Designing your own 3D printed aircraft.
Tools, courses, channels, and references for learning how printable RC aircraft are designed, built, tested, and improved.
This page collects useful resources for CAD, aircraft layout, propulsion checks, aerodynamics, flight-controller setup, and real-world RC aircraft development.
Design tools.
Software and references for modelling aircraft geometry, laying out wings and fuselages, and preparing printable parts.
Onshape
Browser-based parametric CAD for modelling aircraft parts, assemblies, jigs, mounts, and printable sections.
Onshape Learning Center
Official Onshape training for sketches, constraints, parts, assemblies, and general CAD workflow.
OpenVSP
Aircraft geometry tool for quickly exploring wings, fuselages, tails, reference areas, sections, and layout changes.
NASA OpenVSP Ground School
Official tutorial material for learning OpenVSP properly, including modelling workflow and aircraft geometry setup.
XFLR5
Low-Reynolds-number analysis tool for airfoils, wings, and simple aircraft models.
eCalc
RC motor and prop calculator for checking thrust, current draw, battery load, prop choice, and rough speed expectations.
Check and configure.
Tools and documentation for CFD, flight-controller setup, fixed-wing tuning, and practical pre-flight configuration.
OpenFOAM
Open-source CFD software for deeper fluid-flow work when a simple aircraft model is no longer enough.
INAV Fixed Wing Guides
Practical guides for fixed-wing INAV setup, tuning, launch behaviour, modes, and troubleshooting.
Aircraft design learning.
Formal course material for aerodynamics, aircraft systems, and conceptual aircraft design.
MIT OCW Aerodynamics
Airfoils, wings, viscous flow, lifting-line ideas, induced drag, and aerodynamic theory.
MIT Aircraft Systems Engineering
Aircraft design as a system: weight, performance, risk, subsystems, and design tradeoffs.
NPTEL Introduction to Aircraft Design
IIT Bombay conceptual aircraft design course covering the structure of the design process.
IIT Bombay YouTube Playlist
Video lecture playlist for the NPTEL Introduction to Aircraft Design course.
Channels worth following.
RC aircraft, 3D-printed aircraft, INAV setup, flight testing, design iteration, and practical build content.
René Rosentraeger
3D-printed RC aircraft, VTOL projects, design process, build progress, and flight testing.
Painless360
Clear RC electronics, flight-controller, INAV, Betaflight, and fixed-wing setup explanations.
RCTestFlight
Drones, RC aircraft, aerodynamics experiments, boats, propulsion tests, and practical design iteration.
BUILT FAST
3D-printed RC jets, printable aircraft design, and fast build/fly development content.
FPV University
Drones, RC airplanes, DIY, FPV, and INAV-related flying-wing setup material.
WUDFLY
WUDFLY aircraft, test flights, build progress, printed-airframe experiments, and project updates.
Use with the aircraft pages.
Internal WUDFLY pages for printing, build support, aircraft examples, and project updates.
Print profiles
LW-PLA profile guidance and downloadable print resources for lightweight aircraft parts.
DEV LAB
Chat with builders, follow updates, share progress, and message WUDFLY about projects.
All resources
Return to the main WUDFLY resource directory for printing, flying guidance, design links, and DEV LAB.
Useful links, kept in one place.
Use this page as a reference shelf for aircraft design tools, setup learning, aerodynamics courses, RC channels, and WUDFLY build resources.