top | item 46291412 X-59 3D Printing 63 points| Jsebast24 | 2 months ago |nasa.gov 13 comments order hn newest eigen|2 months ago lots of other 3D models available at https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/Hubble 3D Modelshttps://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/multimedia/3d-hubble...Curiosity Roverhttps://science.nasa.gov/resource/curiosity-rover-3d-model/ JKCalhoun|2 months ago If you have no 3D printer, .stl files are viewable in the Mac OS Finder. Just download the file, select it and hit the spacebar: a 3D rendering of the .stl can be rotated. shrx|2 months ago Windows 10 also has a built-in viewer for STL files [0]. It appears to be an optional download in Windows 11 though [1].[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_3D_Viewer[1] https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nblggh42ths hbcondo714|2 months ago Are there any particular 3D printers recommended for these NASA models? load replies (2) 650REDHAIR|2 months ago This is a really neat tip! Thanks! rkagerer|2 months ago That title is missing the scale. I assume it's not intended to be printed at 1:1? justinclift|2 months ago Heh, wonder how well this would fly if done with a 3d metal printer and powered by an rc sized jet turbine engine? smoyer|2 months ago Sounds pretty deadly! load replies (1) lawrenceduk|2 months ago Got briefly excited thinking they’d actually 3D printed the real thing Hobadee|2 months ago > The X-59 experimental aircraft is approximately 100 feet long and is designed to fly at Mach 1.4 (925 mph).I'm sorry, but my 3D printer isn't big enough to print a 100 foot long object, and I doubt PLA will hold up at Mach 1.4
eigen|2 months ago lots of other 3D models available at https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/Hubble 3D Modelshttps://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/multimedia/3d-hubble...Curiosity Roverhttps://science.nasa.gov/resource/curiosity-rover-3d-model/
JKCalhoun|2 months ago If you have no 3D printer, .stl files are viewable in the Mac OS Finder. Just download the file, select it and hit the spacebar: a 3D rendering of the .stl can be rotated. shrx|2 months ago Windows 10 also has a built-in viewer for STL files [0]. It appears to be an optional download in Windows 11 though [1].[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_3D_Viewer[1] https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nblggh42ths hbcondo714|2 months ago Are there any particular 3D printers recommended for these NASA models? load replies (2) 650REDHAIR|2 months ago This is a really neat tip! Thanks!
shrx|2 months ago Windows 10 also has a built-in viewer for STL files [0]. It appears to be an optional download in Windows 11 though [1].[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_3D_Viewer[1] https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nblggh42ths
hbcondo714|2 months ago Are there any particular 3D printers recommended for these NASA models? load replies (2)
rkagerer|2 months ago That title is missing the scale. I assume it's not intended to be printed at 1:1?
justinclift|2 months ago Heh, wonder how well this would fly if done with a 3d metal printer and powered by an rc sized jet turbine engine? smoyer|2 months ago Sounds pretty deadly! load replies (1)
Hobadee|2 months ago > The X-59 experimental aircraft is approximately 100 feet long and is designed to fly at Mach 1.4 (925 mph).I'm sorry, but my 3D printer isn't big enough to print a 100 foot long object, and I doubt PLA will hold up at Mach 1.4
eigen|2 months ago
Hubble 3D Models
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/multimedia/3d-hubble...
Curiosity Rover
https://science.nasa.gov/resource/curiosity-rover-3d-model/
JKCalhoun|2 months ago
shrx|2 months ago
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_3D_Viewer
[1] https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nblggh42ths
hbcondo714|2 months ago
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smoyer|2 months ago
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Hobadee|2 months ago
I'm sorry, but my 3D printer isn't big enough to print a 100 foot long object, and I doubt PLA will hold up at Mach 1.4