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

3d Printing · 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 213 min read

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

Insta360 Luna Ultra accessory design challenge promotional image

3D PRINTING

Insta360 Lets You 3D Print Luna Ultra Gear and Win $11,000

Insta360 has opened the official Luna Ultra design files to the public and launched a Bambu Lab-backed accessory contest with more than $11,000 in prizes, testing whether open hardware can turn camera users into product collaborators.

Haye KestelooJul 14

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