Frisbee Design

Summary-  Print out this awesome 3D printed frisbee! You can just toss with friends or bring it to a game of ultimate! Made using the regular frisbee design and other sleeker models, this disk flies smoothly through the air.

Goal- Our teacher let us create whatever we wanted to make as a final project, so my goal was to create at least a model of a working, flying fribee. I made multiple designs to test which works best.

Design 1-

I started with a basic revolve for the shape, and changed this revolve multiple times throughout the process, but this was my first idea-
 

Next, I added details to the top, including 3 circle designs and a sun-like design to spice up the top.

Also, I added my name onto the bottom by extruding 0.07cm.

Design 2-

While the first one printed, I made the design for my second idea, a thinner, more sleek model. This one would be more like a disc, not a frisbee. 

I did this by first changing the original revolve- 

And by removing the entire center. 

This model would hopefully work better than the first design, which was just printed- 

While it did fly and work decently well, I would change some things if I got the chance-

First, the material was lacking, as it was not flexible whatsoever and pretty heavy. Because of this, I would change to a lighter, more flexible material.

Next, the size of the nozzle worked against me, as you can see on the side of the disc. 

some of the layers of the plastic were layered badly and point out a bit, but overall, the disk flies decently for a 3d printed frisbee.

Lastly, i would make it a bit thinner to be less heavy.

Just small changes, as it wasn't a large issue but a little too big.

Next, the second model printed, but unluckily I wasn't there to see it in person or get pictures. I think it worked better, as it was thinner and lighter. I just hope the aerodynamics were decent as the hole might disrupt the airflow around the disc. overall, this is how the second disc should have looked like, if their were no printing errors-