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- FPV Freestyle Pilots / Hosts -
Shawn Morrison [Let's Fly RC]
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[conorstewart]

The thing most people get wrong with 3D printed drones is the shape. The classical drone frame is designed to be cheap to make, it just gets cut out of a flat carbon fibre sheet, because of this the design is basically 2D with a little thickness. When 3D printing though you should take advantage of the ability to make complex 3D shapes and optimise the shape for strength. This design was better than others I have seen because it has very thick arms but the design could still be much better.

[lifeofmichaeljames]

Way to go Shawn it might not be as tough as carbon but it's a huge step forward, and being able to print these at home for an emergency is really cool.

[georgelai]

Dang Bubby with those huge dives into those gaps. WOW. Amazing

[Chillin-fpv]

Im stoked you guys are posting every Monday now. Pretty sweet build. Im interested in how much it weighs vs the actual tanq. And whats wild is how thick the arms are on the tanq. 8mm is unheard of. Crazy thick

[Loki_Morningstar]

I bet it would work pretty good for micros or a tiny whoop frame.

[elgage]

Got to use a markforged, continuous carbon fiber, close to aluminum in strength.

[MrBlondek]

Awesome - but you’re missing the main benefit of being able to print: organic shapes.

Flat / solid arms are a huge compromise, but the most reasonable and economical way to make carbon frames form flat sheets of CF.

You can make a much stronger and much lighter frame if you optimize it with organic round shapes, internal bracing, and print hollow. Like bone.

How to get to that shape I have no idea. Hahaha. FEA

[DriftaholiC]

I think the key would be to use some sort of generative design to optimize the shape.

[DigitalCruzer]

I've 3d printed carbon fiber nylon, it doesn't have the strength of the fibers because its ground up. Pla warps and cracks to easily. The best ed printed drone is the no stress toad in TPU, but the plates i glue fiberglass panels to reinforce the battery strap, then i mount a camera canopy to the top. I have a f3 in mine and it flys as good as anything and it's unreasonably durable, its made craters in the ground and survived, except for the battery and props

[robertgiordano]

The one thing people dont recognize sometimes is how a great pilot makes a quadcopter look like it has a great tune but it's just a bad ass pilot 😂

[Nemesishk]

you were supposed to anneal the PLA- CF parts before using them, That would give it temp. resistance almost as much as CF-Nylon

[unRealityFPV]

How much does it cost to print the frame? What's the cost difference to a regular frame?

[kevinbernitz]

3D printed micros work so well. Especially printed in PC. PC is the most impact resistant material you can print and it's still stiff. It's also worth designing prints that are more "3D" taking advantage of the ability to print any shape rather than just printing out a flat plate - you'll never get close to matching CF performance that way.

[mikebergman]

You could also print motor protection into the arm, if going that route.

[cbowman]

I been running a 3d printed pla arm on my nazgul 5 for a while now. Shortens flight times for sure but still flies pretty decent for a cheap "temporary" fix.

[aquilinefpv]

BUT DOES IT SBANG? 9:50! Sbang approved

[coleparks]

Ngl it hurts to see Bambu giving out so many X1Cs to all the companies and influencers that can easily afford them, while keeping them at $1500 for us "normals"

But they sure know how to market I guess...

[drkastenbrot]

the real benefit here is being able to print complex structures to make up for the weaker material. the sheet based frame designs are far from optimal and a single piece generative design 3d frame may make up for the weaker material.

[su_KN]

Seeing Drew’s old spot…memories unlocked

[conorstewart]

You could possibly design in failure points on the arms, have a section that it is very likely to fail at in a crash and have it as a separate piece joining the two parts of the arm together, or joining the arm onto the body and then when that part fails you just need to swap out a small section, not even a whole arm.