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What kind of parts do you print? I imagine engine parts are right out, and I'm guessing fins might melt as well. Nose cones? Body or internal stuff?
by CobrastanJorji 5y ago
What kind of parts do you print? I imagine engine parts are right out, and I'm guessing fins might melt as well. Nose cones? Body or internal stuff?
- Doxin 5y agoNot gp, but things you can definitely use 3d prints for related to rocketry: nose cones, fins, motor mounts, electronics mounts, and probably a whole slew of other stuff I'm forgetting at the moment.
- chasd00 5y agomy least favorite part of building a rocket is the motor mount. It requires a handful of parts, a decent epoxy system, and is one of the more expensive parts of the airframe. I've designed a modular mount that i can pull out of one airframe and plug into another. So once the motor mount is done i can use it in all my airframes of the same diameter and motor diameter without any bonding. To cover all my current airframe diameters and motor diameter combinations requires 5 prints and adding a new one is pretty easy. my next thought is modular fin cans. The rule of thumb for trapezoidal fin dimensions are a function of airframe diameter. I would like to be able to make one fin can for each airframe diameter and then re-use those on new airframes. With my current inventory I need 4 fin cans ( 2", 3", 4" and 7.5" diameter airframes )