(506) 2240-6804
3D printed quadcopter propeller
KyronMAX Winner: Ultra-Quiet UAV Propeller Enabled with 3D Printing - 3DPrint.com
A couple weeks ago, the Cincinnati, Ohio-based grocery chain Kroger made its first drone delivery less than 30 minutes from my home in Dayton, flying one mile from Centerville’s Kroger Marketplace to City Hall and delivering two bags of rice, along with a piece of fabric from the Wright Brothers’ 1903 flyer; we’re very proud of our “first in flight” heritage around here. Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), can be used for all sorts of tasks, from delivering groceries, food, medical supplies, and even spare parts to surveillance, search and rescue missions, clearing land mines, and fighting fires, and 3D printing is often used to make or customize them.
This winter, global engineering community and platform Wevolver announced a partnership with Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (MCAM) to launch the KyronMAX Design Challenge, and we recently learned that the winner is an ultra-quiet UAV propeller, and that 3D printing played a part in the design.
The goal of the challenge was to create a design that uses MCAM’s KyronMAX range of high-strength carbon fiber-based composite materials to solve a manufacturing or engineering challenge, and a team of engineers from Canadian aerospace startup Delson Aeronautics won for its Ultra-Quiet Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Blades, which promise to decrease propeller noise by an astonishing 50%, so that obnoxious buzzing sound you typically hear with drones will be no more.
In order to handle heavy loads, and be flexible enough to avoid any damage, drone propellers need to be able to generate a significant amount of lift, and herein lies the challenge that the Delson team decided to solve—finding cost-effective, lightweight, and manufacturable materials to make UAV propellers that also feature the necessary amount of flexibility, strength, and stiffness is no easy feat.
Additionally, when a drone propeller spins faster to generate more thrust, the noise also goes up.
Delson engineers Michael Deloyer, Eitan Rotbart, and Ammar Jessa thought that MCAM’s injection molding technology and structural thermoplastic KyronMAX materials, with their increased mechanical properties, could help them create a better UAV propeller, and one with reduced sound as well.
Graph showing sound pressure level vs. thrust. Image courtesy of Delson Aeronautics.
When it comes to injection molding, CNC machining is often required, and depending on the complexity and size of the parts you’re making, this can really drive up costs. This isn’t as much of an issue when you’re manufacturing large batches, since the individual cost per part goes down as the number you’re making goes up, but it’s really not practical to use it for prototyping, testing, and small batch manufacturing.
Delson knew that MCAM’s KyronMAX platform could help them here, as it uses a technology called SPRINT (Soluble PRinted INjection Tooling), which involves AddiFab’s Freeform Injection Molding (FIM) process and 3D prints soluble mold inserts using photopolymer resin.
Once you’ve got the 3D printed mold inserts, they can be put into the main metal mold base and then injected with molten plastic; the soluble mold is later washed in a solution that dissolves and exposes the completed plastic part, which is said to be both strong yet lightweight, as well as more affordable.
It takes just days, rather than months, to complete this process, and SPRINT also makes it possible to create complicated geometries without having to use sliding mold surfaces or complicated cam devices. In addition, KyronMAX materials, when they’re used for injection molding, can supposedly produce parts that are 40% lighter than aluminum and 75% lighter than steel. All in all, the Delson team was able to produce tough propellers with the aesthetic finish and surface qualities of injection molding and the lead time and design freedom of AM.
As the winner of the KyronMAX Design Challenge, Delson Aeronautics has received $25,000 worth of design and manufacturing support from MCAM to help develop their ultra-quiet propellers and bring the product to the commercial market.
“The team is very excited to have kicked off the program with Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials and Wevolver,” said Deloyer, the Founder of Delson Aeronautics. “Their support will help show what the Delson blades are capable of and the impact they can have on the future of the UAV industry. The prize has greatly increased interest from UAV manufacturers and we are now discussing potential collaborations to help bring these blades to market.”
Delson Aeronautics test their ultra-quiet blades.
The Delson team will continue to work closely with MCAM engineers to build and test out the propeller blades, with a product release already scheduled for later this year. You can follow the project here, as their progress will be documented all the way through to the final stage of commercialization.
(Source/Images: Wevolver)
Stay up-to-date on all the latest news from the 3D printing industry and receive information and offers from third party vendors.
