3d-printer

K1 advantages One of the Creality K1’s biggest selling points is speed. Thanks to its CoreXY motion system and Klipper firmware, it can churn out thin-wall RC aircraft parts up to three times faster than my previous printer. As someone who doesn’t like leaving prints running overnight, that’s a game-changer. The built-in camera also lets…

I’ve heard good reports about SunLu Carbon PLA and PLA Plus, and when SunLu reached out to me to try some of their filament, I decided a flying wing would be a good test. Which flying wing was I going to build? One that immediately caught my attention is the impressive “V-Turn from Plane Print”…

The Creality Ender-5 S1 is a good high-speed printer with the option to enclose the printer for materials like ABS. Here in the UK, the cost of shipping ARTF(almost ready-to-fly) model aircraft has become very expensive, sometimes more than the model. 3d Printing your own is one way to avoid the costs and opens the…

I’ve been wanting to try a Radio Controlled 3d printed model aircraft for a while and when we had a spell of bad weather and I couldn’t fly I decided to try building one. I use many 3d printed parts on my foam models but until now I had never printed a complete model. There…

Printing ABS on a 3d printer can be a little harder than PLA. Up until now, I have avoided it after a couple of poor prints. I built a tri-copter that used a PLA 3d-printed yaw mechanism but I’ve broken it twice on some heavy landings. So I decided I needed to get to grips…

Why upgrade the heated bed power supply? I’ve upgraded my Anet A8 to use an ATX computer power supply(PSU) to power the heated bed.  Why would you need to do this?  The printer worked fine without it.  The heated bed can take a while to heat up and it draws all its current through the…

Many thanks to Eric Simon for this design. Still, have some decals to add. This is for my Grandson Oscar who is 3 years old and loves my Radio Controlled Hawk. Every time he visits we have to get it off the shelf so he can hold it and go zoom. This is the big…

I upgraded to a Creality K1 so this post is quite old now but I’ve updated based on my experience after printing many RC parts and now a complete RC aircraft The Anet A8 3D printer when I purchased it was probably the most affordable and arrived as a kit to assemble. I really enjoyed…