When i first started in this hobby I wanted to see if i could change the industry with cool designs. I been a 3d artist for years working in the game and TV industry. Not owning a 3D printer in 2014 I used a CNC and milled my first Quad based on the Horizon Blade. Along the way I would render images.
Here are a few.
I had no idea that Quads would be part of warfare for that matter i was hoping for the age of war fare was over. As a Gold star family member, I was wrong.
After using the Guts of the Blade i started to get parts from the designs from Timecop. He was a early designer of the Naze32. Seemed like everything i made few really well right off the bench.
One Product I liked to use was MDF and 1/4 birch plywood.
MDF composite is used in home and acoustic products.
Here is the 7" quad made in MDF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzlo4Ho939o
Enjoy.
Video from 2016
More MDF .
Cube black yes i’m that old.
1/4 and 1/8 plywood, Birch plywood is a very strong material without pockets so it makes a nice frame without the need for expensive carbon sheets. Since its flat you can use a simple 1/8 mill and the 3 mm screws and standoffs are fun to assemble,. This design uses a center disk.
I made a rout underside with a thin sheet on aluminum that is placed in the arm. I had my son help me so let the LEDs glow! The CNC makes fast work.
I hadn’t started in this hobby as yet when my intention was to design new ways of creating patterns that might allow the industry to be taken a step further. I’m a veteran 3D artist and have worked both in games and television, yet I didn’t have a 3D printer in 2014, so I machined my initial quad using a CNC based on the Horizon Blade. In the process, I also tried rendering images, not knowing that quads would become a component of contemporary warfare. As a member of a Gold Star family, it’s been a humbling experience to watch how technology that I used to think of as a means for creativity has become part of military application. I had wished that we were getting into an age where warfare was a thing of the past, but things turned out otherwise.
Just print it.
With the new plastics it’s a ton of fun to design quads that are not only light but have some very nice flight property’s.
Ditto.. Same same.
I also worked in TV and film 3D is a wonderful tool for me.
3D requires you to cut down the object into shapes not only fit the printer table but also reduce print artifacts.
