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Four small drone motors with spinning propellers on a black 3D printed mount at the top of a carbon fiber pole, seen from below against a pale blue sky

3d Printing · Technology

Peter Ryseck's Propeller Pole Stood 3 Hours. The Motors Barely Ran

Peter Ryseck balanced a carbon pole on a coin-sized tip with four 5-inch drone props at near idle. It stood 3 hours in wind on one battery.

Haye KestelooNov 84 min read

Two hands holding the carbon-patterned blades of a small 3D printed helicopter rotor mounted on a motor above a wooden test stand

Technology

3D Printed Helicopter Rotor Lifts 140 Grams, Steered by One Motor

A first-time YouTuber 3D printed a micro helicopter rotor with no swashplate or servos. It lifts 140 grams on one motor, and Part 2 tries to fly it.

Haye KestelooOct 21

Red 3D printed drone body with anti-torque vanes topped by a single motor and a two-blade hinged propeller hub

Technology

Joshua Bird's One-Motor Drone Flies, but Only in His Bedroom

Joshua Bird's 3D printed drone hovers and steers on one motor and a 45-degree hinged propeller. An infrared beacon keeps it in his bedroom.

Haye KestelooOct 20

A man holds a white and green 3D-printed blended wing body model aircraft at a grass airfield while a second model flies overhead

Video

Ramy RC Crashes Five Natilus Horizon Models Before One Finally Lands

Ramy RC's 24-foot Natilus Horizon prototype is still grounded. Five 3D-printed models crashed before one landed at JetPower. He explains what went wrong.

Haye KestelooOct 5

The Mach Initiative's orange 3D-printed KingChaser jet aircraft sitting on a black launch rail on grass, with its jet turbine exhaust visible at the rear

Technology

Mach Initiative Builds 20-Lb RC Jet to Break the 9-Year 465 mph Record

University of Bath students unveiled KingChaser, a 300-newton 3D-printed jet built to beat Niels Herbrich's 465 mph Guinness record. It has not flown yet.

Haye KestelooOct 3

Benjamin Biggs' Blackbird speed drone, the quadcopter that set the 626 km/h Guinness record in December 2025

FPV

Ben Biggs Built The 626 km/h Blackbird On 14-Cell Packs Few Pilots Use

Benjamin Biggs has published the full build story of the Blackbird drone that took the Guinness quadcopter speed record at 626 km/h in December 2025.

Haye KestelooSep 21

Hand holding a quadcopter with four 3D printed radial impellers replacing propellers

FPV

Quadmovr Flies A Drone On 3D Printed Impellers Instead Of Propellers

FPV builder quadmovr flew a quad on four PETG centrifugal impellers straight off the print bed. The files are free on MakerWorld, and a racer already flew them.

Haye KestelooSep 20

Hand holding a micro FPV quadcopter fitted with a single 21700 lithium cell above a lake at sunset

FPV

1S Lithium-Ion FPV Build Flies 34 Minutes And 3 Miles On A Single Cell

A YouTube builder's custom 3-inch quad pairs one 21700 cell with a DJI O4 Air Unit for 34-minute flights and a 5 km lake crossing, plus the DJI part US builders can't get.

Haye KestelooAug 24

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