This my first 3D printed model boat. The hull shape was designed using Delftship and then the 3D design was done using the desktop version of Autodesk 123D.
It was printed on my home made printer. The hull was split into 20 sections each 30mm long to yield a 600mm length of all. All up weight is 1kg fitted out.
This is nothing wait three years many real boats will be made this way.
Nice, what are the print material and how did you join them?
It’s printed using ABS and glued (or welded) using a mix of ABS and acetone. Next time I’ll include locating pins in the design to improve assembly process.
Looks nice. Be careful with those lipos around water.
@Leland_W Sorry but 3D printing will not be replacing high (or even low for that matter) performance composite materials in the near future.
Great looking boat! Congrats.
Cool project. I’ve been thinking about doing this myself. You should add some documentation to The OpenRC Project. http://www.openrcproject.com
In fact they can use composite material in 3D printing.
@Leland_W If you truly understand the nature of composite materials it’s easily apparent that the composite materials being sold for 3D printing are pretty useless. Not only are the materials useless but the layered nature of the process itself makes it difficult to find an application where it really makes sense to use composites. Even the examples Markforged shows on their website are pretty lame applications where the orientation of the part simply does not make sense to use carbon fiber.
Whatever floats you boat. Nah jk this is awesome great work