***This Frame is fairly fragile. It will not survive moderate impacts***
I wanted to experiment with 3D Printed frames after snapping one of the plastic pins on my Mobula 8 Frame. This is my first attempt (well, first attempt that actually made it to flight) at making a frame with prop guards. It's meant to be kind of a one for one swap with the stock frame and canopy.
The design is not as robust as I would like, but I didn't want to add too much more weight as it already comes in 2 grams or so over the stock setup. I have no plans to continue developing this frame since it doesn't seem like a viable long term solution for me. I wasn't even going to upload the models, but had a few requests from the r/tinywhoop community where I shared a picture. The frame works fine. Just don't crash.
A more major way that I deviated from the stock set up is that I made battery retention clips that can be designed for any battery size and swapped out. They are held in place in a sort of belt-and-beltloops sort of design where inserting the battery locks them in place. I will include a step file to make modifying the battery retention clips a little easier. This feature will be included in future frame designs of mine for sure.
The only parts that you will need source that don't come with the Mobula 8 are 4 M2x12 screws that mount through the frame and board and screw into the camera canopy from below. These are replacing the weak point of the thin plastic pins that I broke on my original frame. The holes in the canopy are sized in such a way that the screws will cut their own threads, but I would cut the threads prior to final assembly to make it go together easier when you have all of the parts together.
The author marked this model as their own original creation.