Configurable Square Standoff

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This Can Be Used As A Basic Spacer/Standoff For Mounting Components (Esc, Flight Controller) To Quadcopter Frames. It Is Very Configurable, So The Size, Thickness, Foot Diameters, Etc Can All Be Set To Needed/Desired Values. This Can Also Be Configured Adapt Different Sized Boards (In My Case, Such As The Piko Blx, With A 22.5Mm Hole Spacing) And Mounting Hole Spacings (Such As The Standard 30Mm Holes Found On Many Small Quads). It Can Be Configured So That The Smaller Fc Can Be Aligned Directly With The Larger Hole Spacing, Or Mounted At An Angle To The Larger Hole Spacing. (Such As Is Needed On The Flexrc Mini Owl.) The Base Plate Can Also Be Made With A Height Of Zero, Resulting In Just Printing Tubular Standoffs. If Standoff Space Is Required On Both Sides Of A Standoff, Simply Print 2 Standoffs, And Place Them Back-To-Back (Such As In The Picture Of The Mini Owl Esc And Fc Mounting). This Is A Lot Better Than Trying To Print An Elevated/Supported Base Plate. (As An Example, He Perspective Picture Of The Mini Owl Has A 4-Footed Standoff Between The Frame And The Esc To Keep The Esc Off Of The Frame, Another 4-Footed Standoff Upside Down Above The Esc To Clear The Esc Components, Then An 8-Footed, 45-Degree-Rotated Standoff Above That, To Orient And Mount The Piko Blx Fc. A Bolt Passes Freely Through The Frame, The Lowest Standoff Feet, The Esc And The Middle Standoff Feet, Then Threads Into The Outer Feet Of The Top-Most, 8-Footed Standoff, Which I Tapped To Accept The Bolt. The Inner Feet Of That Standoff Are Also Tapped, And The Piko Blx Is Bolted To It From The Top.) Note That The Filleting Process Is Slow, So If You Open This In Customizer, Expect It To Take Up To A Minute To Render. Parameter Changes Will Also Result In Fairly Long Render Times. Reducing The Arm_Fillet_Steps Value Will Help Speed Things Up A Bit. If You Have Openscad, I'D Recommend Making Changes Directly In The Tool, As It Will Render Changes Faster Than The Thingiverse Customizer. (Notwithstanding The Slow Render Time, The Thingiverse Customizer Is *Seriously Cool*!!)

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