Hello,
My name is Joshuan Lazet, I’m 18 years old, currently living near The Hague and in my final year of school (6VWO). For school we need to set up an research with a free choice in subjects. I chose Physics (with some other students) with as goal to design, print and fly a 3D Printable Tricopter from scratch. I need to do a research This project is going very well, although almost all parts needs to be reprinted because of a crash. The results of the first flight so far were spectaculair!
Album: http://imgur.com/a/4l5Xe ( from design to crash)
As you can see in the second photo, there were some extenders added to the two front arms. I’ve flown with these for just a few minutes, it felt extra stable and seemed okay. Until I decided to fly a bit higher and further… The left extender collapsed (see last picture) and the Tricopter fell down from 4 meters, including a loud crack… The bases, yaw mechanism and extenders broke. This means the arms and GoPro mount is still okay.
The Yaw Mechanism and Base plates were printed in PLA, the extenders with ABS and the arms were bought, but will be printed in ABS later. For now I would like to print everything in ABS, although I’m not sure if the Yaw Mechanism can be printed in ABS.
Video of first flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzh4EV9Dxdg
All prints have been printed via Rene’s Hub so far, which is quite expensive for a student like me. The Tricopter hardware wasn’t cheap as well. And on top of that, I’ve decided to order a 3D Printer myself, the Flashforge Creator Pro, for finishing the whole project later on (cases etc). Sad thing: The printer will be delivered in 6 weeks, just when I need to hand in the paper. And the budget of this project is really at its end, while I really need to do the experiments. These experiments contain speed, stability, parkour and more tests!
This all is why I contacted @Rob Draaijer, Head of Growth at 3DHubs. He told me I had the best chance by posting it on here. I’ve been busy last days with school and finally time to post it on here.
My question to you is: Would anyone like to sponsor me by printing these parts? I’m willing to pick up the prints, and if you have time, I will make it ready to fly (at your location) and give a demo. Besides this, there will be a huge thank you and you will be noted in the paper!!
Specs:
- Max dimensions: 18 x 15 x 4cm ( roughly ).
- Total volume: 100cm^3 ( “100%” filled )
Do you need to know anything else? Let me know!
Thanks a lot.
Regards,
Joshuan
PS. I’m sorry for my English, it may be a bit ‘Dutch’ sometimes.
#2, discovered the upload button after uploading to imgur…
