My Curiosity MSL Rover from the official NASA 3D printable models page.

Jeff_DeMaagd · August 18, 2015, 6:10pm

http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models/printable

james_wolf · August 18, 2015, 6:14pm

That is awesome

Sebastian_Schmidt · August 18, 2015, 7:10pm

And now we need the circuits

Jeff_DeMaagd · August 18, 2015, 7:53pm

It would be cool to make one that’s operational. It would help to be a lot bigger, not that I have a problem with that.

Josef_Vladik · August 19, 2015, 6:03am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puso_W5l1AA my winter project. too late…

Gary_GaryC · August 19, 2015, 9:57am

very cool thing!

Neil_Darlow · August 19, 2015, 9:28pm

@Jeff_DeMaagd How did you find the fit of the components? I think the tolerances are a bit wide.

I found the fit of the wheel hub into the tyre and most pegs in their mating holes is quite loose. I might have to use some adhesive to tighten things up a bit.

Sebastian_Schmidt · August 19, 2015, 10:37pm

@Jeff_DeMaagd a functioning variant would be really cool.
Maybe with real scientific instruments onboard.

A remember what you can convert a normal digitalcam to polarisationsensetiv cam you only a (LCD display) from a weldingmask or 3d googles.
Also you can convert a cam to a spectroscopy cam( but I’m not sure if they released the software)

Jeff_DeMaagd · August 20, 2015, 2:30pm

@Neil_Darlow
The weels & tires were loose with each other. The regular pins and pin holes worked fine. The big pins in the rockerbogie were either overly tight or pretty loose. The two tight connectors broke on me despite effort to relieve it. In short, I glued at least a couple connectors and glued the wheels to the tires. I applied a couple thin beads of glue inside the tires where the wheel goes, then spun the wheels as I inserted them, to spread the glue evenly.