Space Shuttle Orbiter
by rplumley, published
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Here's one of my makerbot goals for 20XX, a space shuttle! Based on lofting a 3-view, there is some loss of fidelity. Thanks to @matthew_laberge for the red ABS which makes it look AWESOME.
There are many parts I'd like to improve, but I remember hearing that creations are never finished, they escape.
There are many parts I'd like to improve, but I remember hearing that creations are never finished, they escape.
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I added my original file from rhino, but not much chance of you having that so I also added an IGES file which will at least get you started with the curves.
Have a feeling this could be done much better, but I'm certainly not an expert!
Doing a derivative of this, do you have design files for this?
I'm glad to see the red ABS went to good use! I'm printing one of these this week!
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So this model takes advantage of "tall" prints on the makerbot. It's approx. 125mm in the stl which my machine prints very well. I created some shims that print beneath the wings in order support them. By coincidence, warping under the wings actually helps the wings print better.
Printed in ABS using 10% fill. My wife produced the .gcode using skeinfox. The defaults printed a nice surface (after some tweaks).
Printed in ABS using 10% fill. My wife produced the .gcode using skeinfox. The defaults printed a nice surface (after some tweaks).
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Doing a derivative of this, do you have design files for this?
I added my original file from rhino, but not much chance of you having that so I also added an IGES file which will at least get you started with the curves.
Have a feeling this could be done much better, but I'm certainly not an expert!