Show HN: I made a 3D printed VTOL drone

Re:Show HN: I made a 3D printed VTOL drone by tonyarkles on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:46PM (#44243434)

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.

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Re:Show HN: I made a 3D printed VTOL drone by tsungxu on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @10:15PM (#44243577)

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

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Re:Show HN: I made a 3D printed VTOL drone by tonyarkles on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @10:17PM (#44243585)

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.

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