# Just having a play around

**URL:** https://foil.zone/t/just-having-a-play-around/5715
**Category:** Propulsion System (Motor, Gears)
**Created:** [September 19, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/just-having-a-play-around/5715 "2019-09-19T11:41:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Jezza](https://foil.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jezza](https://foil.zone/u/Jezza)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/just-having-a-play-around/5715/1 "2019-09-19T11:41:54Z")

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Just starting a basic markup for something that’s very expensive elsewhere…Yet to perfect the measurements…

 ![Folding%20Prop](https://efoil.builders/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4441dd3e3479bba63ea18a040b9cd01390dbba8a.jpeg)

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### Author: ![NJfoiler](https://foil.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/67e7ee/32.png) [@NJfoiler](https://foil.zone/u/NJfoiler)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/just-having-a-play-around/5715/2 "2019-09-19T12:25:08Z")

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Excuse me sir, did you pay the licensing fee for talking about folding propellers?

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### Author: ![Jezza](https://foil.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jezza](https://foil.zone/u/Jezza)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/just-having-a-play-around/5715/3 "2019-09-19T12:42:02Z")

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Ha ha no, pretty sure neither did Lift…

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### Author: ![Bender](https://foil.zone/user_avatar/foil.zone/bender/32/1752_2.png) [@Bender](https://foil.zone/u/Bender)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/just-having-a-play-around/5715/4 "2019-09-19T16:16:49Z")

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I am exploring the exact same path ! Funny

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### Author: ![Sneakybutcher](https://foil.zone/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Sneakybutcher](https://foil.zone/u/Sneakybutcher)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/just-having-a-play-around/5715/5 "2020-08-29T11:48:32Z")

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Any further info on this? I think all of us on here would like to try a folding propellor. 3D printed preferably!

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### Author: ![SoEFoil](https://foil.zone/user_avatar/foil.zone/soefoil/32/55_2.png) [@SoEFoil](https://foil.zone/u/SoEFoil)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2020, 12:53pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/just-having-a-play-around/5715/6 "2020-08-29T12:53:04Z")

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We’ve never been so closed to a working DiY folding prop: 😉

> **[3D-printed folding propeller](https://foil.zone/t/3d-printed-folding-propeller/8861/3)**
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> I almost finished my own design yet. Today I gonna try it out. Costs: about 1€!!! At the beginning I was quite sceptical of this one holds up or will be all over the place. But it feels rigid. There is also almost no play between the blades on...

and:

> **[Folding propeller options](https://foil.zone/t/folding-propeller-options/9345/4)**
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> My design was complete last year already, but haven’t had time to build a test unit with all this covid stuff. Having to share office space with the wife means less time on the milling machine. I’m planning on producing a bunch of hubs for the...