Official 3DP Thread

[dblmars]

To Alpha, and the MTNRC Design Staff,
I have a suggestion for an alternate Tail-feathers for the 1600mm Spitfire... it allows for the retention of the original hing points, and control horn while providing the full outline of the teardrop rudder profile...

[Hardway]

Welcome to Hobby Squawk! Nice design...

[Elbee]

Hey Y'all, what 'brand' of ABS and PLA filament are you guys finding to work the best? I'm looking for white in each type. My research leans toward IC3D (Ohio) for ABS and Hatchbox (Chinese) for PLA. Would like your input for any and all filaments including whether anyone has tried the metal blends. Many Thanks,, Best, LB

[RCjetdude]

Hatchbox ABS White works great on my modified Anet A8.

[Dirty Dee]

I use hatchbox white with Amazon prime one day shipping.

[Elbee]

Thank you, Gentlemen. Gotta love Amazon Prime. Tamm's favorite buyers' club LOL. Looking forward to building DD's ordinance package and I will try the F4 cockpit after that, Woohoo, I'm havin' some fun now. I think my first design attempt will be intakes and splitters for the Double Ugly. A break in the wind here for the next few days, soooo maybe the 1st check flight with the A-10 yet this week. Best, as always, LB

[radfordc]

Here is my 3D printed Corsair. Flys great.

[Hardway]

Wow!!! That is too cool!!! Great job!

[Aros]

Here is my 3D printed Corsair. Flys great.

Wow that is sweet!! Surface looks smooth too! What size? Are you taking orders? LOL

[dblmars]

I am interested in the 3D parts for the 1600mm Spitfire Cockpit set, and had some concerns about their design and dimensions as I would like to upgrade my spit with the new instrument panel... Attached are images of the outline of the stock instrument panel which fits within my Spitfire's cockpit and a valid representation of a scale Mk IX instrument panel. The stock instrument panel truncates significant portions of a the scale instrument panel, and from what I observed from the promo video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOfTBBN08_8 the new 3Dprints will do the same... Now I realize that this Spitfire is semi-scale, but could we get somewhat closer to scale? Thanks to all of Motion RC and Flight Line RC for providing the hobby with their superb product lines.

[Elbee]

Hey Y'all, Have any of you tried increasing the nozzle size to decrease print times? I understand that some weight penalties would be incurred. Also, is anyone using or thinking about picking up a 3D Scanner? Any thoughts here would be geat. Just curious, :Thinking: Best, LB

[Dirty Dee]

Here is a good article talking about different nozzle sizes. Your print settings with infill and perimeters can be tweaked to minimize weight impact, so the biggest trade-off with larger nozzles is lower resolution (if you go with larger layer heights)

https://www.prusaprinters.org/everything-about-nozzles-with-a-different-diameter/

[Elbee]

Here is a good article talking about different nozzle sizes. Your print settings with infill and perimeters can be tweaked to minimize weight impact, so the biggest trade-off with larger nozzles is lower resolution (if you go with larger layer heights)]

DD, Thank you, coincidentally this is the article I read that caused me to ask the question. Go figure. Best to you, LB

[TSHobbies]

for those of you needing pilots, heres some pretty good ones ..not mine, just found em while searchin for cool stuff to print.

[TSHobbies]

hey check it out..wheel chocks!

[rifleman_btx]

Very cool!

[Alpha]

To Alpha, and the MTNRC Design Staff,
I have a suggestion for an alternate Tail-feathers for the 1600mm Spitfire... it allows for the retention of the original hing points, and control horn while providing the full outline of the teardrop rudder profile...

Hey Dblmars, looks great! Please ping me in PM to discuss.

[Rcfiddy1]

Hey Y'all, Have any of you tried increasing the nozzle size to decrease print times? I understand that some weight penalties would be incurred. Also, is anyone using or thinking about picking up a 3D Scanner? Any thoughts here would be geat. Just curious, :Thinking: Best, LB

You can also setup different processes in simplify3d to allow different heights or use lower infill settings to speed up some. I think anything larger than a .40 nozzle makes prints look to rough. I run one of my printers with a .25 nozzle for high detail stuff.

[Elbee]

You can also setup different processes in simplify3d to allow different heights or use lower infill settings to speed up some. I think anything larger than a .40 nozzle makes prints look to rough. I run one of my printers with a .25 nozzle for high detail stuff.

RcFiddy1, Thanks for the advice, and I am glad to see someone still uses this thread. Wish more would share here. I have changed the 'infill settings' and that has worked well enough. I have not used Simplify3D, but I might try it. I have a Prusa i3Mk3 and use slic3r as it was part of the overall purchase. Best, LB

[Rcfiddy1]

I actually ordered a mk3 but after waiting 3 months they still didn’t ship I cancelled it. I decided to upgrade my p3 steel with a duet WiFi controller and e3d titan extruder. Now that printer prints amazing next to my Kossel delta. There are a few guys here in the forums that do amazing work with 3D parts and I look forward to helping out here.