L'Air65 LugMount

UPDATES:

• 11May25 - Revised the minimalist so that it will not eat battery stickers up as much. (?) strengthened alignment arms.
• 24apr25 - Removed Ultra Minimalist, added V3 for Minimalist (1.56g)! shortened the Latch v2 slightly (1.16g).
• 19apr25 - 2 more models included: the LugMount Minimalist (2.37g) and UltraMinimalist (2.16g)! (not including clip) ### Note: any improvements will be added here; Once purchased, you (should) have access to future improvements

Fly Harder. Lug Smarter.

Tired of stuffing 350mAh packs into your Air65 like it’s 2022?

Meet the LugMount — a dead-secure, no-nonsense undercarriage mod that lets you strap on a 450mAh or 550mAh battery without jank, tape, or crossed fingers. Flight times? Over 7 minutes on 550s. (450s should get you there too, but uh… mine are a little crispy.)

Slap a Lug on it!

🔧 Features (because bullet points make anything legit):

• DON'T BUTCHER YOUR AIR65! – No need to cut the battery bay! The Lugmount is designed to pop-on when you want to Lug around a 550 Mah battery (safely), and then pop-off to switch to high speed / low drag.
• Continued Revisions - To make sure it works - Not ditching you with a half-baked print. I've run into more than enough light poles outside to know what works and what doesn't!
• Clamp-Down Clip Design – Requires pliers to install or remove. No more pressing down on your delicate little quad like it's a stress ball.
• Friction Battery Holder w/ Finger Braces – Jam your battery in against the mount, not your FC. No stupid rubber bands. Caution: Drone may become sentient and whisper, “thank you.”
• Reinforced Skeleton Arms – Braced against the motor mounts for extra battery stability and landing . Form and function. (it actually hurt to not make a joke here.)
• Dual Grip Battery Arms – Custom fit ARMS for both 450mAh (shorter arm) and 550mAh (longer arm) cells. Whichever you pick, the balance already dialed in.
• Stupid Secure – The mount and/or drone will break before it pops loose. Ask me how I know.
• Tested on 8 Iterations – Because I'm obsessive and care more about this than most people care about their kids' birthday parties.

But, Why?!?!

I'm A NOOB (bro/bruh/brother/bruther/dude)! I'm new to all these FPV shenanigas, But 3D Modelling and soldering burns of despair from trying to attach 2 million gauge wires? Game On!

I'm old; My newbie cardboard box goggles don’t fit over my reading glasses. So purdy please, gimme a buck to compensate my wife and her dealing with my Obsessiveness ( and don't mention anything about the goggles! ) :D

Disclaimer: Not responsible if you hurt your drone, yourself, others, your pet, my pet, your neighbors pet, children, adults, human beings, non-human beings, material objects, immaterial objects, mental objects, imaginary objects, ghosts, thoughts, imaginations, other universes, or the space-time continuum. Do not fly places you are not supposed to (because now you're gonna be able to fly a lot longer and prolly get caught before you run outta juce).

How to use a LugMount.

0.4 tip is your friend. always.
1. Print it out; clean it up. If you don't have a deburring tool by now, the time has arrived. Otherwise might as well make your appointment to the ER for slicing your hand right now.
2. Flip the model upside down and slide the latch underneath the Air65 battery bay, The loop side goes on the left... or maybe the right? Ah, you'll figure it out.
3. Align the LugMount with the battery braces facing towards the back. the indention in the middle should fit snugly where the battery goes.
4. Place the latch hook in the LugMount's hinge, and using pliers while holding the LugMount, pull the Latch out and down until it "clicks".
5. Charge batteries. Touch Grass (maybe). Go Fly.

"My Battery wires don't reach! Help!"

The trick is to 'reroute' the wires through the frame where it goes through USB. This means you back the wires from their original location, just for a few millimeters of slack. I can't tell you exactly how to get there, but here are some tips:
- Unscrew EVERYTHING. Unscrew the motors. Unscrew the FC. Give yourself as much slack as you can to push the BT2.0 around the Air65 frame - or regret your poor life choices. You've been warned.
- If it is close to fitting through a hole in the frame, try pulling a little instead of pushing. Wiggling it helps sometimes too (don't read into this).

Printing Settings.

• Uh.. Print it carefully. We're making something really tiny and some parts are fractions of millimeters.
• Make sure your printer is dialed in. This is not the time to be running your 'Benchy SpeedBoatRace' settings - although now... wonder what that would look like. Anywho

What else do you want me to say here? Do people actually follow printing suggestions? I'll tell you what my standard settings are.

• PETG
• 4 Layer Bottom / Top / Walls
• 5% infill (although 100% works of course)
• SLOW IS SMOOTH; SMOOTH IS FAST.
• I run max 120-130mm/s (seems like the worst place to mention this ...)
• Or just YOLO it; whatever. At this point if you're getting things from websites to and print, it's a pretty good bet you know how to make a print work out.

But, hey, don't worry. YOU GOT THIS. :-)