Official 3DP Thread

[Elbee]

I remember all that. Great prints, btw. The filament's price point is a bit steep and figure the shipping is too. Want to print and build their Cub on Floats even if for Display Only. Best, LB

[rifleman_btx]

I printed 4 of them, I keep looking at that filament, but haven't quite pulled the trigger on it, I also did their F4U and PBY.

[Elbee]

With this printer though I might revisit the f86 again for a reprint

RM, have you looked at the 3DLabs Poly-Lite PLA. I have not, but it looks intriguing.

I, too, printed their F-86 (fuselage only) and I am still amazed at the quality, the thin-wall designs, and overall construction.

How many of their planes did you print?

I might revisit that myself as I have the OEM 90mm EDF from my F-18C.

Not sure if the F-86 was 80 or 90mm. Best, LB

[rifleman_btx]

With this printer though I might revisit the f86 again for a reprint

[rifleman_btx]

rifleman_btx, very nice. What filament do you use for printing those? Best, LB

I got some cheap petg from Amazon, it's printing great so far. Little bit of stringing, would be more than I would like if I were doing a standard plane other than combat.

[Elbee]

rifleman_btx, very nice. What filament do you use for printing those? Best, LB

[rifleman_btx]

I got a new printer in today, was a little learning curve, but I figured it out and am now printing our some combat planes.

[davegee]

Hey y'all, I've doing a bit-o-3DP for my FlightLine 1600mm Corsair. Though not as exciting as an entire airframe, I think it is always a good thing to add features. I've always thought strut covers could be improved upon. Robart are okay, but mostly for the music wire struts. These are my attempt at some updating, Best, LB

Looks Fabulous, Elbee!! 👍👍👍

davegee

[Elbee]

Hey y'all, I've doing a bit-o-3DP for my FlightLine 1600mm Corsair. Though not as exciting as an entire airframe, I think it is always a good thing to add features. I've always thought strut covers could be improved upon. Robart are okay, but mostly for the music wire struts. These are my attempt at some updating, Best, LB

[Elbee]

Looking forward to 1st Check flight debrief. LB

[WrightBrosRC]

WB, she is thing-a-beauty. Nicely done. What are her specs and equipment stats? Best, LB

Many thx. 1800mm wingspan, 4s, 3600g AUW, 170 hours print time, LW-PLA, printed with Creality Ender 10 v2.

No wing spar by design... seems strong enough, but flexes a bit. 40 years of using wing spars made me nervous about it. We'll see how it does in the long term.

Rattle can paint and hand cut vinyl decals.

[Elbee]

I just maidened this beauty. 3D printing has come a long way in a short time.

WB, she is thing-a-beauty. Nicely done. What are her specs and equipment stats? Best, LB

[WrightBrosRC]

I just maidened this beauty. 3D printing has come a long way in a short time.

[Elbee]

Here is my 3D printed Horten IX (Ho-229). 1680mm wingspan.]

DD, Outstanding, Sir. You are the King of design and 3D Printing. WOW! Best, LB

[Dirty Dee]

Here is my 3D printed Horten IX (Ho-229). 1680mm wingspan. Flies close to 5 minutes on a 3700mAH 4S with twin 50mm EDFs

[Elbee]

Yeppers.

[rifleman_btx]

B4, Would like to see the STL view of your design; however, it appears there is a layer height or registry issue between the oval base and the top detail. Layer height cause could be the detail portion is not flush to the top of the base in the design. A good way to test this is to raise the height of the detail from 0.0-Z (heat bed) to the height it is meant to be and combine the parts. This way the detail will be embedded as a part of the base. If you've tried that or it was designed in this manner, you might reprint the design in a different area of your bed. You control that in your slicer program. Best, LB

Maybe over extrusion as well?

[Elbee]

Hi there! When printing a test project of 6mm holes and something is wrong What can cause such a defect?

B4, Would like to see the STL view of your design; however, it appears there is a layer height or registry issue between the oval base and the top detail. Layer height cause could be the detail portion is not flush to the top of the base in the design. A good way to test this is to raise the height of the detail from 0.0-Z (heat bed) to the height it is meant to be and combine the parts. This way the detail will be embedded as a part of the base. If you've tried that or it was designed in this manner, you might reprint the design in a different area of your bed. You control that in your slicer program. Best, LB

[Billy45]

Hi there! When printing a test project of 6mm holes and something is wrong. PLA, 200x50, nozzle 0.4. Printed on Anycubic. Straight lines of the substrate, as well as on parts without holes are is ok, covers and sides are even. Printing a model in the form of a ring with a diameter of 50mm and a wall of 1mm, the first layer without a substrate is also thin snot, then it is approximately aligned to the 3rd layer. On printing parts with holes with a diameter of 10-12mm, the bottom of the holes is skewed, and the top is perfect. What can cause such a defect?

[Elbee]

GT, Very Nice. Bravo Zulu, Sir. Best, LB