Re:Show HN: I made a 3D printed VTOL drone
by tsungxu on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:29PM
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A1, 256 x 256 mm lets me print these wings in four sections (including a double walled thin section for the boom mounts). With a high AR glider you'd probably need a few more. Carbon fiber spars + CA glue will do the trick for attaching them
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Re:Show HN: I made a 3D printed VTOL drone
by tonyarkles on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:46PM
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Yeah I printed one of the Titan Dynamics airframes (before they closed up at access for the hobby market) on a Prusa MK3S using foaming PLA and CF spars. The fuselage came out in three prints, the wings as one print each, and then the two wing tip extensions got combined into one print.
It would definitely have been tight on an A1 mini but the full size A1 would work great for sure.
I actually managed to batch print the wing sections which you can see in the video in the rebuild chapter. That works really well for wing sections because each takes up a minimal bed area
Re:Show HN: I made a 3D printed VTOL drone
by tonyarkles on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @10:17PM
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Definitely! I would have done the same but it was my first time working with the Foaming PLA filament and didn’t want to waste too much of it if the print failed.