The main load bearing element for the mechanicals consists of a single horizontal plate.

This carries the battery and receiver at the front, moving backwards is positioned the motor which is underslung below the frame to keep a low centre of gravity. A lower flanged bearing supports the mainshaft between main and taildrive gears. Next comes the jockey unit tailmount to hold th etail boom and above this is space to position a gyro.

Support blocks of Delrin hold this member to the side frames.

Vertical side frames are joined to the horizontal chassis using M2 hex head bolts threaded into the delrin support blocks.

The mainshaft is fixed in position within another delrin support block using JB Weld epoxy. The column has bearings top and bottom to support the shaft making three bearings in all.

On top of shaft supprt block is fixed the servo plate again using epoxy. The servos are positioned flat unlike the orignal 3D Pro.

This image shows the main and tailbelt gears in position above and below the horizontal chassis member

The undercarriage is made up of carbon fibre skids and delrin support struts.

Small pieces of carbon fibre cover the delrin supports.

Not shown in this image is a piece of carbon sheet that fits on top of the undercarriage to accept the ESC and BEC components.

The components are bolted together with M2 bolts.