One of the most important considerations when flying remote-controlled airplanes is weight. Especially if the airplane has a motor, this has a huge potential impact on weight. For this reason, ...

XB-1 will fly with 21 Titanium 3D-printed parts, primarily for critical engine operations in an extremely high-temperature environment CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VELO 3D, an innovator in ...

When I was a kid and was first exposed to the idea of replicators in sci-fi movies, I just couldn't wrap my head around how an object could be created out of what appeared to be thin air. Sci-fi ...

A few months ago, [Tom] built a few RC planes. The first was completely 3D printed, but the resulting print — and plane — came in a bit overweight, making it a terrible plane. The second plane was a ...

The Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI, Kaysville, Utah, U.S.) and ElectraFly (Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.), an aviation company building personal flying vehicles, have ...

The 60th Maintenance Squadron at Travis Air Force base in California is spearheading an innovative effort to produce 3D-printed aircraft parts. The squadron is the first field unit in the Air Force to ...

File picture: Jets parked on the tarmac of Geneva Airport - Copyright Tobias SCHWARZ File picture: Jets parked on the tarmac of Geneva Airport - Copyright Tobias ...

Tinker AFB maintenance personnel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, have produced and tested the first 3D-printed metal part on a US Air Force (USAF) aircraft engine. The service reverse-engineered and ...

Airbus has completed for the first time the installation of a titanium 3D-printed bracket on an in-series production A350 XWB. The bracket, built using additive-layer manufacturing (ALM) technologies ...

US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has just placed an order for 3D printed titanium parts from the Norwegian company Norsk Titanium. The ordered parts will be used for the 787 Dreamliner. The parts will ...