3D Printed Drone Propellers - Will It Work?

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Hey, thank you so much for watching and please if you did enjoy watching this video, don't forget to hit that like button! In today's video I 3D printed propellers for the Peon 230 racing drone, both using PLA and PETG. The result was semi-successful, it worked but the vibrations was too much for it to be practical. Of course you could take the time to balance the propellers, but I just crash too much for it to be worth the time.
Propeller STL file: www.thingiverse.com/thing:265...
GoPro mount: www.thingiverse.com/thing:126...
3D printed drone frame: www.thingiverse.com/thing:629338
How to design a propeller in Fusion 360: goo.gl/kGQ5tP
Electronics
Flight controller: goo.gl/BnLbtd
Motor + ESC combo: goo.gl/9kiMzY
Propellers: goo.gl/A974P3
Video transmitter + camera: goo.gl/KbDS1I
FPV goggles: goo.gl/Y1mUyb
Transmitter + receiver: goo.gl/bmEPWD
PDB: goo.gl/r42Gs8
1500mAh 4S battery: goo.gl/5nbZ5e
The CR-10 3D printer is $370 right now: goo.gl/Y1EfWk
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Joakim Karud - Waves
Joakim Karud - Fatherhood
Dizaro - Summer Party
TFLM - Lost in Your Eyes

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@Kmarad_ 4 года назад

"I think I have to blame something..." I definitely saw the tree jump in front of the drone !

@Spikejwh1 4 года назад

Yes, I saw it also... that tree just jumped in front of that drone.... out of nowhere! Those Swedish Jumping trees are a real nuisance! Luckily they hibernate in the summer.

@gitech7450 6 лет назад

I think they're breaking because you designed them like swinging clubs around. Props should be thicker/wider and steeper pitch at the root, and thinner/narrower and a shallower pitch toward the tip. *Looking forward to your next attempt! Thanks for the awesome vids man!* :)

@pauljs75 6 лет назад

More to do with the efficiency than the breaking, but yeah. Those things apply because the airspeed is effectively a lot faster at the tip. You want to blend a foil shape that can deal with the airspeed gradient to provide about the same lift (or thrust) along its length. Making the blades a little bit thicker overall should help with the vibration (stiffer), but there may still be a material limitation for 3D printable in terms of breaking.

@bacon.cheesecake 3 года назад

They're breaking because they're made out of the completely wrong plastic for this application

@RcLifeOn 6 лет назад

We are growing faster than ever which is awesome, thank you so much! Please hit that like button if you think 3D printed RC stuff is fun to watch and I'll make more.

@matthewallen5742 6 лет назад

RCLifeOn F R E S H

@nighthawkfpv9682 6 лет назад

Hey. Just wondering if you've tried balancing the props yet? BTW I've wanted to try this for a long time. So awesome.

@Omakes 6 лет назад

can you build a drone of beginning to end (start to finish) i would appreciated?

@karl3367 6 лет назад

How about 3D printed Motors next time?I mean the housing and then putting the magnets and copper wire in it...

@brrdrr 6 лет назад

There is a full guide on his chanel in previous videos.

@MakersMuse 6 лет назад

Hah neat, I totally thought the centrifugal force would have torn them apart. With a bit of refining you could probably gain a little more power out of them, and maybe polycarbonate would hold up to more abuse? Congrats on the silver play button!

@MakersMuse 6 лет назад

It's something I super want to get into if I had the time and more space! The PC filaments are boss at standing up to abuse, I use them in my robots so reckon they'd make awesome props.

@ZebraandDonkey 6 лет назад

Saw another guy print props and a balancer and they held up. Though crashes don't seem to be very good for these props.

@AnthonyTackett 6 лет назад

Very cool. I wonder if you could gab some extra lift by increasing the width/surface area of the props.

@AnthonyTackett 6 лет назад

Ah ok. I don't have any experience with drones but they sure as heck fascinate me.

@sky0kast0 6 лет назад

Maker's Muse sometimes you'd need to make more Thick fans for stability and function

@unfall5521 3 года назад

Man, i have just found your channel, and im lovin it! Just keep it up it's very good quality video here, and i like your humor :))))

@edwinrodriguez1323 6 лет назад

I love your videos, dude, please keep it up! Came across your channel when I first got into 3D printing. You helped me decide on buying a CR-10, which I could not be happier with. Now I’m getting into the FPV world and here you are again with your awesome adventures. Thanks bro!

@iwantmypot 6 лет назад

10:55 It's possible the blades just gave out from the stresses of flying. I watched the footage at 0.25 speed, and couldn't see anything that would have caused the crash.

