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User Guide
rev. 2021/12
Fully 3d printable
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero
scale 1:12, wingspan
1000 mm / 39.4 inch
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  • Page 1 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com User Guide rev. 2021/12 Fully 3d printable Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero scale 1:12, wingspan 1000 mm / 39.4 inch page...
  • Page 2 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com A6M2 Zero fully printable R/C plane for your desktop 3Dprinter Fully 3D printable RC model of the Japanese attack plane, specially designed to meet ACES and EPA aircombat requirements, but also as a cheap and easy to build RC model for every- day flying.
  • Page 3: Recommended Setup

    ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com General specifications (HP setup): Wingspan: 1000 mm / 39.4 inch Lenght: 726 mm / 28.5 inch Height: 188 mm / 7.4 inch Wing area: 18,3 dm2 / 1.96 square feet Wing loading: 31 g/dm2 / 15.3 oz/square feet...
  • Page 4 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero (rei-shiki-kanjō-sentōki), History The Mitsubishi A6M „Zero“ was a long-range carrier-based fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945. The A6M was designated as the Mitsubishi Navy Type 0 carrier fighter.
  • Page 5 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com Included: 1. 3MF 3D files (primary) Used instead of STL files 3mf files can be used instead of standard STL files, but also include information about slicing in the new version of Prusa Slicer (since version 2.4).
  • Page 6 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com 5. Scale markings PDF You could print and cut the PDF in scale from thin self adhesive advertisement foil and place it on the model as needed. page...
  • Page 7 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com A6M2 Zero Centre of Gravity Wing area: 18,3 dm2 / 1.96 square feet Lenght: 726 mm / 28.5 inch page...
  • Page 8 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com Wing span: 1000 mm / 39.4 inch page...
  • Page 9 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com Step By Step PDF/VIDEO userguide Choose airplane at www.3Dlabprint.com, visit our Facebook for latest info. Basic requirments for A6M2 Zero are 200/200/195 mm volume, nozzle 0.4mm recommended (0.35 or 0.5mm alternativelly). Heated bed recommended. Designed to be...
  • Page 10 Drag and drop the 3mf file to the Prusa Slicer window and open it as a Project. It will create a Generic 3DLabPrint printer, printing profile and materials. Please use these as a starting point instead of your printer profiles provided by your printer manufacturer. Strong thin- wall printing is a different discipline than printing Benchys what are the stock profiles usu- ally optimized for.
  • Page 11 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com option D CURA or MatterControl MatterControl and CURA are free and provide satisfactory results. The airframe is still strong enough, but don‘t expect the best quality. Both slicers lacks some very useful features, and finer settings, like multiple processes according to Z height, retraction options, layer start, etc.
  • Page 12 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com 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...
  • Page 13 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com Enjoy the fun together! weights of printed parts A6M2 Zero is the next of new LW Planes fuselage LW PLA g series designed for easy and cheap flying. The cowling (PLA) 19 g build is simple even for a beginner. It’s very low...
  • Page 14 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com How to print PolyLight LW-PLA? The basic print setup is almost the same as we use for standard PLA. The only difference is in extrusion multiplier set to 0.5 and turning off the retractions completely.
  • Page 15 5. Assembly of printed parts 5.1 Wing assembly A6M2 Zero Glue wing parts L1-L4 perfectly together. The new 3DLabPrint lock system will help you. Repeat for the right side. Glue both halves of the wing together. Use the CA glue, (position locks and wing pins will help you to align the parts), and use activator to speed up the glue curing.
  • Page 16 5.2.1 Fuselage assembly A6M2 Zero You can use snap knife for cleaning the surface of printed parts, but mostly it is not necessary. Glue fuselage parts F1-F4 with CA glue together. The new 3DLabPrint lock system will help you. Check the alignment of F4 part compared to the wing before glueing. Do not glue rudder part before tail and elevator assembly.
  • Page 17 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com funkce inovace 5.2.2 Fuselage tail - elevator pushrods and servos Glue L1 and L2 parts of the stabilizer and elevator. The profile is symmetric, so the left and right sides are identical. Glue the stabilizers perfectly perpendicular to the fuselage. Assemble both sides of the elevator with the elevator control lever on a flat surface.
  • Page 18 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com 6. Servo installation Cut loose the servo holder ears on aileron servos. Install the prepared servos to wing servo bays. Use a 1mm steel wire with Z bends as a linkage between the servos and aileron control horns.
  • Page 19 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com 8. Final assembly/setting Refer to your R/C system userguide for setup information. Video guide A6M2 ZERO Final Setting you will need: Your own Rx/Tx system (refer to your R/C system userguide for setup) 4x rubber bands Install your reciever, connect battery, setup servos and etc.
  • Page 20 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com 10. Pilots Please Attention! 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.
  • Page 21 ... print your plane | www.3DLabPrint.com Shopping list A6M2 ZERO: Printing material: 0,25 kg of Polylight LW-PLA a few of PolyAir PLA or PETG filament Motor: 2830 size motor for 3S Li-Pol with weight up to 70g Propeller: GWS 9 x 7,5 (ugly orange) or any...