Category: 3d printer

  • Legged Helicopter Landing Gear

    One of my biggest projects to date is a legged landing gear that allows helicopters to land on uneven terrain with large touchdown velocity. For a quick overview, please see the following video. Inspiration Traditional helicopter landing gears generally consist of two tubular skids, or three wheels for larger helicopters. These designs require a very…

  • 3D Printing Inaccuracies with the Lulzbot Mini

    A few months ago, I bought a LulzBot Mini to print parts for a robotics project. Despite its rather goofy name, the machine itself is great, especially for the price. However, it does suffer from the same inaccuracies that are fairly common among typical 3D printers. Since many of my parts had to be precisely…