@MichaelNelsonYT 3 года назад

The nose went down and to the right first, which was the only prop that wasnt the same color. I think it was the PETG prop and because it didnt look like it hit anything I think it broke apart in midair and caused the rest of the drone to fall. Most likely it was only one of the blades that failed, but after that it puts too much stress on the other 2 blades and thus had no more thrust causing it to fall from the sky. But yes I agree. Dont use PETG for 3d printed drone props i guess lol

@iwantmypot 3 года назад

@@MichaelNelsonYT if possible I'd say to use an SLA printer if planning to make any kind of props. Not only should it result in a stronger bond, but the surface details are much better than filament printers.

@aaronj7150 4 года назад

Good to see you that 3D printed propellers actually work. Enjoyed the video

@jm.7701 6 лет назад

Very good video as always. Loving you, KEEP GOING ON !!

@surgemeister01 4 года назад

Dude, love your videos, very entertaining, and easy to watch. I like that you are not trying to be all loud, and "in your face". Keep up the good work.

@makerlab4334 6 лет назад

Congrats for silver play button

@dkhallal 6 лет назад

Brilliant! Love your stuff, and congrats on the new bling!

@yippiekayeah 4 года назад

"And now, let us see, will it crash?" Flies straight into a tree.

@hugohuge7029 6 лет назад

It is so weird!! I’ve been here since 20k subscribers and to see you grow this much is just AMAZING!! Congratulations my friend :D

@steveray4517 2 года назад

Great Video! I've just subscribed, looking forward to watching your other drone videos

@joshhagen4182 6 лет назад

Another masterpiece! Good job Simon

@___echo___ 6 лет назад

Finally someone makes some :D I have been wondering forever

@JasonDunn01 6 лет назад

Awesome video, thanks for taking the time to do that. Most of the places I landed when searching were just people saying, "Can't be done," with no evidence or actual attempts even made. This proves it CAN be done, just needs refining. Thanks again.

@RayIrv 6 лет назад

instant liked and subscribed ... keep it up man was fun to watch!

@ItsAjlkproduction 6 лет назад

I love your videos, keep the awesome content coming my man, you doing work

@thedevo01 6 лет назад

Awesome channel you got here, Simon!

@Bu5H84 6 лет назад

awesome vid, and congrats on the Sliver button , always enjoy watching your vids nicely edited and informative

@JorgeGomez-fo9iy 6 лет назад

I love your videos!!!GOOD JOB

@whity4584 6 лет назад

You are awesome at flying drones. Your a lucky person and very intelligent with a good sense of humour. Keep the videos coming Simon

@TomColontonio 3 года назад

Simply amazing video! I wanna print some now

@ChunkySteveo 6 лет назад

Great video Simon, your editing style has come on so much! I remember only a while ago you were asking me advice about 3D printers - how far you've come!! Top stuff! And congrats on the silver play!!

@StaggeredLife 6 лет назад

This is great testing. Keep at it. Great job.

@derektoy4444 6 лет назад

Thanks so much for making this video man! I tried 3D printing those props out of PLA and got them to work pretty good for me. I sanded the faces fairly well and the vibrations were pretty much gone. I am going to try designing my own props to make them more sturdy at the center like cyclones.

@adijasarevic6223 6 лет назад

Nice video man, keep up a good work! ❤

@amiaf 6 лет назад

Pleasant idea, you're a nice dude.

@fusionmakeseverything7890 6 лет назад

Great vid almost halfway thru

@the_golden_ingot 6 лет назад

Congratulations for the silver play butten! I love all of your videos an like all of them to and you are so creative love it🤓😀 😃 😄 😁

@nikonissinen6772 6 лет назад

Congrats for the silver play button!

@evahxh 6 лет назад

You deserve more subs. 155k isnt enough for a channel as great as yours.

@marktwin5rd 6 лет назад

I agree with you.

@h6ma540 5 лет назад

Congratulations, in a year since you uploaded this video you’ve gained another 209000 subs. Keep going

@phaniavireddy 6 лет назад

You deserve a lot more subscribers dude. Love your work.

@fbiagent3399 6 лет назад

man you have an awesome RU-vid channel I enjoy watching yo videos they are very friendly and understandable... keep it up man

@johnnyshort327 6 лет назад

Your videos are awesome keep on posting

@serosvald2788 6 лет назад

Bro, I'm totally new here, but I have one thing to say: You are awesome. No, realy. I just want to start make something like this. You just inspire me AF, so thank you! I don't realy understand how working electronic parts of yours "toys", you know, I'm not engenier and didn't working with this kind of stuff, but its absolutly great! (Sorry for my bad english)

@yousefkojak7523 6 лет назад

I like your work , go ahead 💙💜

@the_golden_ingot 6 лет назад

Awesome video!

