3d-printed Halbach Motor - Building InstructionsChristoph Laimer2017-05-03 | Step by step instructions for making the 600W, 3d-printed Halbach array brushless motor.
Overview: youtu.be/NFvMC3l3fGY Building Instructions: youtu.be/YsSm65DAcCg Assembly Animation: youtu.be/h1auxQrB6DQ Test-Run: youtu.be/cDOunzr6lXo Measurements: drive.google.com/file/d/0B_lTMVnODM_XTGtVVHNzaFBKem8Christoph Laimer Live StreamChristoph Laimer2017-08-02 | ...3d-printed Halbach Motor - Update, Tuning, Testing (and sending it to FliteTest)Christoph Laimer2017-06-18 | Demonstrating some utilities for the 3d-printed Halbach motor: Method for static balancing, drill-press-method for measuring Kv, rotating motor-mount for measuring the torque, and calculating the efficiency (it's over 80%). Finally packing the motor in a box, and shipping it to the FliteTest guys. Hopefully they make it fly! :-)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halbach_array en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brushless_DC_electric_motor makesea.com/web/claimer/brushless-motorSimple Method for removing sticky 3d-printed Objects from the Build-PlateChristoph Laimer2017-04-19 | There are many hints on YouTube, how to get a 3d-printed object sticking well on a build-plate, but there is no good hint, how to remove it. My method is quite simple, I'm spraying a mix of water and alcohol onto the 3d-printed object and the build-plate, ant then the object can be simply removed. This keeps also the build-plate clean and intact. I'm really wondering, how this works for other users.
Bought the carbon plate from Extrudr: https://extrudr.eu/collections/equipment/products/carbon-plate Don't know if it has a special coating - I guess a regular carbon plate works as well.Design Hints for 3d printed mechanical Objects: How to create a Machine ViseChristoph Laimer2017-01-26 | This is a quite robust 3d-printable machine vise. It's 100% 3d-printed (no hardware needed). In this video I'm exploring properties of 3d-printed material. I'm also telling how the design of the vise was developed, how it is printed and assembled.
Download STL-Files: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:19862103d-printed brushless Motor - Explore max. RPM (make it explode)Christoph Laimer2016-12-20 | In this video I'm testing the maximum rotation speed of the 3d-printed brushless motor. The destruction of the motor is intended, since I need to know the safe operating range.
As precaution, I've arranged cardboard boxes around the motor in order to catch flying pieces of debris. In addition I positioned myself far away from the plane of rotation, controlling the motor with the transmitter of an RC-car.
For the tests I've selected the "bad" magnets (I knew they will break) with the lowest magnetic force. As a result the Kv was higher than the value calculated in the tests on makeSEA. Anyway this doesn't affect the maximum achievable rotation speed of the 3d-printed rotor.
Conclusion: it breaks at 30'000 rpm!
That's quite good. A regular propeller for an RC plane has a lower limit. Considering variations in 3d-printing quality, I'm thinking it's absolutely safe to use the 3d-printed brushless motor up to 15'000 rpm.RC Plane with 3d-printed Motor and 3d-printed PropellerChristoph Laimer2016-12-12 | This video is about RC Plane with 3d-printed Motor and a 3d-printed Propeller. Motor performs with 100W and 70% efficiency. 400g thrust at 8300rpm. STL-Files and building instructions are published on makeSEA.
http://www.makesea.com/brushless-motor http://www.makesea.com/propellers3d-printed Watch with Tourbillon - Winding, Set Time, UnwindingChristoph Laimer2016-02-08 | Add-on for my other Tourbillon-watch-videos: Shows how the chain is attached, the watch is wound up, time is set. Finally it's un-wound in order to relax the Mainspring when the Watch is not in use (elongates its life).3D-printed Watch with Tourbillon - How its madeChristoph Laimer2016-01-08 | This is a mechanical watch with tourbillon driven by a 3d-printed mainspring. The watch has a Swiss lever escapement. The mainspring inside the going barrel keeps the watch running for approximately 30-45 Minutes. Accuracy is roughly one Second deviation within one Minute (depending on print-settings).
The project demonstrates that the 3D-printing technology is developing. Compared with earlier generations of 3d-printers, the process works more reliable and more accurately. However it's still a very advanced project, because printing inaccuracies need to be trimmed manually with some watchmaker skills, or the watch won't tick.
The watch is designed with Autodesk Fusion 360, and printed with Ultimaker 2.
Blender- and STL-files can be downloaded here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3285693d printed working impeller jet engineChristoph Laimer2013-02-07 | 3D print real working impeller jet engine. 4.8V, 12A, pushing a 500g vice slowly across the workbench. If this would work in a real RC plane? ... STL and blender files: dropbox.com/sh/us2pyxv7u9joozg/yOGcSN2dG6 printed with rapman, 1/8mm, PLA, no raft.Large RC Paper Airplane flying (made of Depron Foam)Christoph Laimer2011-09-22 | A scale RC plane 4:1. Unfortunately the much smaller original does not exist any more. Thus my model is an old-timer ;-) ... Flight quality is like a real paper airplane (but only if the motor is off). Actually it flies pretty good - can even do some acro, very stable flight, not fast, silhouette is unusual. The plane would probably also be suited for beginners.
Here a simple plan with the most relevant measurements (unfolded):