A couple more 3D printed parts

[BillTC]

As an example of what we can do with 3D printing here are 3 of photos of my RV6a:

The following parts are all 3D printed on industrial printers:
-The panel
-Center console with flip out iPad lap desk
-Little side gusset trays with head set jacks
-Side trim panels with arm rest that opens to reveal a small storage compartment for pens, batteries, fuses, etc
-Fuel valve and fuel line bezel
-The knobs for carb heat and oil cooler. (these were done with polyjet photo cure technology so the text is imbedded about 1/2 mm deep)
-The AOA display hood on top of the panel
-The labels on the panel. (several layers of solid white then a top layer of black with open text to reveal the white below). The panel was inset for these labels making them inset as well.
-Glove box that happens to be the same size as a Dynon Skyview 7" display (should I ever want to add one)

Nearly all parts are Ultem polymer for aircraft interiors.
(I dont count on the CO card for CO monitoring. That was a temporary test and I have a real monitor now)

The panel was particularly fun. The radio tray and ribs to attach wire bundles were all printed as a single piece. All of the nuts and screws are inset and covered by labels. The panel is about 1" thick with a light but stiff honeycomb type internal structure. If I did it again I would add back lights and ductwork directly in the panel.

 

[johnpaul44]

would you be willing to share the fuel selector /center console files? i have been trying to design and print something like this for my rv6. Was going to use a 3d scanner but haven't tried it yet

 

[esco]

Were the Oil Cooler, Carb Heat handles “labelled” by the printer?

 

[BillTC]

Were the Oil Cooler, Carb Heat handles “labelled” by the printer?

Yes, these were printed on a full color polyjet printer that uses photo cure ink jet resin. The printer is high resolution and capable of printing full color parts like fish and pineapples that look very real. I used it to print these parts so the white resin of the text extends deep into the black resin and can't wear off.

The rest of the labels were just FDM with different colors on different layers.

 

[BillTC]

would you be willing to share the fuel selector /center console files? i have been trying to design and print something like this for my rv6. Was going to use a 3d scanner but haven't tried it yet

I'm happy to do that.

These are specific to my airplane and my needs but if you have access to solid works you can modify as necessary. For example: I have electric aileron trim so these cover the area of the mechanical aileron trim that is more common.

It's been several years and I'm away from the computer that those files are on so it may take me a bit. Send me a message if I haven't gotten back to you in 3-4 weeks.

 

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I'm happy to do that.

These are specific to my airplane and my needs but if you have access to solid works you can modify as necessary. For example: I have electric aileron trim so these cover the area of the mechanical aileron trim that is more common.

It's been several years and I'm away from the computer that those files are on so it may take me a bit. Send me a message if I haven't gotten back to you in 3-4 weeks.

Suggest you use the cloud-based Onshape, which can read SW files. Onshape was developed by the original authors of SW, is free.

 

[F18Sailor]

@BillTC, did you ever get these uploaded? I would like to modify/use as templates for a 3D printed step/phone holder.

 

[BillTC]

@BillTC, did you ever get these uploaded? I would like to modify/use as templates for a 3D printed step/phone holder.

Yikes! I got busy and never up loaded these. I'll get it done. Sorry about that and thanks for reminding me.

 

[BillTC]

Here are the 4 main parts for the center console in both STEP and parasolid formats. (STEP will have the solid geometry, Parasolid can build the whole feature tree).

These parts fit my specific RV6 so they may not fit yours. (I have electric aileron trim).

If you are looking for something different just give me a ping and we'll work it out.


I'm quite familiar with Onshape (I was an early beta tester) but I dont use it for a few reasons:
1). The free version makes all of your files open source on line. I work on a lot of designs so I like to explicitly decide what I share.
2). It still has less capability than SolidWorks though it is quite good.
3). I dont have much internet at my hangar and I do a lot of design work there which precludes Onsape.

All that aside it is a capable CAD system and would not discourage anyone else from using it if it meets your needs.

 

[andrewtac]

Thanks for sharing was looking for some printed transparent stickers for some switches I added. I can make my own labels with the multi white layer and black on top for text.