Hello everyone,
One of our engineering students, Jonnathan, designed a prototype rocket fin in Creo. We loaded this object into the 3D printer’s “Makerware” software and will print it this afternoon. Having a physical object in-hand now means they can visually inspect its properties, making first-time rocket launches more likely to be successful.
Dusty is working on repairing a standing floor fan for E-Wing. The plastic coupler broke that connects the curled metal pipe that sits on the floor and the vertical pipe below the fan itself. As you can see, he is making good progress on it. If the printed part breaks later, we can easily print another.
Andrew is working on the geared heart box. We are thinking of redesigning the connecting pins as the existing design do not lock into place well. It is almost ready for its first cranking!
Stop by A-120 to see the rocket fin being printed as well as the floor fan coupler being designed; they are both quite impressive.
Tom