“For this reason, a good stress resistance was needed. “The component was planned to be clamped on the tail boom, and support also the carbon plate used as a tail rotor ground protection,” said Previnaire. The material features an 8% increase in mechanical strength, 22% improvement in tensile modulus, and a 46% increase in elongation at break over its previous formula Windform XT. Windform XT 2.0 is a carbon fibre-filled polyamide 3D printing composite suited to demanding applications within industries like motorsports, aerospace, and UAVs. With Flying-Cam’s requirements and standards in mind, CRP Technology leveraged its powder bed fusion (PBF) 3D printing technology for fibre-reinforced composite polymers and its Windform XT 2.0 material. The aim of the project was to design and produce lightweight, robust protection for the Discovery’s tail rotor actuators and GPS antenna. “The result was the creation of the ‘super drone’ named Discovery, fully integrated with state-of-the-art sensors carefully chosen to match the supreme platform quality for a variety of applications ranging from the entertainment industry, homeland security, earth monitoring, and general high precision remote sensing.” Lightweighting with 3D printing “With the potential drones offer the civil market, and the interest in Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) flights, we felt it was the right time to develop a drone that could not only capture beautiful imagery for movies, television shows and commercials, but that could carry a variety of payloads to collect the necessary data for other industrial applications,” said Emmanuel Previnaire, founder and CEO of Flying-Cam. To complete the construction of the drone, the firm turned to 3D printing materials and services provider CRP Technology to manufacture the drone’s tail rotor gear box housing, which is the main housing attached to the main tail boom.įlying-Cam opted for CRP Technology’s additive manufacturing capabilities due to its ability to create lightweight yet rigid, physical and aerodynamic protection for the Discovery’s components. Unmanned helicopter and professional drone developer Flying-Cam has unveiled its newest unmanned aircraft system, the Discovery.
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