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Loud AND dangerous you say? Tell me more!

The last six months or so have seen a noticeable increase in the number of designs on Thingiverse devoted to flying objects.  People are uploading designs for printed ‘copter motor holders, electronics holders, and full frames.  You can find most of them under the names of  “helicopter,” “tricopter,” “quadcopter,” or “quadrocopter” with 32, 5, 3, and 27 things associated with each, respectively.

The photo above is taken from “Quadracopter body” by avh.  He offers this warning, “It is not only loud, but quite dangerous, so flying over people is not recommended!”  (I’m sure he’s still working out the kinks.)

In any case, we may have been promised jet packs and hovercars, but at least the day of printing your own mini-copter are fast approaching.

Now for the challenge part…  9000 internet points and bragging rights to the person who can get me an on-board flight video¹ from any kind of ‘copter sporting any number of printed parts.

Quadracopter body by avh

This thingy is a replacement body for your arducopter. It hides the electronic speed controls, power distribution panel, and a ton of wires inside. It is really strong, and it makes your copter look bad ass. The design features attachment points for battery strap, bolt holes for attaching the arms, vents for the ESCs, cable holes big enough to fit the battery cable with connector. I would love some suggestions for attachments. I'm planning to add some kind of cover for the electronics.

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Quick note for anyone placing small orders: while our store is still accepting orders, we have been forced to take a brief holiday from our usual lightning-fast shipping in order to do a year-end physical inventory.  Please anticipate a few extra days of lead time for all orders.

We will be shipping again starting Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012.  There may be a backlog, but our tireless shipping crew (mostly Liz) will tear through that in a few days.  We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.

Throne by cushwa, printed by mifga

Thingiverse citizen cushwa may be new to Thingiverse, but they’ve uploaded some amazing designs in their less than two weeks on the site.  So far they have uploaded a throne, mirror, medieval table, medieval chair, fireplace, canopy bed, dresser with working drawers, and a suit of armor.  These aren’t just pretty 3D models of fanciful furniture, cushwa clearly took the time to split up each model and lay them out for printing without the need for support structures.

Keep up the awesome work!

dresser by cushwa

Medieval sort of dresser. Suitable for Kings and Queens.

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