{"id":44542,"date":"2020-06-05T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=44542"},"modified":"2020-06-05T10:16:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T14:16:41","slug":"micro-sized-3d-printed-rc-airplane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2020\/06\/micro-sized-3d-printed-rc-airplane.html","title":{"rendered":"Micro-Sized, 3D-Printed RC Airplane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a teenager, maybe 13 or 14, and full of angst like most teenagers are, I distinctly remember moments where I thought I knew how the world worked and demanded my parents treat me like an adult.\u00a0 During those times, my mom would always give me the same piece of advice: \u201cEric, don\u2019t be in a hurry to grow up.\u00a0 Just enjoy being a kid\u201d.\u00a0 Now, over 20 years later and with kids of my own, I get it.\u00a0 There are times in my life where I have hit plateaus.\u00a0 I lacked curiosity, I stopped questioning and learning, and I didn\u2019t make time to play.\u00a0 These are things that come naturally to us as kids.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/3daeroventures-solidworks-3dexperience-1.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The responsibilities of adulthood can be tough and so many of us let go of the things that brought us pure joy as a kid, with the thought that we need to have more serious, \u201cgrown-up\u201d priorities all the time.\u00a0 Of course, we must eventually become responsible adults, we have to grow up, but that doesn\u2019t mean we have to stop grow<em>ing<\/em>.\u00a0 Personally, there is something about aviation, and the thought and creativity that goes into designing these model aircraft, that awakens the kid in me.\u00a0 It brings me pure joy.\u00a0 It is a nerdy hobby that frees me up to never stop questioning, never stop exploring, and never stop playing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3D Printed Micro SportCam RC Aircraft - sub-250g!\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kWfxT5lEfs8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The joy of this hobby is something I want to make more accessible for others by designing an aircraft that encourages the beginner 3D printer to feel less timid to experiment with, while at the same time bringing just as much fun to the expert 3D printer and pilot. The goal was to design a micro-sized R\/C aircraft that has naturally gentle flight characteristics for the novice or intermediate pilot but is also capable of performing advanced aerobatic maneuvers. I came up with a scaled down and simplified version of the SportCam that I designed in an earlier video (check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6WEmHC24Q_I\">here<\/a> if you haven\u2019t seen it!). The inspiration for this design is a full-scale home-built aircraft called the AirCam, which was originally developed in conjunction with National Geographic Magazine as an aerial photography and in-flight video platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/micro20sportcam20320view-scaled.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"460\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Check out the latest design, build, and flight video embedded above, where I utilized the\u00a0<strong>3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE platform (specifically:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/media\/project-management-3dexperience-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Project Planner role<\/a>) and a unique 3D printing material to accomplish my goal.\u00a0\u00a0I think you will agree the Micro SportCam perfectly captures the spirit of homebuilt aviation: curiosity, a sense of adventure, and the pure joy of flight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch as Eric Haddad of 3DAeroventures takes you through the full design, planning, and building phases of his Micro SportCam 3D-printed aircraft\u2014all while rediscovering the joys of childhood.<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2020\/06\/micro-sized-3d-printed-rc-airplane.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":336,"featured_media":44541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2402,2933,3070,18],"tags":[196,3257,3041,2972,2988,3258,3069],"class_list":["post-44542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-3dexperience","category-project-planner","category-solidworks","tag-3d-printing","tag-3daeroventures","tag-3dexperience-works","tag-enoviaworks","tag-project-planner","tag-rcc-planes","tag-solidworks-3d-cad"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}