Official 3DP Thread

[slamdance64]

DD that airliner is incredible! I will be watching with interest. I will definitely tackle a 3d plane at some point when I am set up.

[rifleman_btx]

I had to get a warranty replacement main board for my printer, so restarted my printer yesterday to catch up on reprinting my edge wings. The failure was caused by a dead cooling fan. On the main board, hence required a full board replacement.

[Dirty Dee]

How's the weight Dee? How does it feel, strong etc.? I dying to know. Did you do the fiberglass thing over the whole thing? Looks stunning.

Woody

The fuselage weighs 1548g (3.4lbs), and the whole thing with wings should be under 6lbs before adding electronics and livery. Still expecting AUW to be in the 12-13lb range

The fuselage feels plenty strong. Obviously still needs to be handled carefully, but it can take a bit of heavy-handed squishing without deforming or cracking. I will only be fiberglassing the top deck of the fuselage and the bottom in key areas, mostly to strengthen against flight loads and not-so-great landings ( learning from my ERJ flop at Jet Jam that cracked the fuselage over the wings).

Wings will also get a bit of fiberglassing. I should be able to finish gluing together the wings over the next few days, getting excited for the full mock-up.

[Woodcock]

How's the weight Dee? How does it feel, strong etc.? I dying to know. Did you do the fiberglass thing over the whole thing? Looks stunning.

Woody

[Elbee]

almost 7ft worth of fuselage :)

DD, That is scary good, my friend. Wow! Best, LB

[Dirty Dee]

Thanks guys!

[RCjetdude]

almost 7ft worth of fuselage :)

You are amazing sir!!!

[rifleman_btx]

Wow DD, that looks excellent! :Cool:

[Dirty Dee]

almost 7ft worth of fuselage :)

[Elbee]

Happy day today. My Prusa, PLA,PETG and ABS have arrived this afternoon. I picked up some Lack Tables and misc parts and I am all set to begin :-) I am going to be busy this weekend. A huge thanks to everyone here showing their setups and recommendations for software. Just started the Fusion360 tutorials. Up ahead is a steep learning curve.

SD64, A very hearty congrats to you, sir. You will have a busy weekend. LOL Best, LB

[slamdance64]

Happy day today. My Prusa, PLA,PETG and ABS have arrived this afternoon. I picked up some Lack Tables and misc parts and I am all set to begin :-) I am going to be busy this weekend. A huge thanks to everyone here showing their setups and recommendations for software. Just started the Fusion360 tutorials. Up ahead is a steep learning curve.

[rifleman_btx]

I was wondering about that F86! :Plol i been waiting on updates :) ive also picked up their new Il2. :Cool:

[Elbee]

Hi guys,I have been lurking here reading all of these posts with interest. I finally decided to pick up a 3d printer this year. My Prusa i3 Mk3S has left the factory and is on it's way to me. Brent

SD64, Congrats on your acquisition. LOL If you're going to print PLA, there is virtually no odor; ABS does have that plastic smell. I have built the Ikea Enclosure for my Prusa i3Mk3 and that helps a lot. I think the basement is the ticket with an enclosure of some type. The 3DLabs F-86 is printed, but I have yet to buy all the accessories, so that project is on hold until I finish my Phantom. Best, LB

[Dirty Dee]

Brent,

Be careful with operating the printer in a garage. cold drafts and humidity can cause the prints to develop cracks or impact the finish quality of the pieces. The Mk3S is much quieter than the MK2S, so you may be able to convince the wife to let you keep it in the basement.

[slamdance64]

Hi guys,

I have been lurking here reading all of these posts with interest. I finally decided to pick up a 3d printer this year. My Prusa i3 Mk3S has left the factory and is on it's way to me. I can't wait to start to play around with it. I am hoping that my wife lets me keep it in the basement where my workshop is. If not, then the plane storage room (also known as garage, but the car has never been there). I have been doing a ton of reading and watching videos to help me get started. I can't believe the F-86 the elbee is putting together. I will be getting that underway a little later on :-)
My Freewing F-4 is sitting at the border UPS store and I am heading out after putting my son on the school bus to pick it up.
Thank you everyone for posting your pictures and helping inspire the rest of us to give it a try

Brent

[rifleman_btx]

Im trying out some new filament from filacube, so far its been on point. Im glad i picked up some for when i start on the f86

[Dirty Dee]

For anyone curious about an Airliner, I uploaded the tail section of my A330-300 to my cults3d profile for free download. Included are ABS gcodes compatible with Prusas.

Once my design is fully completed (estimated Summer 2019), the tail is 100% compatible with the remainder of the airframe.

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/1-30-scale-a330-300-tail-section-rc-edf

It can be printed in PLA or other filaments, but at an increased weight penalty vs ABS. Any slicer works with this design, just turn OFF the part cooling fan and run the nozzle on the hotter spectrum for whatever filament you use. 255 for ABS, I'm guessing 230 for PLA.

[rifleman_btx]

Float retracts installed had to do a work around since the units called for were out of stock. Not perfect but they do the job until the intended ones arrive.

[rifleman_btx]

Hahaha yeah got me there. :p but yes im gonna fly it off my pond here at the house. Ill have my son video it. This one in the video I'm posting

[BluesDragon]

Looking good there rifleman! Although it's not necessary to take the pics in your skivvies!! ;)