I’m engineering 3D-printable Kraton 8S parts, mainly to overcome the shipping time from official spare parts. Some parts have plenty of stock, but there are a couple of parts which have a restock date of mid-March or even April. This might postpone further due to the coronavirus epidemic. I’m not looking forward to not being able to drive a $1000 RC-car for several weeks because I have to wait for restocks, hence my effort to make some of the most commonly breaking parts available for his community.
Additionally it will be a lot cheaper to print some of the parts rather than having to buy new ones every time they’re broken. The toughness of the parts depends on the material and print settings, but they should be strong enough to survive normal driving and light bashing. Can’t guarentee heavy bashing, since even the molded parts break at some point. ABS, Nylon or PETG are recommended materials. PLA should do the job too, but it’s more susceptible to deformation at points where there is a continous force on the material (e.g. threads etc.).
Some parts are very hard to reverse engineer without scanning them, so I won’t be doing them all.
What parts would you like to see made available for 3D-printing? The most obvious ones are the arms and servo/ESC holders. I’m also looking into 3D-printable skid plates to protect the chassis from scratches etc.
The top ones will be made available within 1-2 weeks.
Greetings
Additionally it will be a lot cheaper to print some of the parts rather than having to buy new ones every time they’re broken. The toughness of the parts depends on the material and print settings, but they should be strong enough to survive normal driving and light bashing. Can’t guarentee heavy bashing, since even the molded parts break at some point. ABS, Nylon or PETG are recommended materials. PLA should do the job too, but it’s more susceptible to deformation at points where there is a continous force on the material (e.g. threads etc.).
Some parts are very hard to reverse engineer without scanning them, so I won’t be doing them all.
What parts would you like to see made available for 3D-printing? The most obvious ones are the arms and servo/ESC holders. I’m also looking into 3D-printable skid plates to protect the chassis from scratches etc.
The top ones will be made available within 1-2 weeks.
Greetings