Hey everyone.
I'm working on a presentation that shows off as many uses of 3D printing in the aeronautics world as I can find. For anyone who wants to see my slides, you can download them here. Warning: They're a huge PDF, about 50 megs, because it includes videos. It goes over some general concepts of 3D printing (pros and cons, the various technologies out there) and then lists every 3D-printed airplane part (as well as parts of helicopters, rockets, satellites...) that I could find in the public literature.
I would love to include all the creative uses of 3D printing that I have seen here on VAF. So...
Do you know of any 3D-printed airplane parts, or tools used to make airplane parts?
If so, please let me know!
(Ideally this should be RV-related, but if you know of other airplanes' parts that are 3D printed, that would be ok too. Do note, however, that my slides already show many many examples, so before you suggest yours, I ask that you please check the ones already on my list).
My slides currently include the following, which I have found by searching VAF as thoroughly as I could. Again, I would appreciate it if people let me know what I missed:
Steve Melton’s fuel drain fairings, from here and here and here and here and here.
“Weasel”s seatbelt holder, from here.
Steve Melton’s RV-8 mirror holder, from here and here.
“Weasel”s landing light bezel, from here.
Tom Gan’s GPS antenna cover, from here.
“YvesCH”s Wire clips and electronics holders, from here and here.
“Weasel”s wire bracket, from here.
“Control”s fuel drain fairings, from here.
“Snowflake”s fuel drain fairings, from here.
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I'm working on a presentation that shows off as many uses of 3D printing in the aeronautics world as I can find. For anyone who wants to see my slides, you can download them here. Warning: They're a huge PDF, about 50 megs, because it includes videos. It goes over some general concepts of 3D printing (pros and cons, the various technologies out there) and then lists every 3D-printed airplane part (as well as parts of helicopters, rockets, satellites...) that I could find in the public literature.
I would love to include all the creative uses of 3D printing that I have seen here on VAF. So...
Do you know of any 3D-printed airplane parts, or tools used to make airplane parts?
If so, please let me know!
(Ideally this should be RV-related, but if you know of other airplanes' parts that are 3D printed, that would be ok too. Do note, however, that my slides already show many many examples, so before you suggest yours, I ask that you please check the ones already on my list).
My slides currently include the following, which I have found by searching VAF as thoroughly as I could. Again, I would appreciate it if people let me know what I missed:
Steve Melton’s fuel drain fairings, from here and here and here and here and here.
“Weasel”s seatbelt holder, from here.
Steve Melton’s RV-8 mirror holder, from here and here.
“Weasel”s landing light bezel, from here.
Tom Gan’s GPS antenna cover, from here.
“YvesCH”s Wire clips and electronics holders, from here and here.
“Weasel”s wire bracket, from here.
“Control”s fuel drain fairings, from here.
“Snowflake”s fuel drain fairings, from here.
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