I've been working on a few new projects as well as updating the Avanti for a proper release. Today I built a couple of foam board chuck...

I started designing the X-29 way back in spring. It took a while to get printing as I soon realised that regular PLA wasn't going to give...

I started rc3Dprint back in January 2020, I can vividly remember sitting at Heathrow airport (on standby) clicking the button to make the...

The Quickie is available to download on the website. I had intended to officially launch it with a some fanfare once I had gotten some...

Since starting this project last year it has been a truly exciting learning curve. It feels like 3D printing is starting to become more...

With the arrival of Autumn work is progressing on our latest two models, the Quickie and the X29. The Quickie is nearing release, I'm...

I get many messages asking me which 3D printer to buy so I thought I would write a blog post with my view. I have been 3D printing for a...

Yesterday had the first decent weather in a while so I decided I would make the maiden flight of the Quickie. Due to the unconventional...

Settings for LW PLA

To fill the void whilst waiting for all the parts to come off the 3D printer for the Quickie I thought I would make a quick screencast...

In this episode we finalise the model and move it over to the slicer, Cura. On my first run through Cura I noticed that there may be some...

Here we are, the first iteration CAD model of the Rutan Quickie is finished. This episode involves me say "and we're done" several times...

In this episode I shell the central fuselage sections. Rather than simply using the shell tool in the first instance I split the fuselage...

This episode is a nice short one. We make the servo cuts and wire channels for the elevator (canard) servos. This pretty much finishes up...

This episode was not a lot of fun to make, so I apologise if it is not a lot of fun to watch. Getting the overall shape of the aircraft...

Episode 6 focuses on the motor mounting and cowl. I have stopped cutting out holes in the firewall for mounting screws as often motor...

This episode was tricky. The rudder was not a problem, I essentially followed the same steps as for the elevator and ailerons but he tail...

Part 4 of our build, cutting out the elevators and ailerons and including a hinge line. Plenty of trial and error on show with the...

This episode brings you the aft wing winglet, constructed using a sweep on a 3D sketch. It shows you how sometimes you need to think about h

Episode 2, today we have built the wings. There is nothing groundbreaking in my fusion use today, I mostly used simple functions such as...