What do you 3D print today?

[mrjdstewart]

at 31%

this was a quick test print to match to actual plans scaled to this size. i was a little off on my measurements so glad i did it. this is the front of 2 pieces. the rear piece needs to hold the actual motors so it is still in design. plan is for 2 x emax 1106's w 2.5" props.

laters,

me

 

[mdcerdan]

Not printed yet, still finishing some details but is almost done. This is my second fuselage design, the first one is flying but needed some dremel work to mount the servos and the RX had too little room.

 

[mrjdstewart]

Not printed yet, still finishing some details but is almost done. This is my second fuselage design, the first one is flying but needed some dremel work to mount the servos and the TX had too little room. View attachment 199689 View attachment 199690 View attachment 199691

you did that in Tinkercad?

hats off to you if so. that is very intricate work.

me

 

[mdcerdan]

you did that in Tinkercad?

hats off to you if so. that is very intricate work.

me

Yeah, made in Tinkercad. It is all I can run in my old PC.

 

[BlockerAviation]

Yeah, made in Tinkercad. It is all I can run in my old PC.

Dang, I can hardy do anything like that in Fusion 360!

 

[mrjdstewart]

Yeah, made in Tinkercad. It is all I can run in my old PC.

how do you separate the multiple pieces for individual .stl files?

 

[BlockerAviation]

how do you separate the multiple pieces for individual .stl files?

I believe you can group parts and move the grouped parts together, then you should be able to separate them in a slicer to print them individually. At least that's how I did it before I had fusion

 

[BlockerAviation]

how do you separate the multiple pieces for individual .stl files?

Or if I remember right, you can select the part and click the export as a stl button but, that's too easy!

 

[The Hangar]

at 31%

View attachment 199687

this was a quick test print to match to actual plans scaled to this size. i was a little off on my measurements so glad i did it. this is the front of 2 pieces. the rear piece needs to hold the actual motors so it is still in design. plan is for 2 x emax 1106's w 2.5" props.

laters,

me

Yessss, I love that!!

 

[quorneng]

This is certainly my largest print, so far.

It is actually printed 5 pieces and glued together. Done this way primarily to give each part a flat surface to print from.
The ESC sits inside the leading edge of the pylon with a cooling air front inlet and exhausts either side. The Rx sits in the rear fuselage with the battery fills the nose.
A little heavier than the previous reinforced Depron structure but it probably has better aerodynamics and is certainly strong enough for belly landings and take offs from grass without damage.

 

[mdcerdan]

how do you separate the multiple pieces for individual .stl files?

Or if I remember right, you can select the part and click the export as a stl button but, that's too easy!

That is the way I do it. Export the selected part to Cura and print.

 

[mdcerdan]

This is certainly my largest print, so far.
View attachment 199753
It is actually printed 5 pieces and glued together. Done this way primarily to give each part a flat surface to print from.
The ESC sits inside the leading edge of the pylon with a cooling air front inlet and exhausts either side. The Rx sits in the rear fuselage with the battery fills the nose.
A little heavier than the previous reinforced Depron structure but it probably has better aerodynamics and is certainly strong enough for belly landings and take offs from grass without damage.

I Like it! Can we see more pictures please?

 

[mdcerdan]

you did that in Tinkercad?

hats off to you if so. that is very intricate work.

me

Four weeks ago all I can do was a simple cube. Hard to do complex stuff with Thinkercad but it is the only tool in my box.

 

[Indy durtdigger]

Four weeks ago all I can do was a simple cube. Hard to do complex stuff with Thinkercad but it is the only tool in my box.

I've found Tinkercad super useful. Not tried to design anything more complex than simple small right angle squares and such but it is super useful for modifying imported designs. I've printed several items that were too large for my printer and used Tinkercad to slice them up into sizes it can take or scale items to fit.

 

[quorneng]

mdcerdan
These are the main parts.
The battery box in forward fuselage. It holds a 3000 mAh 3s, just!

The actual nose cone is a separate print and is glued on.
The rear fuselage which holds the rx and hold the 'fishing pole' tail boom.

The battery and aileron servo wires go up through the hole.
The pylon glued to the wing 'saddle', which also doubles as the motor mount, showing the ESC suspended inside.

The complete plane.

All the flying surfaces are built in a conventional way but in 3 mm sheet Depron with a balsa/Depron/balsa spar.
With reasonable gliding aerodynamics and over 250W/lb available at the rarely used full power it can climb fast.
I hope this helps.

 

[Robert S]

Made some throw away cat cookie cutters.

View attachment 199114

I know that come Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas the 3D Printer will come in handy for exactly this sort of use.

 

[mdcerdan]

mdcerdan
These are the main parts.
The battery box in forward fuselage. It holds a 3000 mAh 3s, just!
View attachment 199839
The actual nose cone is a separate print and is glued on.
The rear fuselage which holds the rx and hold the 'fishing pole' tail boom.
View attachment 199841
The battery and aileron servo wires go up through the hole.
The pylon glued to the wing 'saddle', which also doubles as the motor mount, showing the ESC suspended inside.
View attachment 199840
The complete plane.
View attachment 199843
All the flying surfaces are built in a conventional way but in 3 mm sheet Depron with a balsa/Depron/balsa spar.
With reasonable gliding aerodynamics and over 250W/lb available at the rarely used full power it can climb fast.
I hope this helps.

Awesome!

 

[The Fopster]

I'm printing wheel pants for my FT Edge. Found them on thingiverse and look good so far. And some SPONZ control horns. Very useful!

 

[BlockerAviation]

I'm printing wheel pants for my FT Edge. Found them on thingiverse and look good so far. And some SPONZ control horns. Very useful! View attachment 199893

I've been going through all of my wheel pants and cant find one to fit my edge! If those turn out, could you send me a link to them?

 

[The Fopster]

I've been going through all of my wheel pants and cant find one to fit my edge! If those turn out, could you send me a link to them?

These are the ones. I'm sure someone who knows Cura better than I do could do a better job, but even I seem to be able to get them to print. I used "tree support" and the seemed to work fine. Here is the link:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2862463