u/Just-Focus-1243

I’ve been eyeing up the project to design my own modular 3D printed aircraft for a while now and feel like I could be much more confident with my approach if I had more resources to go off of. I’ve made 3D printed gliders and am modding an FT Simple Cub to get used to everything.

I currently have a textbook pdf from the late 90s about RC Plane design a lot of it reiterates things I’ve found on YouTube, learned from making 3D printed gliders, or learned in my schooling as a 3rd year ME. What particular channels, textbooks (preferably free), or other resources have you all used in order to learn more about this hobby.

Things I’m currently most intimidated by are:
-Efficiently Modeling the aircraft around the components
-Component selection
-Overall design philosophy
-3D printing resources
-Aircooling methodology
-RC Plane sim software

I’m on a relatively tight budget with the task of making my own 3D-Printed Aircraft already being a relatively expensive task.

Please reach out with any potentially helpful advice given your experiences. Any and all help is greatly appreciated