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X-59 3D Printing

63 points| Jsebast24 | 2 months ago |nasa.gov

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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.

hbcondo714|2 months ago

Are there any particular 3D printers recommended for these NASA models?

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!

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