Comment by tsungxu

Comment by tsungxu 6 days ago

I used single wall foaming PLA which has filament density of ~0.45 g/cm3 at 250 degree nozzle temp, about 64% lower than normal PLA. But it is even worse for impact resistance than normal PLA. Weight was the primary driver for this plane

stavros 6 days ago

Yep, I've used that as well, but, as you say, it's just very bad for impact resistance. I think the sweet spot between weight and durability might be ABS or something like ASA.

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tsungxu 6 days ago

Yes and there is foaming ASA as well which is almost as light as foaming PLA. But I can't print ASA well on my A1 and the weight penalty was still enough that I didn't try, given the mission profile of flight time.

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- sandos 6 days ago
  
  Did I dream or is there even foaming TPU? TPU in general seems almost indestructible to me so should be good :)
  
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  regularfry 5 days ago
  
  Colorfabb Varioshore, among others. It's extremely neat stuff.
  
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