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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Lancaster" data-source="post: 173266" data-attributes="member: 6154">That's an interesting approach, I never thought of it. Anyway the 3D printer approach turns out to be unbelievable. The first proto type is finished and installed on the aircraft already. I didn't weigh it yet but they seem similar in weight all though the new skids are bigger.. The reason their orange is because that's the color of the filament chosen for its chemical makeup. You know weight, strength and UV resistance. There's different colors for different applications. Awesome ah.. As it is, I don't want Magnum P.I. orange on the chopper so black it is. I had some black spray paint so here we are. Although it took almost 3 days for the paint to dry because of the high humidity; its looks much nicer now..&nbsp; These new skids are way better but because I can easily run off another proto type, I will be making some minor changes. Including adding some heal plates to the skids heals.&nbsp; You just use a certain computer draw program to design the model. Then feed it into the printer and BOOM! It's freaken magic!! LOL!! Paul, send me some photos of your setup... I'd love to see them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rob Lancaster, post: 173266, member: 6154"] That's an interesting approach, I never thought of it. Anyway the 3D printer approach turns out to be unbelievable. The first proto type is finished and installed on the aircraft already. I didn't weigh it yet but they seem similar in weight all though the new skids are bigger.. The reason their orange is because that's the color of the filament chosen for its chemical makeup. You know weight, strength and UV resistance. There's different colors for different applications. Awesome ah.. As it is, I don't want Magnum P.I. orange on the chopper so black it is. I had some black spray paint so here we are. Although it took almost 3 days for the paint to dry because of the high humidity; its looks much nicer now.. These new skids are way better but because I can easily run off another proto type, I will be making some minor changes. Including adding some heal plates to the skids heals. You just use a certain computer draw program to design the model. Then feed it into the printer and BOOM! It's freaken magic!! LOL!! Paul, send me some photos of your setup... I'd love to see them. [/QUOTE]

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