Tagged with: 3d print molds • 3d printed injection molds • blades • carbon fiber composites • commercialization • Delson Aeronautics • drone • drone design • Freeform Injection Molding • injection molding • KyronMAX • KyronMAX Design Challenge • MCAM • Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials • mold inserts • propellor • Soluble PRinted INjection Tooling • SPRINT • UAV • unmanned aerial vehicle • wevolver
Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
Propeller best STL files for 3D printing・Cults
Propeller
Free
PROPELLER LAUNCHER / SPINNERS
€2.94
3 Blades Outboard
€1.02
Prop Holder for 5045 Props
Free
Propeller balancer
Free
Squirt prop cutter ! 3,5inch !
Free
Prop guard for 5 inch CineWHOOP Quadcopter
Free
SF-260
€5
V-type 12-Cylinder Engine, Water-Cooled, Cutaway
€58.
58
Outboard Engine GearBox Gear Case
€10.95
LIDL Glider - JMT 1806 spinner
Free
propeller guard improved
Free
Propeller Mushroom Mario Based
€3.90
Propeller Mushroom Mario
€3.90
Propeller Quill Pen
Free
DJI SPARK box Propellers
€1
Radial Engine, 14-Cylinders, Cutaway
€58.58
Flying Peach - Microswift Evolution
Free
Azure Power - Race & Freestyle Propellers 5045 x 3
Free
bladeless drone concept
€17.
92
3D Printable Mini Fan
Free
#TrollingBot propeller
Free
impeller for elegoo Mercury plus
€14.65
Drone Propellers CW + CCW 3 Blade 72mm ⌀
Free
Bell 360 Invictus
€9.71
Radial Engine, 7-Cylinder, Optional Parts Kit (3) to 14-Cylinder
€24.41
Flying House
Free
Parametric propeller with hub attack angle
Free
Mavic 2 Propeller Case
Free
1045 Propeller guard
Free
Disk Helicopter 🚁
€2.
18
DJI Avata Bumper
€3.50
aircraft propellers
€3.91
Turbine Propeller Fan Generator v2
Free
propsaver for 2212 motor
Free
White Star Line Notice Triple Screw Sign
Free
Flying Drone Sci Fi 3D model Cyber Punk
€3.90
Mavic Air Propellers Case
Free
Miniature RC Drone
€0.50
3 blade spinner + 9,5x7propeller
Free
Best performance propellers for fpv drone
€4.78
#TrollingBot Racing Propeller - Medium size
Free
SF PROPELLER SPINNER V3 5×25 mm
€0.
99
SF PROPELLER SPINNER V3 5×35 mm
€0.99
SF PROPELLER SPINNER V3 5×40 mm
€0.99
Zoom copter with pull string parts
Free
Motorized propeller beanie
Free
Sometimes you just gotta Spinnnnnn
€0.95
250 3d printed quadcopter
Today we are going to look at a homemade 3D printed 250 quadcopter.
Quadcopter drawings, more precisely STL files for printing on a 3D printer can be downloaded at the end of the article.
Unlike the conventional 250 model, this quadcopter has a three-dimensional structure of both the body and the motor arms. On the one hand, this increases the weight - the frame assembly weighs 103 grams, on the other hand, it increases crash resistance in the event of an accident.
He's handsome, isn't he?
As I already wrote, the weight of the quadcopter frame is 104 grams, 2.5 mm wide ties are used to assemble the printed parts.
The design is designed in such a way that it can be printed on a 3D printer without additional supports, which means that the weight of the consumable plastic will be almost the same. On the recommendation of the author of the STL model of the quadrocopter, printing is done with PLA plastic with 40% infill. It is possible to print with ABS plastic, but before assembly, the parts will have to be sanded, as ABS is printed with a rougher surface.
A common question asked is how much will a 3D printed quadcopter frame cost? If you have your own 3D printer, then only the price of plastic.
Usually you can find the owner of a 3D printer in your city and arrange a printout, the price depends on how you agree. usually asking $0.1 per gram of printed design.
At this price, the frame will cost about $11.
Watch the quadcopter frame assembly video.
As you can see, the assembly is very simple and does not require any special tools.
Equipment of the quadrocopter
I will give the author's complete set of the quadrocopter:
Regulators : 4 pcs Afro with SimonK firmware for 12A.
Motors : 4 pcs. FXC2206-11 2350kv or equivalent (diameter 22mm, weight 30g).
Propellers : 5 inch, 2 or 3 bladed available.
Flight controller : KK Multicopter with a screen, in fact - you can install any.
Battery : 3S 1000-1500 mAh with max dimensions 88 x 38 x 22 mm
The motors will need to be wired, watch the video on how to wire them and how to install the motors on a 3D printed frame.
It's simple, isn't it? The inserted wires come out of the technical hole on their own and it will be easy to connect them to the regulators.
