As boring as propeller designs may seem to the average person, occasionally there’s a bit of a dust-up in the media about a ‘new’ design that promises at least a few percent improvement in performance ...
Red Cat says it plans to build fleets of 3D printed autonomous “drone boats” for on-demand delivery, which might the very first mass production of boats using AM.
Here on Earth, being able to 3D print replacement parts is handy, but rarely necessary. If you’ve got a broken o-ring, printing one out is just saving you a trip to the hardware store. But on the Moon ...
You can make some big 3D printed projects in your own home, but projects this massive are going to require a specialized commercial printer.
Independent engineer Jan Roetz has printed a 3DBenchy in just 74 seconds using Minuteman, a custom-built FDM printer featuring an air bearing bed, quad BondTech extrusion, and dry ice cooling. Here is ...