Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #56806
From: Chad Robinson <crobinson@medialantern.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: O/T: 3D printing/ additive manufacturing
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:02:45 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
I looked at these and they're pretty cool. But I can't for the life of me figure out what I'd make for an airplane with them. Most produce fairly most-sized parts, in other words, not wings, and they use (heavy) thermoplastics - again, not wings. They aren't strong enough for engine parts, and can't fab with metal anyway. (There are some laser-sintering concepts but they're much more complicated and expensive.)

Any ideas on how they'd be useful? I just don't see it (yet), but my ears are open.

On 9/30/2011 11:33 AM, Ernest Christley wrote:
Requisite link:

http://reprap.org/wiki/Mendel

Ed Anderson wrote:

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