Fantastic project, which was 3D printed at Shapeways. Here's their blog post describing the whole thing. Check out the lovely snap fit with a twist-knob closure design.
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Fantastic project, which was 3D printed at Shapeways. Here's their blog post describing the whole thing. Check out the lovely snap fit with a twist-knob closure design.
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I've been using my Makerbot TOM to print out more stable landing gear for the arducopter. I get a lot of wobble on those legs during takeoff. You can only print objects up to roughly 100mmx3 so unfortunately you cannot use it to print out custom props unless you do some heavy modifications to the bot - my next project.
Most types of rapid prototyped plastic parts are only a fraction of the strength of injection molded parts so you can't use the same way of thinking when you design them. I always consider how they will delaminate in a crash. You can use Cyano or acrylic solvent to harden them up a bit, but I never had a part survive a decent wreck.
That and the GoPro is also heavy/dense. Plan on it rocketing out of that assembly at full speed during the crash. But don't worry, GoPros are built like tanks. I've had 4-5 crashes onto concrete from > 20ft and all I'll had issues with are small chips on the lens.