You can readily buy all kinds of quadcopters off the shelf these days, but sometimes it’s more fun to build your own. [Michael Rechtin] did just that, with a hefty design of his own creation.… ...

First-time maker’s drone Xu’s project, completed in just 90 days, was executed without any formal background in aerodynamic modeling, 3D printing, or computer-aided design (CAD), a claim he ...

For propulsion, attitude, and depth control, the CPS 5 has five brushless drone motors with 3D printed propellers, which are inherently unaffected by water as long as you seal the connectors.

Inside the vortex: How a 3D-printed drone captures unprecedented data Fox and his specialized team of meteorologists, engineers, and pilots tested the capabilities of a drone designed to survive ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cummings Aerospace recently completed a series of rigorous flight tests for Hellhound™, a turbo-jet-powered, 3D-printed kamikaze drone that can ...

And the rest of the components can be relatively easily procured or even built/3D printed if necessary.” Spare parts The modern drone market is built on complete, packageable products.

RIA-JMTC is actively preparing to build the capacity for large-scale production of 3D-printed drones, working in close collaboration with other key OIB facilities, such as Tobyhanna Army Depot.

Tongji University develops 3D printed drone made from continuous carbon fibre composites The School of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Mechanics of China’s Tongji University teamed up with the Shanghai ...

The Army tests a 3-D printed drone at Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels training area, Hohenfels, Germany, on April 11, 2025. Army photo by Pfc. Brent Lee.

The problem with 3D printing drones with FDM arises due to the anisotropic nature of FDM printing, where the printed part has differences in strength according to the part orientation.

CRP Technology ’s (Modena, Italy) long-term collaboration with unmanned airborne solutions developer Flying-Cam (Belgium) has resulted in the construction of the UAV Discovery ’s tail rotor gear box ...