First print:
Originally shared by Greg Nutt
Video of my Toranado v2.1 printed with heat sensitive, color changing, PLA to show areas of air cooling and heat absorption.
Nothing surprising there. You will want to make sure you have non-PLA versions of those parts handy, because the PLA ones will eventually fail, especially where they meet the motor.
The main reason I did this was because of the abysmal air flow issues in the original Toranado which created frequent thermal runaway errors. I wanted to have a visual of what was happening with the new version.
Nice way to test and visualise heat transfer. Clever. I will need to go and find myself some thermal filament
Nice…