Adapted the Mantis hotend assembly for use with a modified Voron Tap
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EDIT 01312023: Fixed and issue with the Rapido Mount. There was no clearance for the BHCS that attach the Tap Front Part to the X Carriage. Thanks Mahican for pointing this out. 
Also, there's a new mount for the Rapido that has an extended duct for the hotend cooling fan. The duct has been extended by 5mm and has a larger cross section at the hotend that should improve cooling.
There is also an extended duct with a larger cross section available for the Dragon HF. I experienced heat creep after about 6 hours of printing and ABS. I assume the reason was my crappy 12V fan running off 24V at 50% duty cycle, but I figured I'd improve the airflow to the hotend and replace the fan at the same time. 

EDIT 01172023: I added a Rapido mount to the files. This is totally experimental as I currently have an injury that is keeping me from working on my printers. I also do not have a Rapido hotend to check this with. It is hard for me to determine the length of the PTFE tube from the CAD files. I measured 35mm, but that depends on how far the PTFE tube is inserted into the Rapido. I'm unclear whether this is accurate since I do not have one. 

Remixed the Mantis ducts to work with Voron Tap along with a hotend mount that I designed for the Dragon HF. My assembled Stealthburner with tap ended up weighing about 450g. In an attempt to create a lighter hotend assembly with better cooling, I turned to the Mantis. The mod as it currently is weighs about 370g. The design is currently for the Dragon HF hotend and the Sherpa Mini extruder only. It also requires that you use the Voron Tap PCB. I Extended and slightly modified the Mantis ducts, created and all new hotend mount for the Dragon HF, and adapted the front part of the Voron Tap to support the Mantis. This mod has not yet been tested on my printer. I assembled the parts, but I have not had an opportunity to try them out due to an injury. Perhaps the community will have this done before I can. 

I don't have time to put together fancy instructions or tutorials at the moment, so I wouldn't attempt this unless you're reasonably proficient with navigating CAD or confident you can figure out how this goes together. You'll need to download the Sherpa Mini parts from the AnnexEngineering Github and the Voron Tap parts form the Voron Design Github. 

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