Regulators are being finalized to reduce the number of wires - heat shrinking is possible and the wires from the motors are soldered to the regulators directly.
The regulators themselves are mounted on 2-sided tape, by the way, it is better to take a thick one - it holds better and dampens vibrations.
Total weight, without battery, 289 grams.
Put the battery that is available, respectively - add its weight to the specified one and get the flight one.
FPV and
FPV camera - A set of camera and Eachine 700TVL video transmitter will work well.
Small size, 32 channels and battery powered.
When printing a quadcopter frame, you can choose two options for the top cover - with an integrated vibration platform holder for Mobius and without it - in case of installing a GoPro or a camera of a similar size.
Mobius camera - see its review here, is more compact in terms of placement on a quadcopter and creates less drag when flying.
But, if you want, you can put a GoPro.
How a 3D printed quadcopter flies
You can watch the flights of this quadcopter in the video below.
As you can see, it flies well, you can fly it for fun, filming and participate in Racing Drone competitions.
Quadcopter frame STL files
- You can download quadrocopter STL files for printing on 3D printer here.
If you are interested in 3D printing, I recommend visiting the 3D Printer Reviews website, it contains not only reviews, but also a catalog of STL files, including a selection of 3D models of various devices for aircraft modeling in general and quadrocopters in particular.
DIY quadcopter → All for Drone Racing
DIY quadcopter → Spidex Micro - quadcopter for 3D printer
Discuss on the forum
3D Printer Drone and Quadcopter Models
This article is an introduction to 3D Printing your own quadcopter drone.
You will get acquainted with some basic principles of drone building, and we will describe some points step by step. The task will be relatively simple, since the description will be detailed.
What we need to get started
In addition to the 3D printer, we will need some non-printable parts such as a motor, batteries or accumulators, some electronics, sensors, a remote control and a knack to put it all together.
Why print a drone?
Actually, we will print the frame and body structure. Sometimes propellers can be printed. Why is it important? Because drones fall and break. Especially if you are a beginner pilot. Everything is clearly visible in this picture:
If we 3D print parts, we will have an almost infinite supply of spare parts, making it easier to survive pilot training and regular plane crashes. Apart from the fact that the quadcopter will be easier to repair, a homemade drone will allow you to get a better feel for its inner workings and mechanics.
And one more important point: 3D printing allows you to quickly develop parts according to your own design. Let's say you have purchased a new camera and want to install it on your quadcopter. Then you just open up your favorite 3D modeling program and end up printing out the part and testing it. Make changes, print again, etc.
What is a quadcopter drone?
A quadcopter is a multi-rotor helicopter that rises and moves with four main rotors and does not have a tail rotor. This is the most common type of amateur radio-controlled drones.
With its small size and high maneuverability, these quadcopter drones can fly both indoors and outdoors. In addition, at this size, quadcopter drones are cheaper than conventional helicopters and more reliable due to their simple design.
Here is a detailed overview of the details of a commercially available high-end quadcopter drone used for aerial photography.
Almost all parts that are not motor or electronics can be 3D printed.
The printed version of the drone looks a little different.
3D printed Crossfire quadcopter. Link to the project: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:32281
In addition to the visual and aesthetic differences, the printed version has the advantage of being easy to update and modular. In the next video, Dennis Baldwin talks in detail about his quadcopter.
How to Print a Quadcopter Drone
If you want to build your own drone, we offer several entry points to the project. Here is a detailed guide for 3D printed quadcopter:
http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-Quadcopter-with-Arduino/?ALLSTEPS
Titch Micro Drone
https: /www.myminifactory.com/object/38967
Brushed Y6 Micro Quad
https://www.myminifactory.com/object/brushed-y6-micro-quad-31348
Millennium Falcon Drone Shell
millennium-falcon-drone-shell-10144
Micro 105 FPV Quadcopter
https://www.
myminifactory.com/object/micro-105-fpv-quadcopter-21362
Micro 105 FPV Quadcopter
https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3drobotics-iris-19615
Hexacopter drone
https://www.myminifactory.com/object/hexacopter-drone-1
And this is the instructions for building an H-shaped drone:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-an-H-Quadcopter-with-3D-printing/?ALLSTEPS remote control
If you want to 3D print a remote control housing and make your own joystick, you can go here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-quadcopter-joystick-and-frame/
Insectoid ornithopter on a 3D printer
Insectoid ornithopter detailed guide http: 9005 //www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printed-Ornithopter-Micro-UAV-Drone/
Regulations
Keep in mind that there are a number of laws governing the flying of amateur drones and drones, they are different everywhere and it is important to know them.
