3D Hubs's Own 3D Printed Drone: Part 2

victorp · 2015-11-18T16:55:37.000Z

Hi guys,

After a nice teaser a while back, about our x0mb1e drone project from @CobraGad, I think it’s more than time to give you an update.

So here I am again, this time with all the parts printed and ready to assemble!

Here they are, in our lab with the Leapfrog, BeeTheFirst and Zmorph (from @ZMorph3D), waiting to be assembled!

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Took me quite a long time to get all these printed, because I was working on other projects and experimenting with Carbon Fiber Filament. However if you have a well calibrated printer, with the right settings dialed in and a decent build volume, I guess you can print all of the 24 parts in 2 or 3 batches.

All the parts were printed with XT-CF20 filament from @ColorFabb on our Leapfrog Creatr HS:

Speed : 50mm/s (no so HS in fact)
Flow : 105%
Temp : 250°C
Layer height : 0.1mm
Infill : 50% for most of the part, 100% for the thinner one (Legs)
Cooling : 20% (any higher value gives an horrible mess for me…)

All printed without support, I have to say that the design is really optimized for 3D printing ! Awesome job @CobraGad !

For those who printed with this filament already, feel free to share yours for comparison!

I find XT-CF20 to be a really nice material once you get the right settings for your printer. It’s really stiff and remains quite light !

Talking about weight, here is the total of all the 3D printed parts (W/O electronics) in grams :

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For comparison, we received the battery the other day. Seriously we thought it was a mistake in the order. We double checked aaand… it’s not.

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This drone is gonna be a freaking war machine !

So basically the weight of the whole structure is not even the weight of this monstrous battery…

We are still waiting to receive the propellers. They’re due in about 1 week.

Next, we’re gonna talk about electronics & miscellaneous parts, then the assembly and the first flight, of course!!

Stay tuned

Anybody else 3D printing a drone out there? Let me know in the comments below!

Cheers,

Victor

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petervl · 2015-11-18T17:23:06.000Z

awesome work Victor! really looking forward to seeing it fly.

victorp · 2015-11-18T17:27:30.000Z

Thanks Pete !

Me too, but we probably have to order some security Helmet before flying it in the office

cbale92 · 2015-11-18T18:55:31.000Z

Sweet! Gif-packed, just how I like it

gabriela3d · 2015-11-18T19:17:54.000Z

Woohoo glad to see things coming together nicely Nice work, Victor!

CobraGad · 2015-11-18T20:57:53.000Z

Awesome! Great work Victor! I can send you the new ardupilot controller configuration if you wish. We have already tested it and everything is working great.