3d printed ultralight airship
I have been working on a project for a while now, with a final goal of a flying solar powered airship. I have built a few flying scaled prototypes, the latest of which is about 20 feet long. The plan...
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I have just been doing some trials for a printed core for a carbon fibre bike frame. I printed in ABS which is less dense than PLA. My idea was to try to get a core that was as light as PU foam over...
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Sounds like practical printed aircraft may have to wait for stronger printing materials to become less expensive. Too bad, it would have been cool :)
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While you may not be able to print strong materials, you can distribute material smarter. You can effectively make a "material stronger"(per unit weight). Using a process called topology optimization...
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I too am thinking about building an airplane with the help of a 3D printer and a CNC router but I don't know that you could ever get to the point of printing an airframe, bolting an engine to it and...
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Sorry to raise an old post, but thinking it through further there may be a way to produce light structures more simply. 1) Print a mould (mold) using a reprap. You could do this in sections for a...
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Hi Martin, thx for sharing your ideas ... I'm also very interested in having a method of building molds in a fast and accurate way for model RC planes and other stuff. Have you already that idea?...
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I have been wanting to create a carbon bike frame for a while now and have been looking for a way to utilize my reprap to save foam sanding. Trouble is I only want one bike not a production run, so...
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I know I am new but figured I would throw my 2 cents in here as I have done a lot of work with carbon fiber. The F1 car teams use a similar procedure whereas they essentially CNC machine a block of...
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have you heard of " nano cellulose " super lightweight and super super strong... It is cheap to manufacture & abundant. I envision this material becoming the perfect filament for so many high...
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