@MsrDITZLER 6 лет назад

Спасибо тебе за твоё время, которое ты даришь нам, чтобы мы узнали что-нибудь полезное! ) Очень качественный контент!

@SHINESunshinee872 3 года назад

Props to you on the video

@riley3161 5 лет назад

That was awesome! You also answered my questions about 3D printing. And big time respect for owning that wreck. You could have deleted the footage, but you didn't, that's cool.

@TMWPolishTwin 6 лет назад

It usually bothers me when RU-vidrs ask for likes, but your content is so enjoyable that I can't resist not to click that like button ;)

@leostartstofilm1030 4 года назад

omg the jello with the 3d printed propellers!

@ishanmadhav2471 6 лет назад

Congratulations on the silver play button

@meegz6189 5 лет назад

I'd love to see more experimentation with 3D printed props.

@Drtool3 6 лет назад

great vids I learn from you and that is great.

@Livhacks 6 лет назад

Älskar din kanal

@adelbertmadredinos6946 3 года назад

Awesome idea.

@szametha 5 лет назад

Interesting to see it actually works. Will try it soon. My guess is a sturdier design, proper balancing and a smooth finish will improve performance immediately.

@bigpapi5545 6 лет назад

11:48 Sustain flight they can, Simon I am! Great vid

@anjanamanoj4901 6 лет назад

Congrats for the play button 😘😄u deserve it 👏🎉👌✌🎊🎈

@fabiocallea7936 6 лет назад

Great place, great skills, great video making!!! I like so much your video, I envy your ability!

@JoeDoeOutdoors 6 лет назад

Hey I really enjoy your page ☺ Keep it up!

@hawk_nvdj4017 5 лет назад

JoeDoe_ Outdoors ☺️

@misiek4542 6 лет назад

Thumbs up ! Great video :)

@suganth789 6 лет назад

Again awsme video

@investorskaghar5000 5 лет назад

Love your video

@SirScapa 6 лет назад

Grattis till Silver Knappen :)

@seanstutsman1935 6 лет назад

Hello there!!! Your videos are so inspiring💗

@ENOKFPV 6 лет назад

Interesting video! They flew at least.

@captainskyhawkfpv2367 5 лет назад

You put that first one on the wrong spot lol good video man loved it

@Bacardiman04 6 лет назад

Congrats o the Play button! Would like to see a bench test of vibrations with the diff. Filaments..lol even maybe some wood or carbon filament. Or show how the vibrations change before and after balancing..just some thoughts. Like the vids and editing tho!

@joylavy6052 6 лет назад

Nice vid! 💪👻

@exotictorquerc8797 6 лет назад

Really cool idea, ands as always great video! Im thinking about building the peon 230, but im new to the hobby. Can you please do a complete tutorial/guide of the buid with the wiring and programming especially? It would be really helpful if you could, thanks. Congrats on the silver play and keep up the amazing work!

@tufedw19 6 лет назад

You are fun to watch, your videos are awesome. Ever think about putting some ABBA music in the background, lol. I think what happened in your second crash was a propeller issue, and didn't hit a thing. Take a look at 10:56 you can see where the drone flips.

@urbantuckerman 6 лет назад

great video, congratulations on the play button. I am planning on buying an anet a8 on (cyber) monday. The first thing i will be printing (after a few printer upgrades) will be a drone. I would love to see a test based on a close copy (maybe best to call it an "homage" rather than a copy) of a commercially available prop.

@80316502 6 лет назад

great job, u da man!!!!

@Fuzzy-gl1wb 6 лет назад

Great Video. I subscribed =)

@MrPeterDawes 6 лет назад

As a proof of concept I think it was a winner. Just got to improve the design so it doesn't lose so much energy and if you can use a stronger material. I don't know how cold it was but that would make PLA less flexible and more likely to shatter. ABS would behave similar I would think in the cold. Just ordered my own 3D printer with the hope of building a drone so thank you for proving it can be done.

@xmarishka2011x 6 лет назад

Молодец парнишка. И всё же - это дорогое удовольствие, один двигатель чего стоит.

@travisjohnson8540 4 года назад

you should try revisiting this with different propeller shapes, angles of attack etc... maybe even just stupid shapes or different types of propellers, turbo fan or boat prop style. That would be cool. Love your videos

@mannos86 6 лет назад

Have you tried adding a 30 minute z-poxy pt-39 layer to the propellers ? I think they have "drag". Since the surface is not smooth enough it fights the air. Try either sanding or the e-poxy layer in a future video! You're doing a great job and i will definantly "steal" your work :) and make my own videos with my "vision" on these projects. Who's the man? YOU'RE THE MAN! KEEP IT UP!

