by kevinh » Sun Jul 02, 2017 4:01 pm
There are new wood based 3d printing fibers (a mixture of wood and plastic). So I decided to try 3D printing a flap handle as a test. I haven't stained it yet, but it seems to feel/look like wood so I'm pretty happy. I'll probably do something similar for my stick grips...
(Ignore the sanding artifacts on this test piece, it looked better before I tried sanding it. Also for the real part I'll print at higher resolution)
Taildragger Waiex in progress, tail done, wings done, about to mate wings to fuse,
then cowl, canopy, paint (
photos): flush rivets, turbo aerovee, acro ailerons
(I built my RV7A and happily flew it for about 500 hrs)