Helicopter Mechanical Sculpture
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Fun with gears! Fully 3D printed! A display of the mechanical possibilities of 3D printed parts.
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- Printables
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- Engineering
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- Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial
100% 3D printed kinetic sculpture using dovetail connectors instead of metal fasteners or glue. The train of bevel and spur gears transfers the energy from the crank to the propellers at a 1.0:2.25 overdriven ratio. Slicing orientations in photos. Assembly instructions video through the following link-
I recommend slicing the small parts with a very low layer height, such as .1mm - .15mm. You can print the body and base as two solid parts to give the model better rigidity, or print them as four separate parts if you don't have sufficient build plate volume or want to use different colors. The body and base need support material. I don't recommend scaling this model due to the precise tolerances. I like a concentric top infill on the body and base.