The Micro SkiGull has made it into the store today after a successful maiden this week. It flies pretty fast which came as a surprise to...

Its been an eventful month to say the least. I had been working hard on a few projects to have them ready as lockdown begins to lift in...

Take a look and the video on our YouTube account all about the Harrier, and how it might work.

I started a new project this week whilst waiting for some parts for a different build. It started as an exercise in CAD with no really...

At the end of last year I wrote a blog post about what I wanted to see in 2021. One of the things was some 'UMX' style models. I love...

I've been working on a few new projects as well as updating the Avanti for a proper release. Today I built a couple of foam board chuck...

I started designing the X-29 way back in spring. It took a while to get printing as I soon realised that regular PLA wasn't going to give...

I started rc3Dprint back in January 2020, I can vividly remember sitting at Heathrow airport (on standby) clicking the button to make the...

The Quickie is available to download on the website. I had intended to officially launch it with a some fanfare once I had gotten some...

Since starting this project last year it has been a truly exciting learning curve. It feels like 3D printing is starting to become more...

With the arrival of Autumn work is progressing on our latest two models, the Quickie and the X29. The Quickie is nearing release, I'm...

I get many messages asking me which 3D printer to buy so I thought I would write a blog post with my view. I have been 3D printing for a...

Yesterday had the first decent weather in a while so I decided I would make the maiden flight of the Quickie. Due to the unconventional...

Settings for LW PLA

To fill the void whilst waiting for all the parts to come off the 3D printer for the Quickie I thought I would make a quick screencast...

In this episode we finalise the model and move it over to the slicer, Cura. On my first run through Cura I noticed that there may be some...

Here we are, the first iteration CAD model of the Rutan Quickie is finished. This episode involves me say "and we're done" several times...

In this episode I shell the central fuselage sections. Rather than simply using the shell tool in the first instance I split the fuselage...

This episode is a nice short one. We make the servo cuts and wire channels for the elevator (canard) servos. This pretty much finishes up...

This episode was not a lot of fun to make, so I apologise if it is not a lot of fun to watch. Getting the overall shape of the aircraft...