf-5
com
User Guide
rev. 2021/08
Fully 3d printable
WACO YMF-5
scale 1:6.5
wingspan 1442 mm / 56.8 inch
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WACO YMF-5
fully printable R/C plane for your desktop 3Dprinter
Fully 3D printable, cheap and easy to build RC model for everyday flying. Many scale details
such as airframe plating or engine encourages to create realistic paint jobs. This plane has
been designed for printing from PolyAir 1.0 or normal PLA filament.
The first fully printable airplanes with files prepared for your 3Dprinter, with
flight characteristics, comparable or even superior to classic build model airplane.
This is not a dream, now you can print this HI-TECH at home. Simply download and print
the whole plane or spare parts anytime you need just for a cost of filament.
Easy to assembly, you don’t need any extra tools or hardware, just glue printed
parts together and make pushrods for control surfaces. The rest of the assembly is very
easy. Simply add brush-less motor, ESC, servos and radio system. Don’t worry, detailed step
by step PDF/VIDEO is included.
You’ll get a superb performing airplane with highly efficient power-plant capable of flying
7+ minutes at full throttle and speeds exceeding 65 kph. Low stall speed is achieved for
easy landing on the other hand.
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Recommended setup
Motor: Turnigy SK3 5055 430KV (for 6S setup)
or any 5055 430 - 380grams motor (for 6s setup)
ESC: 80A 6s with UBEC or any 6s 60-100A + connector suitable for battery.
Battery: 2700 - 3300 mAh 6S or any 6s (500-600g)
Propeller: wooden 15“ x 6“
printed PET motor mount
Performance measurement
Max speed VH (level flight): 65 km/h – 35 kn – 40 mph with wooden 15 x 6
Rate of climb: 5 m/s (960 ft/min) with wooden 15 x 6
Flight time (6s 2700mAh): 12:30 with wooden 15 x 6
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Included:
1. STL 3d files
Universal STL files designed to be used with desktop FDM 3d printers and slicer software as
Simplify3D (recommended), CURA or MatterControl
4. Gcodes
Basic Gcodes prepared for direct use, as universal as possible. Should work on i3 style printers
with direct-drive extruder. Give it a try, but we can‘t guarantee it will work on your printer.
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WACO YMF-5
Centre of Gravity
120 mm
120 mm
Centre of Gravity
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3. Gcodes preparing
option A Gcodes:
if your printer is i3 comptatible you can use prepared gcodes directly. Just save them to the
SD card and let the 3d printer do it‘s job. HE temperature is set to 230°C so the layers fuse
together well, you can adjust speed and temperature only through your printer‘s LCD. If these
Gcodes does not work for you, please proceed to the next options.
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option D CURA
CURA is a free software and provides similar results. Expect a steeper learning curve, as you
need to figure out the settings for your printer.
Please check our CURA guide on the website for the latest basic profile. Please visualise our
presliced gcodes to see how the result should look like and try to achieve the same in your
slicer.
Please try to find the best extrusion multiplier and temperature for good weight and best
possible layer bonding. Consult the parts weight list for proper multiplier settings.
As a starting point you can use our predefined CURA profile available in the Help section on
the website. Always adapt for your printer, change build volume, filament diameter, etc...
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4. Print it
Save the Gcodes to the SD card and insert into your printer. Prepare your printer and start
printing, we prefer to use SD card rather than direct USB connection. Scaling the model will
lead to unusable result!
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fuselage
F1 124 g 4,37 oz
F2 138 g 4,87 oz
F3 119 g 4,20 oz
F4 78 g 2,75 oz
F5 55 g 1,94 oz
F6 73 g 2,57 oz
wings
tail
elevator L1 19 g 0,67 oz
elevator L2 11 g 0,39 oz
elevator R1 19 g 0,67 oz
elevator R2 11 g 0,39 oz
rudder 1 7g 0,25 oz
rudder 2 5g 0,18 oz
rudder 3 15 g 0,53 oz
rudder 4 9g 0,32 oz
rudder 5 2g 0,07 oz
gear
accessories
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wing upper L1
56g/1.98oz wing upper L2
aileron upper L1
69g/2.43oz
13g/0.46oz
aileron upper L2
15g/0.53oz
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wind shield
4g/0.14oz
fuselage cover 2
fuselage cover 1
F6 22g/0.78oz
13g/0.46oz
73g/2.57oz
F5 fuselage engine
motor mount cowl
55g/1.94oz 25g/0.88oz 55g/1.94oz
F4
78g/2.75oz
F3
119g/4.2oz
F2
138g/4.87oz
F1
124g/4.37oz
engine case
75g/2.65oz
engine valves
80g/2.82oz
elevator L1
19g/0.67oz
horizontal stabiliser L1
22g/0.78oz elevator L2
11g/0.39oz
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gear junction
15g/0.53oz
4 mm carbon rod
270 mm
(don‘t glue)
gear legs cover
51g/1.80oz
M4 nuts
wheel pant L1
30g/1.06oz
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tail skid
1.5 mm steel wire
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6. Servo installation
Install the prepared servos to the wing servo bays. Use a 1.2 mm steel wire with Z bends as a
linkage between the servos and aileron control horns. Elevator and rudder servo will be fixed
directly to the fuselage by included screws.
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L mark
front and up
wing strut R
21g/0.74oz
wing strut L
21g/0.74oz
wing pins
0.2g/0.01oz
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Install your reciever, connect battery, setup servos and etc. with your trasmitter, check servo
position, then install propeller. Make sure the battery is positioned properly and secured with
wing battery holder, if battery moves during flight it can shift the center of gravity backwards
and aircraft will become uncontrollable! Never set ESC with propeller installed, this could be
very dangerous!
-20 mm -20 mm 50 mm R
9. Go flying
Pre-flight check center of gravity is very important (move it 5mm forward for the first flights),
battery properly charged, ailerons and elevator deflection check, your own flying skills or RC
simulator training ...
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For the first flights we recommend setting the center of gravity to around 5 mm forward of
the CG tag - nose heavy, this increases the stability (you can use heavier battery). Increasing
expo settings on your transmitter for elevator and ailerons to 80 % calms response from your
stick inputs. Also you can decrease elevator and ailerons deflection to calm down the plane.
Make sure the battery is well fixed in proper possition. If it moves during flight it will cause
shifting of CoG aft and will result in uncontrolable flight behavior.
After gaining some confidence you can balance the plane to the Center of Gravity marks and
set Expos to 60 % as shown in the video/instructions... this gains back extra maneuverability.
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Shopping list
Printing material: 2,5 kg of Polyair 1.0
a little piece of PETG for motor mount
Motor: any motor 5055 size for 6S Li-Pol with weight up to 450g
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