Re:Plane crashed after 3D-printed part collapsed
by jacquesm on Thursday December 04, 2025 @06:19PM
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Yes, that's why I listed them. And even then: none of those first three are (safely) usable for this application. PEEK or ULTEM or something better than that.
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Re:Plane crashed after 3D-printed part collapsed
by ComputerGuru on Thursday December 04, 2025 @10:49PM
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I absolutely agree. At the same time, I’m just flabbergasted that someone really thought they’d pass off PLA crap for such a purpose, it literally loses shape in sunlight. PETG isn’t going to cut it and I wouldn’t want to be on a plane with PETG in a heat-sensitive part, but that would still have been less ridiculous given that a) it’s significantly better than PLA in this regard, and b) unlike PEI and PEEK, it can be printed with ease on just about any FDM.
Re:Plane crashed after 3D-printed part collapsed
by jacquesm on Friday December 05, 2025 @04:42AM
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Whoever sold that part deserves to be sued. I'm not from the 'sue happy' department but this was extremely irresponsible and unless the swap for PLA was accidental (which can easily be proven, they must have sold more than just one of these). At a minimum they should recall each and every one of these they have made and on top of that they should review all of the other parts that person has made for similar issues.