@andypodmore6721 6 лет назад

Loved this video and you live in abeautiful part of the world. So jealous

@surround1969 6 лет назад

Awesome 😎

@jasonmare33 6 лет назад

cool man!

@justin_time 5 лет назад

The vibration problem can be solved by balancing the propellers on the tip of a pencil, looking at which side it leans to, and then sanding off lit bits of plastic until the propeller balances perfectly on the tip of the pencil (needle, sharp object, etc). Reducing vibrations will also make the propeller's lifespan increase greatly. Great video - thanks for posting!

@TTKMKaizen 6 лет назад

I love printing in NNnnnn. It's a really nice material to work with.

@laytonpratt 4 года назад

You are so close to 500k subscribers

@torstein5739 6 лет назад

Great video, Simon! I agree that some of the power loss is due to vibrations, but if you're going to compare the 3D-printed propellers to the non-printed ones in terms of power, you should at least make them the same shape! Also, I can't tell if you already did this, but i think the pitch of the blades should decrease from the center of the prop towards the edges to account for the increased lift the faster moving tips make compared to the parts near the center. This might be more relevant in larger props though. But hey, still great content :) P.S. Greetings from Norway :)

@greggeshelman 6 лет назад

Tapering towards the tip keeps lift along the blades the same without having to build twist into them. It also improves throttle response by decreasing rotational inertia. Centrifugal force is also decreased, which would be a good thing for 3D printed props to prevent coming apart between layers.

@Shadowhurtz 6 лет назад

Loss of power can be counteracted by having more surface area. They seemed to me as if they had a LOT less surface area than the black props anyway.

@erroradib 4 года назад

I LOVE IT

@shplayshiggty7537 6 лет назад

I feel like six blade props would do good with three long and three short in-between just a thought. I just joined this channel and so far great job.

@billb5371 4 года назад

haha bra jobbat mannen

@ovnimanable 3 года назад

This is awesome bro! I have one question, could you please make a tutorial on how to make the camera + googles work? That's quite brilliant

@DJDevine 6 лет назад

You caught my interest

@rholt2 6 лет назад

i'm interested in trying these out - it'd be great if the Fusion file(s) were available for tweaking purposes. different filaments will be tried, though. great demo. i've been looking around and although i've found about 10 or 12 of 3D printed props, a lot of them are for the micro quads and some are like 8" (go fig). great vid as always - keep up the great work Russ from Coral Springs, Florida, USA

@wordreet 6 лет назад

Cool bananas! When I fly RC I fly gliders almost exclusively, power assisted. Though I do have a couple of slow fliers, all home built, but no copters of any sort. But when I do eventually print a prop, it will be ABS at least and maybe acetone smooth it, or perhaps PET recycled filament might be appropriate, it seems pretty tough. Your original props there were obviously very much stronger and better profiled and possibly thicker that the ones you printed. The profile (airfoil) of a prop is critical to it's performance of course.

@PytonPagom 6 лет назад

Winter everywhere is late .... and not just this year !

@TinkerTotems 6 лет назад

I'm absolutely loving the 3d printed quadcopter stuff. I've always wanted to get into it never knew how to start. Get yourself some more backup batteries and I'd love to see how far you could take this. I'm pretty sure those props weren't the best design for the job. Maybe try printing them in ABS and then vapor smooth them to get rid of some of the roughness from layer lines.

@harynian 4 года назад

This channel is something like: "how to make fail tests", but it is kinda funny.

@WildfoxFabrication 6 лет назад

I didn't know that you had a Tevo Black Widow! Hopefully we see review in the near future :D

@ThePurplePupUwU 4 года назад

Who else wants flite test to hire this man

@ARepublicIfYouCanKeepIt 6 лет назад

Simon, you're advancing the discipline through trial and error. It's all good! You're also learning quite a lot to be sure. My very non-expert observation is that the props you printed vary tremendously in form from the stock props. Just a thought, but I wonder what props modeled after the stock props, and printed out of, oh, I don't know, nylon, would do. Keep up the great work you're doing!

@timschwarz3923 6 лет назад

Your 3D printed copters are awesome!!! Can you also print a RC Racing boat? That would be cool!

@immie7278 6 лет назад

good stuff mate! (=

@Thalesxavier369 6 лет назад

Só o único brasileiro aqui que curte demais esse canal? Muito show... Parabens

@MaxImagination 5 лет назад

Really cool video bro! Try making a 3d printed drone chassis xD

@gamernick1533 6 лет назад

I'd love to see a video showing suggested starter parts to buy to build your own drone using something like Amazon as a baseline :)

@Junkboy888 6 лет назад

Great video, I have been wondering if Props would work printed. Did you figure out if you " Hit " any thing on that one crash or did a prop just let loose ?