The weather and wind conditions were much better than forecast.
Gill brought out a 3D-printed Spitfire. It flew well, but sustained some damage on landing. It was really interesting, and I'm sure we'll be seeing more of this soon.
Where was the Spitfire printed?
One of our members bought/downloaded the file for the model, then printed out parts measuring no more than 20 cm wide, on his 3D printer, and then glued/assembled the parts, and then installed the equipment.
Since I plan to fix the "minor damage" (fuselage split into two halves) I might as well start a (re)build thread for 3D printed models elsewhere on the forum.
By the way, this wasn't the maiden flight. The plane was maidened back in May and flew well 4 or 5 times since then. Yesterday was only the half-maiden flight with a freshly printed set of wings. The original wings were completely deformed after I left the plane in the car on a sunny day.
Did you get the files from Thingiverse or the original from MyMiniFactory? What type of filament did you use?
Interesting project. A couple of questions:
- What kind of filament did you use to print it?
- Total hours required to print all the parts?
Vic, Frank,
I tried to sum up the answers here:
http://temac.ca/smf/index.php/topic,6271.0.html