BetaFPV Air 65 Storage Box

The Box:

I designed this out of necessity as my room is very busy and I wanted safe storage for my tinywhoop, which I named 'Scooby'. You could probably throw this at a wall with no repercussions (apart from a damaged wall).

This is a 105mm x 105mm x 85mm (L,W,H) storage box for tinywhoop drones using the BetaFPV Air 65 II frame. The drone sits snug in the base assembly. There is a small cut out to keep the battery wire in place. This case does not contain any battery storage. I explored ways to implement battery storage but everything I tried either compromised printability or ruined the design. Open to suggestions.

The lid assembly sits on top, held in place by a friction fit retaining ring and eight, 8x2mm circular magnets (4 on the bottom and 4 on the top). The lid holds the drone in place and stops it from rattling around inside. The lid has a dome cut into the bottom face to give way to the drone's canopy and VTX antenna. The dome is 45mm in diameter and 45mm in depth. This will fit the default canopy and any lightweight/flexible canopies, but may be too small for bigger/bulkier canopies or taller antennas. Check the footprint and height of your canopy before using this case.

Materials:
This build requires two extra materials:

• 8x2mm circular magnets (can be found on Amazon very cheap)

• Superglue for said magnets. I used off-brand £1 stuff from my local homeware shop. It works great.

Build Info:

I printed mine with Elegoo PLA Matte in Navy Blue. If this will be used outdoors, you might want to print with a more UV resistant material.

The bottom assembly took 2 hours and 45 minutes in my Elegoo Centauri Carbon. Printed at 0.12mm layer height using automatic Tree(slim) supports and standard 15% infill. The top assembly took 4 hours and 25 minutes with the same settings.

The bottom assembly should be printed on it's bottom face and the top assembly should be print upside down for clean results and minimal support use.

DISCLAIMER: As seen in my pictures, I printed mine with 'SCOOBY' (my drone's name) engraved into the top. The file provided for the top assembly is 'clean' and has no engraving. I have looked into ways to parametrically enable the changing of this text (maybe via STEP file?) but have not yet figured it out. If anyone can tell me how to achieve this, I'm all ears.