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Alternative noses for the Talon (3D Printed)

Posted by Ben Dellar on July 23, 2014 at 1:11am

I noticed many people want to replace the dome with different noses for their Talons.

For those access to a 3D printer I have uploaded some designs to Thingiverse which may prove helpful. All are designed to mount directly to the standard bulkhead and have cutouts to fit the default carbon fibre tubes.

Talon Solid 120mm Nosecone - A tall print but should fit most printers. Nice and streamlined

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Talon Camera Platform Nosecone with cable access - For all your DIY FPV needs

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Talon Solid Blunt Nosecone - Easiest to print but probably not as aerodynamic

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I hope these are useful for someone. Happy to take feedback.

I have in the past considered setting up an online store to sell these sorts of aircraft mods for people without 3D printers who are keen on RC. Would be keen to gauge interest in that.

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    • 100KM
      Ben Dellar > IronDOME June 10, 2016 at 7:46pm

      Great to hear they are useful!

      Happy flying - the Talon is a great aircraft :)

    • IronDOME > Ben Dellar April 23, 2016 at 11:47am

      I'm located in Tanzania (East Africa).

      Would it be possible to make four of those for me and have them shipped? Let me know the cost. I will send you a pm for more details.

      Thanks

  • Mike DeVries August 11, 2015 at 1:19pm

    Looking for ideas on a front nose for my Talon build.  Was going to print up one of these but M3D printer is too small.  I've built up a foam cone for now but I'm sure it will be short for the world as I will have to land in grass, stubble, gravel when I'm in the country flying fields.  Anyone have pictures they're willing to share.  Another idea I had, but don't have the knowledge to pull it off yet, is to print the platform nose in two or three pieces and assemble it.  Anybody know how to rework an STL file?

    • 100KM
      Ben Dellar > Mike DeVries August 13, 2015 at 7:39pm

      Hi Mike,

      You can chop the nose into parts using software such as FreeCAD (which i used to design it).

      The key is to use the part design mode and put some square blocks over the half you want to chop off (and then doing the opposite). Hope that helps.

    • Mike DeVries > Ben Dellar August 17, 2015 at 3:39pm

      Thanks Ben for the tip.  I'll give FreeCad a try.

      Mike

  • MR60
    Hugues September 7, 2014 at 11:50am

    I downloaded the STL file to try to let it print via shapeways.com. My god, I fell off my chair when I saw that the cost to print the FPV nose cone was about 270 euros (without shipping)!

    Do you guys know of reasonably priced 3D print services ?

  • MR60
    Hugues September 6, 2014 at 10:07am

    Thx for sharing. Do you have a fpv version without the two little reinforcement triangles? I need the whole space of the fpv platform.

    • 100KM
      Ben Dellar > Hugues September 7, 2014 at 1:00am

      Hi Hugues,

      No problems I have uploaded a version of it without the triangular braces to the existing thingiverse page. Hopefully that helps you out.

      Cheers

    • MR60
      Hugues > Ben Dellar September 7, 2014 at 9:28am

      Thx a lot!

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    Gary Mortimer August 3, 2014 at 11:02pm

    How did I miss this, brilliant just what I need!

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