Chriske

Just found this....😳😳😳😳 Is anybody buying this..???? I could make a living out of building these things I suppose...😁

With these two ends the falcon9 project. Up to the next one...!

Busy painting these. One is Falcon9 with Fairing and the other is with Crew-Dragon and trunk. To be hung on the ceiling above the other two Falcon9 rockets.

Standard PLA is perfect to use in the sun, only use white PLA..!

A few smaller prints to be hung at the ceiling of our planetarium, second stage, Crew Dragon, etc... This is a picture of the two engines Falcon9 uses. The smaller engines(9) for the first stage 'D' type thruster, and the bigger engine(vacuum engine) is used for the second stage. While printing these I had an idea...🤭 I modified the big one, like this... Added an empty pot of mayonnaise... removed the labels and filled it with sweets... And now I have a F9-wasp-cather I could also print a CrewDragon and replace the trunk with a wasp-cather...😁 cheers...!😁

Still waiting for the decals to arrive, so I can finish this one.

Grab a headphone and while Falcon Heavy is busy launching and also returning set it as hard as your brain allows you.

It's not completely finished yet. I'm waiting for the decals to arrive. We're also drawing the LUT this very moment. And now I'm busy assembling the second Falcon9. That second one is no more then the landed first stage covered in soot and landing feet wide open. Those two Falcon9's will be standing side by side. The printed parts did not take to long. The main body is a PVC tube. The largest Falcon9 part is Fairing. But that didn't take to long as it is printed in SpiralVase modus. The longest parts to print (and also in time) were the landing feet. It was a challenge to warm them up an pushing them against a dummie tube. The feet need to have the correct size and shape, there's no room for error. They must connect side by side in the brackets and still be able to rotate the feet up and down. It took an estimate 22 hours to print all parts. It's a completely different story compared to the SaturnV rockets I made in the past. All parts of SV were printed. SV took about 48 hours each to print, again in Spiral vase modus and using a 1.5mm nozzle.

Our manager Marc aside Falcon9/Fairing

There's no need to build a complex machine like a M-o-M. I have two of these machines and never use the 'sideway motion'. At the time we built these machines we did not know it was possible to do it otherwise with a very simple setup. A fixed post will do the job as well. These days you'll find lots of amateurs using fix post grinding on the net. One of these guys with lots of experience is Gordon Waite.

Falcon + Fairing : 2.15m long(threaded rods not included) Some more minor parts need to be added.

Amazing, love the brass..!

I wonder btw how hot does the interior of the dome gets during the day when the sun is high in the sky. As a matter of fact you created a greenhouse, be it small, but I think it's getting rather hot in there. On top of it(pun intended) that dome is a big lens. What does it do with the real lens inside...? Didn’t read the thread from the start, so maybe it has been discussed earlier, so sorry...

It would be better to cover the dome when not in use, especially during daylight. Sunlight(UV) will destroy all plastics in the end.

Gina, What I'd do with all these pictures : making a time-laps covering a year long movements of the stars. Not a minute long or so, but stretched over 10 minutes or so, even longer.

Testing...on a spare tube. Mounting the brackets for the landing feet. Not 100% ok, need to redo this.

Holding me back....?????😳 I only began...😁

Well no, I did it the easy way...😁 Did you know btw that all printers can print bulged surfaces. All you need is the required software.

I gave it away by talking about that cup of tea...dam... That is not far from the truth indeed. I used a heat-gun and the 'rocket' itself to push that part against it. If I go gently I can even bulge the centre part, as is with the real thing.

It's NOT a slingshot...😁

View from another angle. How is this possible, what happened..? And at the same time while posting this, I notice my cuppa is getting cold...🙄

Nope...!

Did some printing myself too today. Question for the print-nerds..🤔 What is the difference between these two part, beside the used nozzle diameter.? What happened..? Both parts started from the same STL file.

My pal Michel is also printing parts for this project He's busy printing thrusters. 8 of those are needed.

Thanks Neil..! Would you also share the source file..?