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No More Zoo Of Broken 3D Printed Objects - A New Software Will Give Them Strength!
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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 59922" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/3-d-printed-airplane-takes-skies-1C6583330" target="_blank">3-D-printed airplane takes to the skies</a></strong></span></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/streams%5C2012/October/121020%5C1C4378027-3d-plane-cropped-tight.streams_desktop_large.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>University of Virginia</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The 3-D-printed unmanned aerial vehicle, "dressed" in the colors of University of Virginia. 3-D printers are already being used to create machine parts and small toys, but engineers have now used the technology to build an entire vehicle: a plastic, unmanned airplane that actually flies.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The plane, created by engineering students at the University of Virginia (U.Va.), has a 6.5-foot wingspan, and was made from assembled printed parts.</span></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/streams%5C2012/October/121020%5C1C4371180-3d-plane.streams_desktop_medium.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>University of Virginia</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">University of Virginia engineer David Sheffler and students Steven Easter and Jonathan Turman pose with their 3-D printed plane.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The team tested their creation during four flights in August and early September at Milton Airfield near Keswick, Va. The aircraft, which is only the third 3-D-printed plane known to have been built and flown, achieved a cruising speed of 45 mph.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://www.technewsdaily.com/6193-nasa-spacecraft-3d-printing.html" target="_blank">3-D printing</a> is already proving to be a valuable tool in teaching students, said David Sheffler, an engineer at U.Va. who worked with students Steven Easter and Jonathan Turman to create the <a href="http://www.technewsdaily.com/6153-supersonic-flying-wing-nasa.html" target="_blank">aircraft</a>.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">[<a href="http://www.technewsdaily.com/6084-3d-printing-commonplace.html" target="_blank">How 3D Printing Could Become Commonplace</a>]</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">“To make a plastic turbofan engine to scale five years ago would have taken two years, at a cost of about $250,000,” Sheffler said in a statement. “But with 3-D printing we designed and built it in four months for about $2,000. This opens up an arena of teaching that was not available before. It allows us to train engineers for the real challenges they will face in industry.”</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>— via <a href="http://news.virginia.edu/content/student-engineers-design-build-fly-printed-airplane" target="_blank">University of Virginia</a></em></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://www.technewsdaily.com/4212-3d-printing-mainstream.html" target="_blank">3-D Printing Goes Mainstream</a></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://www.technewsdaily.com/5242-incredible-3d-printed-products.html" target="_blank">10 Incredible 3-D Printed Products</a></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://www.technewsdaily.com/200-coolest-vehicles-youll-never-get-to-ride.html" target="_blank">Coolest Vehicles You'll Never Get to Ride</a></span></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
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