Going to the Dark Side: 3D Printing

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Busy week spending money. VasyFan VF-570 = $13,900. 382lbs static thrust 6000rpm Electric Duct Fan,

Tronxy 3D printer arrived yesterday, last box today-total 4-boxes and almost 200lbs.

Priced out purchasing carbon fiber tubing, $9000.

Tronxy Printer is monstrous!
76" long box for the uprights, two boxes 4-ft long:
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Big square box with the print bed, yardstick to show scale.
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Inventoried everything, it arrived well packaged and protected. Was not able to get free shipping to Alaska by boat. Had to pay for Air, cost an extra $1000 for that. $4750 total so far.

Purchased a 3D handheld scanner, Miraco Pro, that can scan Dave's Lambo. They scanned a fullsize helicopter and then 3D printed a model of it. Scanner has 32gb memory and 8-core processor. Designed to scan big/small items.

Complete new start for a redraw of the airplane, it is done and printed. Printed cardstock at 1/4scale. Thinking will use cardstock again to print a full size model and flight test for stability. Not much bigger than my rocket models from last year. 18ft long fuselage with 13ft 5inch wingspan.

University of Maine 3D, 2018, printed a 25ft long boat in 72-hours, cost approx. $40,000 Boat is called:3Dirago

Mike